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Wally McReddie

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Wally McReddie
Personal information
Full name Wallace McReddie[1]
Date of birth 1871[1]
Place of birth Lochee, Scotland[1]
Date of death 1939 (aged 68)[1]
Place of death Middlesbrough
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1887 Lochee
1888 Dundee Harp
1889–1890 Stoke 11 (2)
1891–1893 Middlesbrough Ironopolis
1893–1894 Stoke 33 (10)
1894–1895 Manchester City 31 (12)
1895 Bolton Wanderers 2 (0)
1896 Celtic
Total 77 (24)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wallace McReddie (1871–1939) was a Scottish footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Middlesbrough Ironopolis, Manchester City, Bolton Wanderers ,and Stoke.[1]

Career

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McReddie started his career at local clubs, Lochee and Dundee Harp before moving to English club Stoke in 1889.[1] In his first season with Stoke they had an awful campaign finishing bottom of the Football League and also failed to gain re-election.[1] Stoke joined the Football Alliance and McReddie left the club and signed for Middlesbrough Ironopolis. He spent three seasons with the teesside club before he re-joined Stoke for the 1893–94 season where he played 30 league matches scoring 10 goals.[1] At the end of the season McReddie then moved on to Manchester City and Bolton Wanderers before returning north of the border to Celtic.[1]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke[1] 1889–90 Football League 11 2 0 0 11 2
1893–94 First Division 30 10 2 0 32 10
1894–95 First Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
Total 44 12 2 0 46 12
Manchester City 1894–95 Second Division 20 9 0 0 20 9
1895–96 Second Division 11 3 0 0 11 3
Total 31 12 0 0 31 12
Bolton Wanderers 1895–96 First Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 77 24 2 0 79 24

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.