The 1909 team

Fetish_Bob · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2011 8:58 pm

The earliest known surviving photo of Hartlepools United, used in away programme at Middlesbrough A on 6-3-1909.

Freaky Teeth · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:00 pm

Can you name them all Bob? What was the match like :laugh:

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22671

I can't help looking at a photograph of that era and wonder how many of those young men died in France within a few years.

parmo · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:24 pm

Humphreys is second from left at the back

Fetish_Bob · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:36 pm

My memory going but the squad consisted of the player's below. Thanks to MJ and ITMC I got those names.

Jack Bennett
Bobbie Billam
Fred Black
Tommy Brown
Frank Edgley
Joshie Fletcher
Jacky Hand
Dick Hegarty
Tom Hegarty
Jack Hogg
John Kelly
William Ledger
Willie McIver
Christopher Smith
Arthur Swift
Benny Thompson
Freddie Tweddle
Steve Tweddle

Looking at shirts far left back row would be McIver, as he was the goalkeeper according to ITMC, which has date as 25-03-09, which is different from the date the original poster of the picture states. Which is on the facebook page.

Fetish_Bob · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:42 pm

MadJohn wrote:

The original date is corect Bob. We definitely played Boro's A team on March 6th 1909

http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/ ... asp?oid=23

My apologies to original poster on Facebook I must have clicked on 1909/10 not 1908/09 which means the goalkeeper is Fred Mearns and the list of names is wrong. My apologies to all again and thanks to MJ for putting it right. It class picture and MrI makes a very good point.

Tax Paying Poolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:18 am **Posts:** 9053

parmo wrote:

Humphreys is second from left at the back

I laughed out loud at that!

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12375

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

I can't help looking at a photograph of that era and wonder how many of those young men died in France within a few years.

That's exactly what I thought when I saw the picture. I extend it to the people who actually watched the match.
" The war to end all wars" eh.

Is that Chip on the grass at the front left??????

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:55 pm

parmo wrote:

Humphreys is second from left at the back

Just spat my tea all over the screen. rage

monkeybutt · **Posted:** Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:17 pm

derwent wrote:

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

I can't help looking at a photograph of that era and wonder how many of those young men died in France within a few years.

That's exactly what I thought when I saw the picture. I extend it to the people who actually watched the match.
" The war to end all wars" eh.

Is that Chip on the grass at the front left??????

'Can`t be, they had proper haircuts back then, the Hugh Grant look wasn`t in then :wink:

Chemicalbrother · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 9:57 am

Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the photo? Willie McIver was my great Grandad and I am building up a photographic history of his football career. I do have a gold medal he won whilst he was playing at Hartlepool. I will try and scan it and attach it to this forum.

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 10:22 am

Tax Paying Poolie wrote:

parmo wrote:

Humphreys is second from left at the back

I laughed out loud at that!

I was just about to ask where he was lol

katcha · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 11:33 am

I have this photo in its original form in the program seeing as fetbob taxed it from wherever else I posted it although mr miver is not in this photo. If you go to http://inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc ... p?oid=1044 you will see his photo that I chopped fom a Blackburn team photo and passed to madjohn

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

I can't help looking at a photograph of that era and wonder how many of those young men died in France within a few years.

Col Fosters first book has quite a bit about that very subject.from memory it's quite a few, will dig it out.

katcha · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 2:00 pm

Jack Bennett and dicky hegarty (buried at stranton) died in the war as did another player Tom penman (buried at Ypres . Friend been and saw his name) most famous tho Ernest ellis who left and went to hearts and they all joined and died in the same battle for the same unit at the Somme. http://www.manchesterhearts.co.uk/Histo ... %20war.htm
Proper legends

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Sun May 20, 2012 2:15 pm

parmo wrote:

Humphreys is second from left at the back

monkeehanger · **Posted:** Mon May 21, 2012 2:59 am

parmo wrote:

Humphreys is second from left at the back

The 1909 team

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