Bobby Reid (footballer, born 1911)

Bobby Reid
Personal information
Full name Robert Reid[1]
Date of birth 19 February 1911
Place of birth Hamilton, Scotland[1]
Date of death 16 November 1987(1987-11-16) (aged 76)[2]
Place of death Hamilton, Scotland[2]
Playing position Outside left
Youth career
Ferniegair Violet
1929–1931 Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1931–1936 Hamilton Academical 62 (19)
1933 → Stranraer (loan)
1936–1939 Brentford 103 (34)
1938–1946 Sheffield United 14 (4)
1947–1949 Third Lanark
National team
1934 Scottish League XI 2 (0)
1937–1938 Scotland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Robert Reid (19 February 1911 – 16 November 1987)[2] was a Scottish footballer who played at both professional and international levels as an outside left.[3] His best remembered for his time in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made 109 appearances.[4] Reid earned the nickname 'The Flying Scotsman' for his performances down the wing for Hamilton Academical early in his career.[5]

Club career

Reid began his career in his native Scotland with Hamilton Academical and appeared for them in the 1935 Scottish Cup Final.[6] He moved to England in January 1936 to reunite with friend Dave McCulloch at Division One side Brentford.[5] A spell out following an appendicitis operation allowed Les Smith into the team, with whom Reid would battle for a place through the rest of his Bees career.[5] Reid later played for Sheffield United between 1938 and 1946, joining for a £6,000 fee and scoring 4 goals in 14 league appearances.[2][5] Reid next spent a season with Bury, scoring 1 goal in 17 League appearances.[2] He saw out his career with a player-coach spell at Third Lanark.[4]

International and representative career

Reid earned two caps for Scotland, making his debut in November 1937.[7] He also made two appearances for the Scottish League XI.[8]

Post-playing career

Reid served Bury, Third Lanark, Airdrieonians and former club Hamilton Academical as a physiotherapist, arriving back at Douglas Park in the late 1960s.[4] By the time of his death in November 1987, Reid was still with the Accies, working also as kit man.[4]

Honours

As a player

Hamilton Academical

As an individual

Career statistics

Club Season League National Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Hamilton Academical 1932–33[12] Scottish First Division 3 0 0 0 — 3 0
1933–34[9] 9 2 0 0 2[lower-alpha 1] 1 11 3
1934–35[10] 36 12 7 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 1 44 13
1935–36[13] 14 5 0 0 — 14 5
Total 62 19 7 0 3 2 72 21
Brentford 1935–36[14] First Division 18 3 — — 18 3
1936–37[14] 28 10 2 2 — 30 12
1937–38[14] 40 17 4 1 1[lower-alpha 3] 0 45 18
1938–39[14] 17 3 — — 17 3
Total 103 33 6 3 1 0 110 36
Career total 165 52 13 3 4 2 182 57
  1. ↑ 1 appearance and 1 goal in Lanarkshire Cup, 1 appearance in Southern Counties Cup.
  2. ↑ Appearance in Southern Counties Cup.
  3. ↑ Appearance in the Empire Exhibition Trophy.

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 242. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bobby Reid". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Official Matchday Magazine Of Brentford Football Club versus Stoke City 03/01/00. Blackheath: Morganprint. 2000. p. 27.
  6. ↑ "REID, Robert (1933) – Hamilton Academical Memory Bank". sites.google.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Player profile". The Scottish FA. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "Robert Reid – Scotland Football League Record from 03 Oct 1934 to 31 Oct 1934 clubs – Hamilton Academical". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  9. 1 2 3 "1933–34". docs.google.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  10. 1 2 "1934–35". spreadsheets.google.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  11. ↑ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 108. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
  12. ↑ "1932–33". docs.google.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "1935–36". docs.google.com. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
  14. 1 2 3 4 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 373–375. ISBN 0951526200.
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