Norrie Haywood
Norrie Haywood was a
Watford
Norrie Haywood made one first team appearance for Watford in 1933. The center forward after leaving Watford in May 1934,went on trial in August 1934 with both Clapton Orient in London and Berwick Rangers before joining Peebles Rovers the following month. He was born in Portobello, Midlothian, Scotland on 7 September 1910 and died in Edinburgh on 30 July 1979, aged sixty-eight. Source: Neilson N. Kaufman, Honorary historian Leyton Orient FC.
Queen of the South
In 1935,
The tour included competing in a four team invitational tournament in Algiers. With Algeria then under French colonial rule the official programme listed the venue as "Stade-Velodrome Municipal d'Alger" and the participants as:[2]
Le Queen of the South- La Belle Equipe Ecossaise de Première Division
Racing-Club de Santander- Favori des Championnats d'Espagne
Floriana F. C. de Malte- Champion Officiel et Vainqueur de la Coupe
R.U.A.- Champion de l'Afrique du Nord 1935
The match days were 21 May and 24 May.
Home side
In the final Queens faced a Racing de Santander side who had just finished 4th in Spain's
Raith Rovers
Norrie Haywood was at Raith Rovers in the season they scored the UK record number of league goals in a season, 142. Haywood top scored for Rovers with 47 strikes.