William Tait (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Tait | ||
| Date of birth | 1863 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland[1] | ||
| Position(s) |
Inside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1883 | Glasgow Parkside | ||
| 1884 | Glasgow Pilgrims | ||
| 1885 |
Third Lanark | ||
| 1886–1888 | Newton Heath | ||
| 1888 | Burnley | 5 | (5) |
| 1888–1889 | Newton Heath | ||
| 1889 | West Manchester | ||
| 1890–? | Ardwick | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Tait (1863 – after 1890) was a Scottish professional
The Football League in 1888–89. He made his debut in the opening game of the season against Preston North End on 8 September 1888; Burnley lost 5–2, and it was reported that Tait and Burnley colleague Fred Poland got into a fight with two of the Preston players. The following week, Tait scored Burnley's first goal at home to Bolton Wanderers, his first in the Football League; he then also scored Burnley's third and fourth goals in a 4–3 win, which made him the first player to score a Football League hat-trick. After the match, Tait got drunk celebrating and was suspended by the club for their next game. He returned for the next three games, scoring two goals, but then failed to turn up for the away game at Stoke on 20 October 1888 and the following week a local newspaper reported that he was "no longer a Burnley player".[4]
Tait returned to Newton Heath, having already appeared for them in a friendly against
outside right, but made just five appearances in the newly formed Football Alliance and one in the Lancashire Senior Cup before moving to West Manchester in November 1889. By February 1890, he had moved on to Ardwick (the club that would become Manchester City), with whom he played against Newton Heath on 1 February 1890.[6]
References
Bibliography
- Jeffery, Robert; Gonnella, Mark (1999). "1980-1990: Decade of Disaster". Pictorial History of English Football. Parragon. p. 200. ISBN 1-84164-077-8.
- Shury, Alan; Landamore, Brian (2005). The Definitive Newton Heath F.C. Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-16-1.
- Simpson, Ray (2007). The Clarets Chronicles: The Definitive History of Burnley Football Club. p. 488. ISBN 978-0-9557468-0-2.
Footnotes
- ^ William Tait at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ Shury and Landamore (2005), p. 48.
- ^ a b Shury and Landamore (2005), p. 49.
- ISBN 978-1-4456-1881-4.
- ^ Shury and Landamore (2005), p. 50.
- ^ Shury and Landamore (2005), p. 71.