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Thomas Brindle
Thomas Brindle was born in Darwen in 1861, He had been a member
of the FA Cup semi-final team of 1881 beaten by eventual winners The
Old Carthusians 4-1, In March 1880 he became the first Darwen FC
player to represent England, Having successfully negotiated his way
through a North v South trail match at the Oval on the 6th March, he
made his debut in a friendly game against Scotland, played in
Glasgow on the 13th March 1880.
In the book "An English football Internationals Who's Who" Written
by Douglas Lamming, he discribes the Darwen left full-back as: "a
powerful strong kicking back and a real workhorse".
The game against Scotland ended in a 5-4 victory for the Scots ( the
most goals England have ever scored in a game and lost ) but two
days later England were victorious when they met Wales in Wrexham
and beat them 3-2 Thomas Brindle not only played in this game but
scored the winning goal as well! -- He is the 16th youngest player
ever to represent England at full international level.
By the time Darwen joined the Football League in 1891 Thomas had
moved to West Bromwich Albion.
Below shows the 20 youngest players ever to represent England at
full International Level
with Thomas listed in 16th place. This list will have to be revised
with the inclusion of Evertons Rooney who became the youngest ever
in 2002.
Please note that the list below is reproduced from the England
Football Online website: www.englandfootballonline.com
| Player |
Club |
Birthdate |
Match
Date |
Opponent |
Age |
| James F. M. Prinsep |
Clapham Rovers |
27-Jul-1861 |
05-Apr-1879 |
Scotland |
17 yrs. 253 days |
| Thurston "Tot" Rostron |
Darwen |
21-Apr-1863 |
26-Feb-1881 |
Wales |
17 yrs. 312 days |
| Clement Mitchell |
Upton Park |
20-Feb-1862 |
15-Mar-1880 |
Wales |
18 yrs. 24 days |
| Michael J. Owen |
Liverpool |
14-Dec-1979 |
11-Feb-1998 |
Chile |
18 yrs. 59 days |
| Duncan Edwards |
Manchester United |
01-Oct-1936 |
02-Apr-1955 |
Scotland |
18 yrs. 184 days |
| James Brown |
Blackburn Rovers |
31-Jul-1862 |
26-Feb-1881 |
Wales |
18 yrs. 211 days |
| Arthur S. Brown |
Sheffield United |
06-Apr-1885 |
29-Feb-1904 |
Wales |
18 yrs. 330 days |
| Rio G. Ferdinand |
West Ham United |
07-Nov-1978 |
15-Nov-1997 |
Cameroon |
19 yrs. 8 days |
| Thomas Lawton |
Everton |
06-Oct-1919 |
22-Oct-1938 |
Wales |
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| Albert Geldard |
Everton |
11-Apr-1914 |
13-May-1933 |
Italy |
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| Charles H. Holden-White |
Corinthians |
__-___-1869 |
04-Feb-1888 |
Wales |
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| William H. Mosforth |
Sheffield Wednesday |
__-___-1858 |
03-Mar-1877 |
Scotland |
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| Henry E. Lilley |
Sheffield United |
__-___-1873 |
05-Mar-1892 |
Wales |
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| Gareth Barry |
Aston Villa |
23-Feb-1981 |
31-May-2000 |
Ukraine |
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| William I. Bassett |
West Bromwich Albion |
27-Jan-1869 |
07-Apr-1888 |
Ireland |
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| Thomas Brindle |
Darwen |
__-___-1861 |
13-Mar-1880 |
Scotland |
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| James P. Greaves |
Chelsea |
20-Feb-1940 |
17-May-1959 |
Peru |
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| Harold Morse |
Notts County |
__-___-1879 |
05-Apr-1879 |
Scotland |
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| Joseph H. Baker |
Hibernian, Scotland |
17-Jul-1940 |
18-Nov-1959 |
Northern Ireland |
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Below is Thomas Brindle's International Details:
13-3-1880
Location ....... Glasgow
Competition ........ Friendly
Fixture ........ Scotland v England
Result ....... 5-4
Scotland Scorers ........... Ker (3), J Baird, Kay
England Scorers ............ Mosforth, Bambridge (2),Sparks
Team.
Swepstone (Pilgrims),
Brindle (Darwen),
Luntley (Nottingham Forest),
Bailey (Clapham Rovers),
Hunter (Sheffield Heeley),
Wollaston (Wanderers),
Bastard (Upton Park),
Sparks (Hertfordshire Rangers),
Widdowson (Nottingham Forest),
Mosforth (Sheffield Albion),
Bambridge EC (Swifts).
SCOTLAND: Archibald Rowan (1/Glasgow Caledonian) - Alexander
McLintock (3/Vale of Leven) Robert W. Neill (Captain) (5/Queen's
Park) - Charles Campbell (7/Queen's Park) John Campbell McLeod
McPherson (3/Vale of Leven) John Smith (5/Edinburgh university) -
Moses McLay McNiel (2/Rangers) George Ker (1/Queen's Park) John C.
McGregor (4/Vale of Leven) John Campbell Baird (3/Vale of Leven)
John Leck Kay (1/Queen's Park)
15-3-1880
Location ......... Wrexham
Competition ...... Friendly
Fixture ............. Wales v England
Result ............. 2-3
Wales Scorers ................ J Roberts (I), W Roberts (I)
England Scorers ............. Sparks (2), Brindle
Team
Sands (Nottingham Forest),
Brindle (Darwen),
Luntley (Nottingham Forest),
Bailey (Clapham Rovers),
Hunter (Sheffield Heeley),
Wollaston (Wanderers),
Bastard (Upton Park),
Sparks (Hertfordshire Rangers),
Widdowson (Nottingham Forest),
Mosforth (Sheffield Albion),
Bambridge EC (Swifts).
Acknowledgements for the history in this section are made to :
Darwen RBL -- who originally published this page in 2002
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