36:
464:
declared victory on 11 November 1918, and determined to become a professional footballer, he managed to strengthen his leg by spending many hours kicking a ball against a steep slope next to Harpur Hill cemetery. He returned to Leek
Alexandra and played as centre-forward, scoring 11 goals in the
455:
Front and nearly lost his leg. Upon his recovery, he was drafted into the 7th
Battalion Sherwood Foresters and returned to France in March 1917. He also represented the British Army in football matches against Belgium and France and won both the Divisional Cup and the Brigade Cup with the 7th
477:
for a £50 fee in
November 1919 after impressing on trial the previous year. His war service left him with a hole in his right leg, as well as having one leg shorter than the other, doctors said he was not fit enough to play professional football. However, the management at
436:. He scored 40 goals to help the club to win the North Staffordshire League, Staffordshire Junior Cup and Hanley Cup in the 1914–15 campaign, with six of his goals coming in one game against
416:; he was the youngest of ten children to John and Maria Blood, a quarry worker and housewife, respectively. He followed his father and brothers to work in the Hoffman Quarry, and played
584:
1581:
587:
fee. Vale fans were outraged at the sale. However, Blood was informed that the club's financial situation meant that either " went or the club". The move took Blood from the
1521:
1536:
1506:
1546:
616:
1571:
1551:
1511:
1566:
1556:
1488:
1204:
1576:
1531:
1081:
660:
546:
792:
762:
526:
483:
1417:
1353:
1198:
1516:
1561:
1541:
1023:
767:
676:
588:
542:
364:
962:
934:
906:
878:
848:
541:, Clapton Orient, and Bury; also putting four past Stockport County on 11 December. He demonstrated the fearsome power of his
853:
695:
Blood had good footballing intelligence and distribution skills, but his greatest skill was his tremendously powerful shots.
592:
577:
487:
465:
first two months of the 1919–20 season, putting five goals past
Goldenhill Wanderers and another four past Stafford Rangers.
372:
341:
124:
1076:
1048:
1018:
558:
1526:
684:
656:
652:
644:
620:
604:
600:
596:
703:
He married Lily Mellor in 1922. Their only child, Robert, died within three hours of his birth on 9 October 1924.
843:
573:
479:
368:
230:
648:
612:
491:
425:
153:
664:
554:
515:
433:
20:
429:
196:
1013:
640:
624:
519:
507:
461:
437:
376:
248:
1591:
1586:
680:
668:
388:
380:
337:
300:
266:
1433:
417:
348:
495:
444:
643:
for a £3,000 fee in
December 1924. He scored seven goals in 25 Second Division games during the
1484:
1413:
1349:
1194:
550:
503:
636:
538:
534:
530:
647:
campaign, though his eight goals in 16 league matches could not prevent County suffering
757:
672:
474:
457:
384:
360:
282:
212:
41:
432:
on 13 September 1913, and playing at outside-left scored one of Leek's six goals past
1500:
615:
medal and scoring 73 goals in 72 Central League games. Blood finished as the club's
608:
580:
490:
with 26 goals in 32 games – a remarkable feat for a 25-year-old newcomer to the
448:
421:
409:
392:
356:
316:
141:
81:
379:
for a £3,000 fee in
December 1924. Three years later, he signed for non-League
562:
561:
the ball off the line to save a Blood shot had to be taken off the field with
452:
511:
499:
623:
with nine goals, ending the season with a hat-trick in a 3–1 victory over
35:
1208:
413:
352:
85:
494:
still carrying the scars of war. He scored twice in games against
359:
before he started his professional career after signing for
1344:
Kent, Jeff (1990). "Keeping in Good
Company (1919–1929)".
443:
In March 1915, he volunteered to serve the 16th
Battalion
1459:
1391:
1389:
675:
in 1928, scoring six goals in 17 league games. He then
1312:
1310:
1261:
1259:
1222:
1220:
1218:
451:. On 5 June 1916, he was injured during a raid on the
529:
season with 20 goals in 26 games. He scored against
310:
294:
276:
260:
242:
224:
206:
190:
164:
159:
147:
135:
130:
120:
112:
104:
92:
77:
62:
54:
49:
1435:official matchday programme Port Vale v Stevenage
553:by the Bristol City goalkeeper at the cost of a
336:(18 March 1894 – 12 August 1988) was an English
583:signed him in February 1921 for £4,750, then a
355:. He served in the Army for three years during
595:. Albion finished comfortably in mid-table in
683:before returning to Buxton in 1930. He later
19:For the American musician and filmmaker, see
8:
537:, and hit braces against Nottingham Forest,
28:
1582:West Bromwich Albion F.C. non-playing staff
525:He continued his goal-scoring feats in the
456:Sherwood Foresters. He rose to the rank of
371:in February 1921. He scored 26 goals in 53
363:in November 1919. He scored 44 goals in 53
327:*Club domestic league appearances and goals
1346:The Valiants' Years The Story of Port Vale
408:Robert Blood was born on 18 March 1894 in
367:games and earned himself a £4,750 move to
174:
34:
27:
1462:at the English National Football Archive
607:, though Blood would primarily serve the
1339:
1337:
713:
344:and was noted for his powerful strikes.
1164:
687:young talent for West Bromwich Albion.
1395:
1380:
1368:
1328:
1316:
1301:
1289:
1277:
1265:
1250:
1238:
1226:
1184:
1182:
1180:
1178:
1176:
1174:
1172:
1170:
1168:
1537:British Army personnel of World War I
1410:The Who's Who of West Bromwich Albion
7:
182:
1522:Men's association football forwards
1507:Military personnel from Derbyshire
460:. He returned to Buxton after the
14:
1547:West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
1441:. 23 February 2021. pp. 20–1
116:5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
1348:. Witan Books. pp. 98–123.
404:Early years and military service
1572:English Football League players
671:. He moved on to league rivals
351:for various teams based around
16:English footballer (1894–1988)
1:
1552:Stockport County F.C. players
1412:. Breedon Books. p. 32.
1567:Ashton National F.C. players
1557:Winsford United F.C. players
510:(both home and away); hit a
108:Harpur Hill, Buxton, England
1577:Association football scouts
1532:Sherwood Foresters soldiers
1193:. Witan Books. p. 33.
1608:
375:games before moving on to
18:
1512:English men's footballers
1479:Oakley, Beverley (2015),
1128:
1105:
1012:
989:
842:
819:
756:
731:
728:
725:
722:
719:
716:
557:. A Stockport player who
480:The Old Recreation Ground
326:
152:
140:
123:
115:
107:
95:
80:
65:
57:
33:
428:. He made his debut for
383:, later turning out for
1517:Footballers from Buxton
1464:(subscription required)
1408:Matthews, Tony (2005).
1191:Port Vale Personalities
486:season, he finished as
482:felt otherwise. In the
1562:Mossley A.F.C. players
1542:Port Vale F.C. players
665:Cheshire County League
21:Bobby Blood (musician)
1082:Third Division North
844:West Bromwich Albion
661:Third Division North
635:Blood was signed by
574:West Bromwich Albion
569:West Bromwich Albion
518:; and put four past
369:West Bromwich Albion
231:West Bromwich Albion
50:Personal information
1527:Buxton F.C. players
1189:Kent, Jeff (1996).
681:Ashton National Gas
418:non-League football
349:non-League football
30:
473:Blood signed with
445:Sherwood Foresters
1490:978-1-910489-20-8
1483:, Country Books,
1151:
1150:
707:Career statistics
663:, he moved on to
655:. After spending
651:in last place in
516:Nottingham Forest
426:Buxton Lime Firms
331:
330:
154:Buxton Lime Firms
1599:
1493:
1466:
1465:
1457:
1451:
1450:
1448:
1446:
1440:
1430:
1424:
1423:
1405:
1399:
1393:
1384:
1378:
1372:
1366:
1360:
1359:
1341:
1332:
1326:
1320:
1314:
1305:
1299:
1293:
1287:
1281:
1275:
1269:
1263:
1254:
1248:
1242:
1236:
1230:
1224:
1213:
1212:
1186:
1053:Second Division
1014:Stockport County
797:Second Division
714:
641:Stockport County
637:Fred Scotchbrook
625:Sheffield United
522:on 28 February.
520:Rotherham County
508:Stockport County
438:Stafford Rangers
377:Stockport County
340:who played as a
313:
297:
279:
263:
249:Stockport County
245:
227:
209:
193:
184:
176:
150:
138:
99:
72:
70:
40:Blood whilst at
38:
31:
1607:
1606:
1602:
1601:
1600:
1598:
1597:
1596:
1497:
1496:
1491:
1478:
1470:
1469:
1463:
1458:
1454:
1444:
1442:
1438:
1432:
1431:
1427:
1420:
1407:
1406:
1402:
1394:
1387:
1379:
1375:
1367:
1363:
1356:
1343:
1342:
1335:
1327:
1323:
1315:
1308:
1300:
1296:
1288:
1284:
1276:
1272:
1264:
1257:
1249:
1245:
1237:
1233:
1225:
1216:
1201:
1188:
1187:
1166:
1156:
1024:Second Division
967:First Division
939:First Division
911:First Division
883:First Division
768:Second Division
709:
701:
693:
669:Winsford United
633:
589:Second Division
571:
535:Potteries derby
492:Football League
471:
406:
401:
389:Ashton National
381:Winsford United
365:Second Division
311:
301:Ashton National
295:
277:
267:Winsford United
261:
243:
225:
207:
191:
148:
136:
97:
68:
66:
45:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1605:
1603:
1595:
1594:
1589:
1584:
1579:
1574:
1569:
1564:
1559:
1554:
1549:
1544:
1539:
1534:
1529:
1524:
1519:
1514:
1509:
1499:
1498:
1495:
1494:
1489:
1475:
1474:
1468:
1467:
1452:
1425:
1418:
1400:
1385:
1373:
1361:
1354:
1333:
1321:
1306:
1294:
1282:
1270:
1255:
1243:
1231:
1214:
1199:
1163:
1162:
1161:
1160:
1155:
1152:
1149:
1148:
1145:
1142:
1139:
1136:
1133:
1130:
1126:
1125:
1122:
1119:
1116:
1113:
1110:
1107:
1103:
1102:
1099:
1096:
1093:
1090:
1087:
1084:
1079:
1073:
1072:
1069:
1066:
1063:
1060:
1057:
1054:
1051:
1045:
1044:
1041:
1038:
1035:
1032:
1029:
1026:
1021:
1016:
1010:
1009:
1006:
1003:
1000:
997:
994:
991:
987:
986:
983:
980:
977:
974:
971:
968:
965:
959:
958:
955:
952:
949:
946:
943:
940:
937:
931:
930:
927:
924:
921:
918:
915:
912:
909:
903:
902:
899:
896:
893:
890:
887:
884:
881:
875:
874:
871:
868:
865:
862:
859:
856:
854:First Division
851:
846:
840:
839:
836:
833:
830:
827:
824:
821:
817:
816:
813:
810:
807:
804:
801:
798:
795:
789:
788:
785:
782:
779:
776:
773:
770:
765:
760:
754:
753:
750:
747:
744:
741:
738:
734:
733:
730:
727:
724:
721:
718:
708:
705:
700:
697:
692:
689:
632:
629:
613:Central League
611:, acquiring a
593:First Division
570:
567:
545:by striking a
496:Clapton Orient
470:
467:
458:sergeant major
430:Leek Alexandra
405:
402:
400:
397:
373:First Division
342:centre-forward
329:
328:
324:
323:
321:
319:
314:
308:
307:
305:
303:
298:
292:
291:
288:
285:
280:
274:
273:
271:
269:
264:
258:
257:
254:
251:
246:
240:
239:
236:
233:
228:
222:
221:
218:
215:
210:
204:
203:
201:
199:
197:Leek Alexandra
194:
188:
187:
178:
171:
166:
162:
161:
160:Senior career*
157:
156:
151:
145:
144:
139:
133:
132:
128:
127:
125:Centre-forward
122:
118:
117:
114:
110:
109:
106:
105:Place of death
102:
101:
100:(aged 94)
96:12 August 1988
94:
90:
89:
79:
78:Place of birth
75:
74:
64:
60:
59:
56:
52:
51:
47:
46:
39:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1604:
1593:
1590:
1588:
1585:
1583:
1580:
1578:
1575:
1573:
1570:
1568:
1565:
1563:
1560:
1558:
1555:
1553:
1550:
1548:
1545:
1543:
1540:
1538:
1535:
1533:
1530:
1528:
1525:
1523:
1520:
1518:
1515:
1513:
1510:
1508:
1505:
1504:
1502:
1492:
1486:
1482:
1477:
1476:
1472:
1471:
1461:
1456:
1453:
1437:
1436:
1429:
1426:
1421:
1419:1-85983-474-4
1415:
1411:
1404:
1401:
1398:, p. 85.
1397:
1392:
1390:
1386:
1383:, p. 89.
1382:
1377:
1374:
1371:, p. 77.
1370:
1365:
1362:
1357:
1355:0-9508981-4-7
1351:
1347:
1340:
1338:
1334:
1331:, p. 69.
1330:
1325:
1322:
1319:, p. 75.
1318:
1313:
1311:
1307:
1304:, p. 53.
1303:
1298:
1295:
1292:, p. 52.
1291:
1286:
1283:
1280:, p. 35.
1279:
1274:
1271:
1268:, p. 71.
1267:
1262:
1260:
1256:
1253:, p. 28.
1252:
1247:
1244:
1241:, p. 11.
1240:
1235:
1232:
1229:, p. 84.
1228:
1223:
1221:
1219:
1215:
1210:
1206:
1202:
1200:0-9529152-0-0
1196:
1192:
1185:
1183:
1181:
1179:
1177:
1175:
1173:
1171:
1169:
1165:
1158:
1157:
1153:
1146:
1143:
1140:
1137:
1134:
1131:
1129:Career total
1127:
1123:
1120:
1117:
1114:
1111:
1108:
1104:
1100:
1097:
1094:
1091:
1088:
1085:
1083:
1080:
1078:
1075:
1074:
1070:
1067:
1064:
1061:
1058:
1055:
1052:
1050:
1047:
1046:
1042:
1039:
1036:
1033:
1030:
1027:
1025:
1022:
1020:
1017:
1015:
1011:
1007:
1004:
1001:
998:
995:
992:
988:
984:
981:
978:
975:
972:
969:
966:
964:
961:
960:
956:
953:
950:
947:
944:
941:
938:
936:
933:
932:
928:
925:
922:
919:
916:
913:
910:
908:
905:
904:
900:
897:
894:
891:
888:
885:
882:
880:
877:
876:
872:
869:
866:
863:
860:
857:
855:
852:
850:
847:
845:
841:
837:
834:
831:
828:
825:
822:
818:
814:
811:
808:
805:
802:
799:
796:
794:
791:
790:
786:
783:
780:
777:
774:
771:
769:
766:
764:
761:
759:
755:
751:
748:
745:
742:
739:
736:
735:
715:
712:
706:
704:
699:Personal life
698:
696:
691:Style of play
690:
688:
686:
682:
678:
674:
670:
666:
662:
658:
654:
650:
646:
642:
638:
630:
628:
626:
622:
618:
614:
610:
606:
602:
598:
594:
590:
586:
582:
579:
575:
568:
566:
564:
560:
556:
552:
548:
544:
540:
536:
532:
528:
523:
521:
517:
513:
509:
505:
501:
497:
493:
489:
485:
481:
476:
468:
466:
463:
459:
454:
450:
446:
441:
439:
435:
431:
427:
423:
419:
415:
411:
403:
398:
396:
394:
390:
386:
382:
378:
374:
370:
366:
362:
358:
354:
350:
345:
343:
339:
335:
325:
322:
320:
318:
315:
309:
306:
304:
302:
299:
293:
289:
286:
284:
281:
275:
272:
270:
268:
265:
259:
255:
252:
250:
247:
241:
237:
234:
232:
229:
223:
219:
216:
214:
211:
205:
202:
200:
198:
195:
189:
186:
179:
177:
172:
170:
167:
163:
158:
155:
146:
143:
134:
129:
126:
119:
111:
103:
93:Date of death
91:
87:
83:
76:
73:18 March 1894
63:Date of birth
61:
53:
48:
43:
37:
32:
26:
22:
1480:
1455:
1443:. Retrieved
1434:
1428:
1409:
1403:
1376:
1364:
1345:
1324:
1297:
1285:
1273:
1246:
1234:
1190:
710:
702:
694:
634:
631:Later career
609:reserve team
581:Fred Everiss
572:
555:broken wrist
524:
504:Bristol City
472:
442:
434:Macclesfield
407:
346:
334:Robert Blood
333:
332:
180:
173:
168:
131:Youth career
98:(1988-08-12)
58:Robert Blood
25:
1592:1988 deaths
1587:1894 births
1481:The Valiant
1460:Bobby Blood
1396:Oakley 2015
1381:Oakley 2015
1369:Oakley 2015
1329:Oakley 2015
1317:Oakley 2015
1302:Oakley 2015
1290:Oakley 2015
1278:Oakley 2015
1266:Oakley 2015
1251:Oakley 2015
1239:Oakley 2015
1227:Oakley 2015
677:transferred
585:club record
449:World War I
410:Harpur Hill
357:World War I
121:Position(s)
82:Harpur Hill
29:Bobby Blood
1501:Categories
1209:0952915200
1154:References
649:relegation
617:top-scorer
576:secretary-
563:concussion
549:which was
488:top-scorer
347:He played
338:footballer
69:1894-03-18
1445:20 August
758:Port Vale
723:Division
591:into the
539:Hull City
512:hat-trick
475:Port Vale
469:Port Vale
361:Port Vale
312:1930–1931
296:1929–1930
278:1928–1929
262:1927–1928
244:1924–1927
226:1921–1924
213:Port Vale
208:1919–1921
192:1913–1919
149:1911–1913
137:1909–1911
88:, England
55:Full name
42:Port Vale
1159:Specific
711:Source:
1473:General
1077:1926–27
1049:1925–26
1019:1924–25
963:1924–25
935:1923–24
907:1922–23
879:1921–22
849:1920–21
793:1920–21
763:1919–20
729:FA Cup
726:League
720:Season
685:scouted
673:Mossley
659:in the
657:1926–27
653:1925–26
645:1924–25
621:1923–24
605:1922–23
601:1921–22
597:1920–21
578:manager
547:penalty
533:in the
527:1920–21
484:1919–20
453:Béthune
385:Mossley
283:Mossley
1487:
1416:
1352:
1207:
1197:
1106:Total
990:Total
820:Total
752:Goals
732:Total
603:, and
559:headed
462:Allies
422:Buxton
414:Buxton
399:Career
393:Buxton
353:Buxton
317:Buxton
142:Buxton
113:Height
86:Buxton
1439:(PDF)
746:Goals
740:Goals
717:Club
667:side
551:saved
531:Stoke
514:past
165:Years
1485:ISBN
1447:2023
1414:ISBN
1350:ISBN
1205:ASIN
1195:ISBN
749:Apps
743:Apps
737:Apps
543:shot
500:Bury
424:and
420:for
391:and
256:(15)
238:(26)
220:(44)
175:Apps
169:Team
1147:87
1144:154
1132:148
1124:16
1008:26
838:45
815:20
787:25
679:to
639:'s
619:in
447:in
290:(6)
183:Gls
1503::
1388:^
1336:^
1309:^
1258:^
1217:^
1203:.
1167:^
1135:85
1121:45
1112:15
1109:42
1101:0
1071:8
1068:17
1056:16
1043:8
1040:27
1028:25
1005:53
996:26
993:53
985:2
957:9
954:11
942:11
929:4
901:4
898:14
886:14
873:7
870:15
858:15
835:56
826:44
823:53
812:26
803:20
800:25
784:30
775:24
772:28
627:.
599:,
565:.
506:,
502:,
498:,
440:.
412:,
395:.
387:,
287:17
253:42
235:53
217:53
84:,
1449:.
1422:.
1358:.
1211:.
1141:2
1138:6
1118:1
1115:3
1098:1
1095:0
1092:0
1089:0
1086:1
1065:0
1062:1
1059:8
1037:1
1034:2
1031:7
1002:0
999:0
982:4
979:0
976:0
973:2
970:4
951:0
948:0
945:9
926:9
923:0
920:0
917:4
914:9
895:0
892:0
889:4
867:0
864:0
861:7
832:1
829:3
809:0
806:1
781:1
778:2
185:)
181:(
71:)
67:(
44:.
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
