Albert Carnelly

Albert Carnelly
Personal information
Full nameAlbert F Carnelly
Date of birth29 December 1870
Place of birthNottingham, England
Date of death18 August 1920 (aged 49)
Place of deathNottingham, England
Playing positionInside forward
Youth career
189?-1890Notts County
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1890-1894Loughborough58(44)
1894–1896Nottingham Forest52(24)
1896–1897Leicester Fosse28(10)
1897-1898Bristol City20(17)
1898Ilkeston Town??(??)
1898–1899Bristol City15(10)
1899-1900Thames Ironworks27(9)
1900–1901Millwall13(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).


Albert Carnelly (born 29 December 1870 and died 18 August 1920) in Nottingham, was an English footballer who played as an inside forward. He made over 200 appearances scoring 116 goals in first team league football. Carnelly made 80 Football League appearances scoring 34 goals, 58 Midland League appearances scoring 44 goals and 75 Southern League appearances scoring 38 goals in the years 1890 to 1901 before the First World War.[1][2]

Career

Albert Carnelly played locally for Notts County before turning professional with Loughborough in December 1890.[3] Carnelly joined Nottingham Forest in May 1894 playing two seasons in Division One before dropping into Division Two in May 1896 for a season with Leicester Fosse. Next Carnelly moved south in July 1897 to play in the Southern League with Bristol City for two years.[4] In summer 1899 Carnelly signed for Thames Ironworks staying one season and spent a further season in the Southern League with Millwall. [4] [5]

Carnelly returned to Nottingham in 1901 and after regaining amateur status in 1903 finished his playing career with Nottingham Corporation Tramways.

Honours

with Bristol City

References

  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939. Tony Brown. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  2. Wilson, Alex. Southern League First Division 1894-1920. Association of Football Statiscians.
  3. Taylor, Paul. The Luffs Who's Who 1889-1900. soccerdata.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Woods, David; Leigh Edwards (1997). Bristol City FC The First 100 years. Redcliffe Press. ISBN 1-900178-26-5.
  5. Woods, David (1994). Bristol Babe The First 100 years of Bristol City FC. Yore Publications. ISBN 1-874427-95-X.