Charlie Rattray

Charlie Rattray
Personal information
Full name Charles Robert Rattray[1]
Date of birth (1911-05-11)11 May 1911[1]
Place of birth Fleetwood, England[1]
Date of death 1 October 1995(1995-10-01) (aged 84)[1]
Place of death Fleetwood, England[1]
Playing position Right-winger
Youth career
1928–1929 Fleetwood Windsor Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1933 Blackpool 54 (9)
1934–1935 Watford 19 (0)
1936–1937 Mansfield Town 36 (5)
1937–1938 Port Vale 22 (1)
1938–1939 Accrington Stanley 19 (1)
Fleetwood
Total 150+ (16+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Charles Robert Rattray (11 May 1911 – 1 October 1995) was an English footballer who scored 16 goals in 150 league games in a nine-year career in the Football League with Blackpool, Watford, Mansfield Town, Port Vale, and Accrington Stanley.

Playing career

Rattray, known by the nickname "Jazz" due to his tendency to "jazz around with the ball", played for Fleetwood Windsor Villa, before joining Blackpool for a fee of £10.[2] He scored one goal in nine Second Division appearances in the 1929–30 season, as the "Tangerines" won promotion as champions; his goal came in a 6–0 win over Charlton Athletic at Bloomfield Road on 22 March. After avoiding relegation by slender margins in 1930–31 and 1931–32, Blackpool dropped out of the First Division in 1932–33. He then played 19 Third Division South games in an injury-hit spell at Watford, before scoring five goals in 36 Third Division North games for Mansfield Town. He joined Port Vale in May 1937.[1] He scored one goal in 22 Third Division North appearances in the 1937–38 season, but was given a free transfer from The Old Recreation Ground in May 1938.[1] He moved on to Accrington Stanley, scoring one goal in 19 Third Division North games, before ending his career with hometown club Fleetwood.

Statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Blackpool 1929–30 Second Division 91000091
1930–31 First Division 1912000211
1931–32 First Division 71000071
1932–33 First Division 70000070
1933–34 First Division 1261000136
Total 5493000579
Watford 1934–35 Third Division South 1903140261
Mansfield Town 1936–37 Third Division North 3652010395
Port Vale 1937–38 Third Division North 2211021252
Accrington Stanley 1938–39 Third Division North 1911020221
Career Total 150161019116918

Honours

with Blackpool

References

Specific
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 245. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ↑ "Profile" (PDF). watfordfcarchive.com. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
General
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