John Earp

John Earp
Personal information
Full name John Earp
Date of birth Q1 1860
Place of birth Newport, Shropshire, England
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1884–1887 Newton Heath LYR 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


John Earp (Q1 1860 – unknown) was an English footballer who played as a forward. Born in Newport, Shropshire,[1] he played for Newton Heath (now Manchester United) between 1885 and 1888. As well as an appearance in an FA Cup match against Fleetwood Rangers in October 1886, he also played in 10 Manchester Senior Cup matches, scoring one goal.[2] He played as an outside right against Fleetwood Rangers, but he could equally play as an inside forward, centre-forward or as a wing half.[3]

References

  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  2. Shury, Alan; Landamore, Brian (2005). The Definitive Newton Heath F.C. SoccerData. pp. 46–49, 66. ISBN 1899468161.
  3. Dykes, Garth (1994). The United Alphabet: A Complete Who's Who of Manchester United F.C. Leicester: ACL & Polar Publishing (UK). ISBN 0-9514862-6-8.


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