Players - Joseph Brough

Joseph Brough
Birthdate: 9 November 1886
Birthplace: Burslem, England
Date of death: 5 October 1968
Other clubs: Smallthorne (1903-06), Burslem Port Vale (1906-07), Stoke City (1907-08), Tottenham Hotspur (1908-09), Port Vale (2 / 1909-10), Bristol City (1912-13), Port Vale (3 / 1913-22)
Signed from: Port Vale (2)
Signed for LFC: August 1910
Liverpool debut: 10.09.1910
Last appearance: 21.01.1911
Debut goal: 17.09.1910
Last goal: 29.10.1910
Contract expiry: January 1912
Win ratio: 27.27% W:3 D:0 L:8
Games/goals ratio: 3.67
League games / goals: 11 / 3
Total games / goals: 11 / 3

Player Profile

Brough started out as an amateur with Burslem Port Vale in 1906, but left for Stoke when financial difficulties stopped the club right in its tracks. He rejoined the new Vale, which had dropped Burslem from its name in 1907 and netted a club record 43 goals in the 1909/10 season. Brough moved to Liverpool the following season and made 11 appearances as a forward during 1910/11 and scored three goals. It came hardly as a surprise when he moved to Bristol City in January 1912 as he had featured only for Liverpool's reserves in the past 12 months. After a couple of years with City he rejoined Port Vale in the Central league and scored 35 goals in the 1913/14 season. He featured for Port Vale following World War II and made 58 second division appearances, scoring five goals.
Appearances per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 11 0 0 0 0 11
1910-1911 11 0 0 0 0 11
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps Minutes Opponent
2 180 Sunderland
2 180 Nottingham Forest
1 90 Everton
1 90 Tottenham
1 90 Bristol City
1 90 Sheffield United
1 90 Newcastle United
1 90 Manchester City
1 90 Blackburn Rovers
Total Venue
6 Away
5 Home
Total Competition
11 League
Total W D L Win % Manager
11 3 0 8 27.3% Tom Watson
Goals per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 3 0 0 0 0 3
1910-1911 3 0 0 0 0 3
A more detailed look at the player's goalscoring
Total Competition
3 League
Total Goal origin
3 Open play
Milestone Appearances
# Date Against Stadium Competition
1 10.09.1910 Blackburn Rovers Ewood Park League
Milestone Goals
# Minute Date Against Stadium Competition
1 2 17.09.1910 Nottingham Forest Anfield League
Scrapbook
Looking back - both at Spurs and Liverpool
Looking back - both at Spurs and Liverpool
Other Clubs
Club Season Club rank League apps League goals Total apps Total goals
Smallthorne 1903-1906 0 0 0 0
Port Vale 1906-1907 England Second Division 11 1 11 1
Stoke City 1907-1908 England Second Division 1 0 1 0
Tottenham 1908-1909 England Second Division 1 0 2 0
Port Vale 1909-1910 0 43 0 43
Bristol City 1911-1912 England Second Division 8 1 8 1
Bristol City 1912-1913 England Second Division 14 10 14 10
Port Vale 1913-1914 Central League 0 35 0 35
Port Vale 1919-1920 England Second Division 22 4 23 4
Port Vale 1920-1921 England Second Division 28 1 29 1
Port Vale 1921-1922 England Second Division 8 0 9 1
Total 93 95 97 96