- Birthdate: 14 June 1869
- Birthplace: Blackburn, England
- Date of death: 14 February 1942
- Other clubs: Blackburn Olympic (1886-87), Blackburn Rovers (1887-88), Everton (1888-99), Burnley (1899-1900), Southampton (1900-02), Blackpool (1904-05), Glossop (1905-06), Darwen (1906-08); Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool (wartime guest)
- Signed from: Free transfer
- Signed for LFC: 04.05.1902
- International debut: 07.03.1891 vs. Wales
- International caps: 7/3 (caps as an Everton player) - 03.04.1897
- Liverpool debut: 06.09.1902
- Last appearance: 06.02.1904
- Debut goal: 01.11.1902
- Last goal: 04.04.1903
- Contract expiry: 20 May 1904
- Win ratio: 40% W:18 D:5 L:22
- Games/goals ratio: 6.43
- Total games/goals opposite LFC: 9 / 2
- League games / goals: 43 / 7
- Total games / goals: 45 / 7
Player Profile
Chadwick spent the autumn of his career at Liverpool, after a sensational period at Everton from 1888-1899. He signed for the Blues before the inaugural Football League season of 1888/89 and played 300 games and scored 110 goals. His highlight was winning the League Championship in 1891. The 5ft. 6in. (167 cm.) left-winger was called "King of the dribblers and master of the ball" by Victor Hall in the Liverpool Echo in the 1920s. "To see Edgar Chadwick in play was to realise for the first time what the art of 'dribbling' really meant," he noted.
Chadwick joined Burnley at 30 years of age, but despite being the top-scorer of the team with ten goals he couldn‘t prevent their relegation to Second Division. He moved to Southampton where he was victorious in the Southern league before featuring in the 1902 FA Cup final where the Saints lost 2-1 to Sheffield United in a replay. That defeat completed an unwanted hat-trick for Chadwick who had twice before been on the losing side with Everton in an FA Cup final, in 1893 and 1897. After 52 League games and 18 goals for the Saints, Chadwick moved up north to Liverpool. He played in the Reds' forward-line for two seasons between the Championship wins in 1901 and 1906. His teammates undoubtedly learnt a whole lot from playing with him as "he had a kindly disposition to new players and especially to young ones coming along", as Victor Hall noted. Chadwick missed only five of the 34 first division matches in the 1902/03 season and scored seven times, including two in the 9-2 demolition of Grimsby Town at Anfield on 6 December 1902. He added a further 15 matches to his total the following season of which 11 were defeats in the disastrous 1903/04 campaign.
A pioneer in Englishmen coaching abroad he became a respected coach in Holland and took charge of the Dutch national team in 1908, a post he held until November 1913, guiding the team to bronze medals in the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. He returned to Blackburn to work as a baker and made one final appearance as a wartime guest for Blackburn Rovers against Manchester United on 11 November 1916, at the age of 47!
Appearances per season
Season |
League |
FA |
LC |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
Totals |
43 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
45 |
1902-1903 |
29 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
1903-1904 |
14 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps |
Minutes |
Opponent |
4 |
360 |
Derby |
4 |
360 |
Wolves |
3 |
270 |
Blackburn Rovers |
3 |
270 |
Nottingham Forest |
3 |
270 |
Sheffield United |
3 |
270 |
Aston Villa |
3 |
270 |
Newcastle United |
3 |
270 |
Bury |
2 |
180 |
Middlesbrough |
2 |
180 |
Stoke City |
2 |
180 |
Sunderland |
2 |
180 |
Bolton Wanderers |
2 |
180 |
WBA |
2 |
180 |
Sheffield Wednesday |
2 |
180 |
Grimsby Town |
2 |
180 |
Notts County |
1 |
90 |
Everton |
1 |
90 |
Manchester City |
1 |
90 |
Manchester United |
Total |
Venue |
24 |
Away |
21 |
Home |
Total |
W |
D |
L |
Win % |
Manager |
45 |
18 |
5 |
22 |
40% |
Tom Watson |
Goals per season
Season |
League |
FA |
LC |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
Totals |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1902-1903 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1903-1904 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
A more detailed look at the player's goalscoring
Milestone Appearances
# |
Date |
Against |
Stadium |
Competition |
1 |
06.09.1902 |
Blackburn Rovers |
Anfield |
League |
Milestone Goals
# |
Minute |
Date |
Against |
Stadium |
Competition |
1 |
0 |
01.11.1902 |
Middlesbrough |
Anfield |
League |
Related Articles
From Lancashire Evening Post on 13 December, 1902.
A Blackburn Standard article from 16 June 1900.
Related Quotes
"To see Edgar Chadwick in play was to realise for the first time what the art of "dribbling" really meant. As a player he never appeared to be speedy, he had not the build or the symmetry of wind and limb that indicates pace. Coming of Lancashire stock, he had rather the loose awkward build that even when stripped for play is so deceptive in other fields of athletics. In manner Edgar was shy and diffident. He had that modest, unassuming manner both on and off the field of play, that one finds so frequently in really great players."
Edgar Chadwick was called "King of the dribblers and master of the ball" by Victor Hall in the Liverpool Echo in the 1920s.
Scrapbook
Everton and Chadwick in profile in 1889!
Other Clubs
Club |
Season |
Club rank |
League apps |
League goals |
Total apps |
Total goals |
Blackburn Olympic |
1886-1887 |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Blackburn Rovers |
1887-1888 |
|
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Everton |
1888-1889 |
England First Division |
22 |
6 |
22 |
6 |
Everton |
1889-1890 |
England First Division |
22 |
9 |
24 |
9 |
Everton |
1890-1891 |
England First Division |
22 |
10 |
23 |
10 |
Everton |
1891-1892 |
England First Division |
25 |
10 |
26 |
11 |
Everton |
1892-1893 |
England First Division |
27 |
10 |
34 |
13 |
Everton |
1893-1894 |
England First Division |
24 |
13 |
24 |
13 |
Everton |
1894-1895 |
England First Division |
28 |
11 |
32 |
14 |
Everton |
1895-1896 |
England First Division |
28 |
11 |
31 |
12 |
Everton |
1896-1897 |
England First Division |
28 |
7 |
33 |
9 |
Everton |
1897-1898 |
England First Division |
22 |
8 |
27 |
10 |
Everton |
1898-1899 |
England First Division |
22 |
2 |
24 |
3 |
Burnley |
1899-1900 |
England First Division |
31 |
10 |
32 |
10 |
Southampton |
1900-1902 |
Southern League |
52 |
18 |
52 |
18 |
Blackpool |
1904-1905 |
England Second Division |
34 |
8 |
40 |
11 |
Glossop |
1905-1906 |
England Second Division |
35 |
5 |
36 |
5 |
Darwen |
1906-1908 |
Lancashire Combination Division One |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Total |
422 |
138 |
460 |
154 |