Players - Edgar Chadwick

Edgar Chadwick
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 Competition
43 League
2 FA Cup
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
Total Competition
7 League
Total Goal origin
7 Open play
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
Liverpool’s return to form

From Lancashire Evening Post on 13 December, 1902.

Chadwick on continental football

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!
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