Born:

12 January 1887

Born in:

Port Glasgow, Scotland

Died:

21 December 1948

Other clubs:

Morningside Rovers, Cambuslang Rangers, Airdrieonians (1908-10), Middlesbrough (1910-14), Wishaw Thistle (1915-17), Hamilton Academical (1917)

Signed from:

Middlesbrough

Joined Liverpool:

22.01.1914

Debut:

24 Jan 1914

Final appearance:

24 Apr 1915

Debut goal:

28 Feb 1914

Last goal:

05 Apr 1915

Contract until:

1915

League: Apps / Goals:

52 / 12

All Competitions: Apps / Goals:

59 / 14

Player Profile

Liverpool manager, Tom Watson, said that Nicholl "isn't a brilliant forward, but he's a useful one and he can shoot!" Nicholl was crowded out from Middlesbrough's forward line and after making his debut in January 1914 proved to be a valuable player in Liverpool's brilliant cup run that very season. The hard-fought battle against Sam Hardy's Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-final produced an unlikely hero in Nicholl. After half an hour’s play he headed the ball into the net. In the second half Metcalf struck a powerful shot that thundered off Hardy’s bar with Nicholl pouncing upon the rebound to net the second. Nicholl was in Liverpool's line-up in the final which was unfortunately lost against Burnley.