George Pither

Midfielder · Liverpool 1926–1928

George Pither

Personal

Born
24 June 1899
Place of birth
Kew, Surrey, England
Died
3 June 1966
Other clubs
Richmond Wednesday (1914-15), Isleworth Town (1915-21), Brentford (1921-22), Millwall (1922-24), Bristol Rovers (1924-25), Torquay United (1925-26), Merthyr Town (1926), Crewe Alexandra (1928-29), New Brighton (1929-31), Tunbridge Wells Rangers (1931-32), Margate (1932-34)

At Liverpool

Signed from
Merthyr Town
Joined
24 November 1926
Transfer fee
£500
First goal
1 October 1927
Last goal
1 October 1927
Last appearance
25 April 1928
Contract expiry
26 May 1928

Liverpool career

12 Appearances
1 Goals
  • League 12 apps · 1 goal
  • Win ratio 25% — W 3 · D 4 · L 5
  • Assists not recorded before 1945–46

Player profile

Pither had played 16 League matches and scored six goals for Merthyr Town in Third Division South when he joined Liverpool in the first part of the 1926/27 season. He played a dozen matches exclusively as replacement left-winger for the established Fred Hopkin, in the 1926/27 season and 1927/28. Pither's only goal for the club came on the first day of October 1927 when Portsmouth were crushed 8-2 at Anfield with the other scorers being William Devlin with four and Gordon Hodgson who scored a hat-trick. After 18 months at Anfield Pither returned to the third tier of League football with Crewe Alexandra, playing 38 League games and scoring 11 before joining New Brighton in 1929.

Appearances per season

Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
1926-1927 6 0 0 0 0 6
1927-1928 6 0 0 0 0 6
Totals 12 0 0 0 0 12

A more detailed look at the player's appearances

Apps Mins Opponent
12 1,080 All opponents
3 270 Leicester City
2 180 Bolton Wanderers
2 180 West Ham United
1 90 Everton
1 90 Newcastle United
1 90 Portsmouth
1 90 Sheffield Wednesday
1 90 Tottenham Hotspur
Total Started/substitutions
12 Started
0 Substituted
0 Substitute
0 On bench
Total Venue
5 Home
7 Away
Total Competition
12 League
Total W D L Win% Manager
11 3 3 5 27.3% Matt McQueen
1 0 1 0 0.0% George Patterson (2nd term)

Goals per season

Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
1927-1928 1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 1 0 0 0 0 1

The player scored 1 goals in 1 different matches.

A more detailed look at the player's goals

Total Opponent
1 Portsmouth
Total Started/substitutions
1 Started
Total Competition
1 League
Total Goal minute period
1 16-30 minutes
Total Goal origin
1 Open play
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