Players - Dave Wright

Dave Wright
Birthdate: 5 October 1905
Birthplace: Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Date of death: 15 July 1953
Other clubs: Raith Rovers (1923-24), East Fife (1924-26), Cowdenbeath (1926-27), Sunderland (1927-30), Hull City (1934-35), Bradford Park Avenue (1935-36)
Signed from: Sunderland
Signed for LFC: £4800 in total with Gordon Gunson, 12.03.1930
Liverpool debut: 12.04.1930
Last appearance: 31.03.1934
Debut goal: 07.02.1931
Last goal: 07.10.1933
Contract expiry: 25.07.1934
Win ratio: 41% W:41 D:19 L:40
Games/goals ratio: 2.86
Total games/goals opposite LFC: 3 / 0
League games / goals: 93 / 35
Total games / goals: 100 / 35

Player Profile

Wright's breakthrough was in the 1930/31 season when he made 15 league appearances, most of them as a replacement for Jimmy Smith, and scored six times. Wright made a terrific start to the 1931/32 season when he scored five times in the first four games and finished up with 13, going one better in the following campaign. He figured in nine of the first ten league matches in the 1933/34 season, but lost his place and finished his Liverpool career at home to Derby County on the last day of March 1934. It was his hundredth first-team appearance, in which he had hit the net 35 times.
Appearances per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 93 7 0 0 0 100
1929-1930 1 0 0 0 0 1
1930-1931 15 0 0 0 0 15
1931-1932 35 4 0 0 0 39
1932-1933 30 1 0 0 0 31
1933-1934 12 2 0 0 0 14
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps Minutes Opponent
7 630 Sheffield United
6 540 Derby
6 540 Sunderland
6 540 Everton
5 450 Chelsea
5 450 Blackpool
5 450 Leicester City
4 360 WBA
4 360 Arsenal
4 360 Newcastle United
4 360 Grimsby Town
4 360 Manchester City
4 360 Portsmouth
4 360 Aston Villa
3 270 Huddersfield Town
3 270 Leeds United
3 270 Wolves
3 270 Bolton Wanderers
3 270 Blackburn Rovers
3 270 Sheffield Wednesday
3 270 Birmingham City
2 210 Fulham
2 180 West Ham United
2 180 Middlesbrough
1 90 Stoke City
1 90 Manchester United
1 90 Burnley
1 90 Tottenham
1 90 Chesterfield
Total Venue
54 Away
46 Home
Total Competition
93 League
7 FA Cup
Total W D L Win % Manager
100 41 19 40 41% George Patterson (2nd term)
Goals per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 35 0 0 0 0 35
1929-1930 0 0 0 0 0 0
1930-1931 6 0 0 0 0 6
1931-1932 13 0 0 0 0 13
1932-1933 14 0 0 0 0 14
1933-1934 2 0 0 0 0 2
A more detailed look at the player's goalscoring
Milestone Appearances
# Date Against Stadium Competition
1 12.04.1930 Burnley Turf Moor League
50 29.03.1932 Huddersfield Town Leeds Road League
100 31.03.1934 Derby Anfield League
Milestone Goals
# Minute Date Against Stadium Competition
1 21 07.02.1931 Newcastle United Anfield League
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Scrapbook
A sketch from the Liverpool Echo - 7 September 1932
A sketch from the Liverpool Echo - 7 September 1932
Echo drawing 15 March 1930
Echo drawing 15 March 1930
Wright signs
Wright signs
Other Clubs
Club Season Club rank League apps League goals Total apps Total goals
Raith Rovers 1923-1924 Scotland Division 1 0 0 0 0
East Fife 1924-1925 Scotland Division 2 17 5 17 5
East Fife 1925-1926 Scotland Division 2 34 21 34 21
Cowdenbeath 1926-1927 Scotland Division 1 34 18 34 18
Sunderland 1927-1928 England First Division 32 5 33 6
Sunderland 1928-1929 England First Division 10 1 10 1
Sunderland 1929-1930 England First Division 10 1 10 1
Hull City 1934-1935 England Third Division North 32 11 33 11
Bradford Park Avenue 1935-1936 England Second Division 20 1 20 1
Total 189 63 191 64