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John Bovill

John Bovill

When Chesterfield lost its League status, fiery-tempered Bovill stayed with the club, scoring 31 goals in 77 Midland league games. Bovill made 29 appearances for Liverpool in the period leading up to World War I. The bulk of those games were in the 1911/12 season when he scored seven times from 25 matches. He was to make only a further four appearances for the club in the next two seasons, the club programme complaining that his main fault was "lack of deadliness in front of goal", but his main strength being a "hard worker" and delivering...

Born:
21 March 1886
Place of Birth:
Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died:
1935
Other Clubs:
Strathclyde Juniors, Rangers (1907-08), Blackburn Rovers (1908-09), Chesterfield Town (1909-11), Linfield (1914-16)
Signed from:
Chesterfield Town
Joined Liverpool:
20.04.1911
Contract Expiry:
14.05.1914
Debut:
04 Sep 1911
First goal:
04 Nov 1911
Last goal:
06 Jan 1912
Last appearance:
25 Oct 1913
Games/goals ratio:
4.14
Win ratio:
44% W:11 D:0 L:14
League: Apps / Goals:
27 / 7
All Competitions: Apps / Goals:
29 / 7
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Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 27 2 0 0 0 29
1911-1912 23 2 0 0 0 25
1912-1913 1 0 0 0 0 1
1913-1914 3 0 0 0 0 3
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 7 0 0 0 0 7
1911-1912 7 0 0 0 0 7
1912-1913 0 0 0 0 0 0
1913-1914 0 0 0 0 0 0

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