Players - Bob Priday

Bob Priday
Birthdate: 29 March 1925
Birthplace: Cape Town, South Africa
Date of death: 30 September 1998
Other clubs: Cape Town City, Blackburn Rovers (1949-51), Clitheroe (1951-52), Northwich Victoria (1952), Accrington Stanley (1952-53), Rochdale (1953)
Signed from: Cape Town City
Signed for LFC: 28.11.1945
Liverpool debut: 05.01.1946
Last appearance: 05.03.1949
Debut goal: 17.05.1947
Last goal: 10.01.1948
Contract expiry: 16.03.1949
Win ratio: 37.5% W:15 D:10 L:15
Games/goals ratio: 6.67
Total games/goals opposite LFC: 1 / 0
Wartime games/goals: 16 / 4
League games / goals: 34 / 5
Total games / goals: 40 / 6

Player Profile

The South African was a useful winger, who played on both flanks. His signing took place on the liner Capetown Castle at Southampton docks after arriving from Cape Town. He made four appearances in the 1946 FA Cup competition but the nine games he was selected for when the national leagues resumed in 1946/47 were not quite enough to qualify him for a League Championship medal. However, he made an important impact at the end of that marathon season that turned out to be absolutely priceless. A second-half strike earned a point at Brentford on 17 May 1947 and in the next game he contributed to a late winner that saw off Arsenal. Priday met his old club, Liverpool, while at Blackburn, in the third round of the FA Cup on 7 January 1950. The game finished goalless but Priday got injured in the game and had to have a cartilage operation.
Appearances per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 34 6 0 0 0 40
1945-1946 0 4 0 0 0 4
1946-1947 9 0 0 0 0 9
1947-1948 21 2 0 0 0 23
1948-1949 4 0 0 0 0 4
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
Apps Minutes Opponent
3 270 Charlton Athletic
3 270 Bolton Wanderers
3 270 Arsenal
2 180 Wolves
2 180 Chester City
2 180 Burnley
2 180 Aston Villa
2 180 Huddersfield Town
2 180 Sheffield United
2 180 Middlesbrough
2 180 Stoke City
2 180 Manchester United
2 180 Preston North End
2 180 Chelsea
1 90 Blackpool
1 90 Manchester City
1 90 Blackburn Rovers
1 90 Nottingham Forest
1 90 Everton
1 90 Sunderland
1 90 Derby
1 90 Brentford
1 90 Grimsby Town
Total Venue
24 Away
15 Home
1 Neutral
Total Competition
34 League
6 FA Cup
Total W D L Win % Manager
40 15 10 15 37.5% George Kay
Goals per season
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 5 1 0 0 0 6
1945-1946 0 0 0 0 0 0
1946-1947 1 0 0 0 0 1
1947-1948 4 1 0 0 0 5
1948-1949 0 0 0 0 0 0
A more detailed look at the player's goalscoring
Total Competition
5 League
1 FA Cup
Total Goal minute period
3 1-15 minutes
1 16-30 minutes
1 46-60 minutes
1 61-75 minutes
Total Goal origin
6 Open play
Wartime Appearances / Goals
Season Appearances Goals
1945-1946 16 4
Milestone Appearances
# Date Against Stadium Competition
1 05.01.1946 Chester Sealand Road FA Cup
Milestone Goals
# Minute Date Against Stadium Competition
1 72 17.05.1947 Brentford Griffin Park League
Other Clubs
Club Season Club rank League apps League goals Total apps Total goals
Cape Town City South Africa N/A N/A N/A N/A
Blackburn Rovers 1948-1949 England Second Division 13 0 13 0
Blackburn Rovers 1949-1950 England Second Division 18 5 19 5
Blackburn Rovers 1950-1951 England Second Division 16 5 16 5
Northwich Vict. 1952 England Cheshire County League N/A N/A N/A N/A
Accrington Stanley 1952-1953 England Third Division North 5 0 5 0
Rochdale 1953-1954 England Third Division North 5 1 5 1
Total 57 11 58 11