Percy Fairclough - 1 Cap (0 Goals)

  • Full Name: Percy Fairclough
  • Born: 1st February 1858, Mile End, London
  • Died: 22nd June 1947, Sevenoaks, Kent aged 89
  • England Career: 1878
  • Positions whilst with England: Forward
  • Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Old Foresters (1)
  • FA Legacy Number: 54
  • Fairclough schooled at Forest School in Walthamstow and represented their alumni team the Old Foresters whom he captained and led to victory in the London Cup. Professionally he was a member of the Stock Exchange for 50 years. He was tragically killed in a road accident outside Tubs Hill station in Sevenoaks in 1947. He was, at the time, the oldest England International.

England Career Statistics

  • Only Cap: v Scotland (FR) on 2nd March 1878 aged 20 years, 1 month, 1 day
  • Starts: 1
  • Substitute: 0
  • Withdrawn: 0
  • Full Games: 1

England Match Statistics

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    Sources

    • An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
    • England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
    • Sevenoaks Chronicle "Oldest International Dead", Friday 27th June 1947, page 5.
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