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Wilf Haines
English footballer
Wilfred Henry Haines (June 1882 – after 1908) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke and Birmingham.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wilfred Henry Haines | ||
| Date of birth | June 1882 | ||
| Place of birth | Stone, Staffordshire, England | ||
| Position(s) | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Mount Pleasant Alliance | ||
| 1903–1904 | Newcastle Swifts | ||
| 1904–1905 | Stoke | 3 | (1) |
| 1905–1907 | Hanley Swifts | ||
| 1907–1908 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| 1908–1909 | Birmingham | 3 | (0) |
| 1909–19?? | Leek United | ||
| – | Stafford Rangers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Haines was born in Stone, Staffordshire and played amateur football with Mount Pleasant Alliance and Newcastle Swifts before joining Stoke in 1904.[2] He played three matches for Stoke in 1904–05 scoring once which came on this final day of the season against Small Heath before returning to non-league football in the Staffordshire area.[2] Birmingham paid Stafford Rangers £250 for his services in July 1908, expecting him to improve their chances of immediate promotion back to the First Division.[3] He played only twice before the arrival of outside right Jack Wilcox pushed him even further down the pecking order,[4] and he was released back to Staffordshire football at the end of the season.[3]
Source:[5]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke | 1904–05 | First Division | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Birmingham | 1908–09 | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career Total | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
- Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- Matthews, p. 155.
- Wilf Haines at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)