Harry Mountford

Not to be confused with Harry Montford.

Harry Mountford
Personal information
Full name Harry Washington Mountford[1]
Date of birth 17 May 1884[2]
Place of birth Hanley, Staffordshire, England[1]
Date of death 1 February 1957 (aged 72)[3]
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Hanley Swifts
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1903–1907 Burslem Port Vale 96 (28)
1907–1911 Everton 25 (5)
1911–1913 Burnley 28 (10)
1913–1915 Third Lanark 45 (4)
Total 194 (47)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry Washington Mountford (17 May 1884 – 1 February 1957) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Burslem Port Vale, Everton, Burnley, and Third Lanark. He scored 43 goals in 150 league appearances in a ten-year career in the English Football League.

Career

Burslem Port Vale

Mountford began his career with Hanley Swifts before joining Burslem Port Vale as an amateur in June 1903.[1] He scored his first goal in the Second Division on 23 January 1904, in a 4–1 defeat at Glossop.[1] He played a total of seven games in 1903–04, scoring two goals.[1] He hit three goals in 28 appearances in 1904–05.[1] He scored a hat-trick past Lincoln City in a 3–1 win at the Athletic Ground on 30 December 1905, and finished the 1905–06 season as the club's top-scorer with 15 goals in 37 appearances.[1] He scored 11 goals in 37 games in 1906–07, before being transferred to Everton in June 1907, when Vale suffered a financial crisis and resigned from the English Football League.[1] In his four seasons at Port Vale, Mountford made 109 appearances in league and cup competitions, and scored a total of 31 goals.[1]

Later career

The "Toffees" finished 11th in the First Division in 1907–08, before finishing in second place in 1908–09, tenth in 1909–10, and then fourth in 1910–11. Mountford scored five goals in 25 league games in his four years at Goodison Park. He then followed Bert Freeman. He moved on to Burnley, helping the "Clarets" to finish third in the Second Division in 1911–12, before they won promotion with a second-place finish in 1912–13. Mountford scored ten goals in 29 league games in his two seasons at Turf Moor. He then moved to Scotland to play for Third Lanark[4] where he was a fairly regular starter for two seasons and featured in a Scottish Cup semi-final in the first (Thirds lost out to eventual winners Celtic).[5]

Career statistics

Source:[6][7][4]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Burslem Port Vale 1903–04 Second Division 7 2 0 0 7 2
1904–05 Second Division 24 3 2 0 26 3
1905–06 Second Division 33 15 1 0 34 15
1906–07 Second Division 32 8 4 2 36 10
Total 96 28 7 2 103 30
Everton 1907–08 First Division 10 3 0 0 10 3
1908–09 First Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
1909–10 First Division 12 2 0 0 12 2
1910–11 First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 25 5 0 0 25 5
Burnley 1910–11 Second Division 2 2 0 0 2 2
1911–12 Second Division 10 6 0 0 10 6
1912–13 Second Division 14 1 1 0 15 1
1913–14 Second Division 2 1 0 0 2 1
Total 28 10 1 0 29 10
Third Lanark 1913–14 Scottish Division One 21 3 6 1 27 4
1914–15 Scottish Division One 24 1 0 0 24 1
Total 45 4 6 1 51 5
Career total 194 47 14 3 208 50

Honours

Burnley

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 208. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
  3. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995
  4. ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ The Celts Succeed Comfortably, The Scotsman, 30 March 1914, via The Celtic Wiki
  6. ^ Harry Mountford at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  7. ^ Profile evertonfc.com