Hope Robertson

Hope Robertson

Personal information
Full name	Hope Ramsey Robertson
Date of birth	(1868-01-17)17 January 1868[1]
Place of birth	Whiteinch, Scotland
Date of death	27 September 1947(1947-09-27) (aged 79)[2]
Place of death	Goole, England
Position(s)	Midfielder/Right Back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1888-1890	Morton
	Minerva
1889–1890	Partick Thistle	3	(0)
1889–1890	Woolwich Arsenal	4	(4)
1890–1892	Everton	32	(1)
1892	Bootle	10	(1)
1893–1894	Partick Thistle	29	(2)
1894	Walsall Town Swifts	12	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hope Ramsey Robertson (17 January 1868 – 27 September 1927) was a Scottish footballer who played in the English Football League for Bootle, Everton and Walsall Town Swifts, and in the Scottish Football League for Partick Thistle.^[2] He played in the first ever competitive match at Goodison Park in front of 14,000 spectators,^[3] a short time before leaving Everton.

References

1. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
2. The Hope of Everton, ToffeeWeb, 22 February 2017
3. Michael Joyce. The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939. ISBN 1899468676.