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Arthur Green (Welsh footballer)

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Arthur Green
Personal information
Full name Arthur William Green[1]
Date of birth 5 December 1881
Place of birth Aberystwyth, Wales
Date of death 24 September 1966(1966-09-24) (aged 85)[2]
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1897–1898 Aberystwyth
1899–1900 Swindon Town 4 (2)
1900–1901 Aston Villa 0 (0)
1898–1899 Ebbw Vale
1901–1902 Walsall
1902–1907 Notts County 134 (56)
1907–1909 Nottingham Forest 38 (19)
1909–1910 Stockport County 7 (1)
1910–1912 Brierley Hill Alliance
1912 Stourbridge
1912–1913 Kidderminster Harriers
1913 Dudley
1913 Walsall
1914 Dudley
1914 Worcester City
International career
1901–1908 Wales 8 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur William Green (5 December 1881 – 24 September 1966) was a Welsh professional footballer who made over 130 appearances as a centre forward in the Football League for Notts County.[1][3] He also played League football for Nottingham Forest and Stockport County and was capped by Wales at international level.[1]

International career

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Green won eight caps and scored three goals for the Wales national team between 1901 and 1908.[2] He was part of the 1906–07 British Home Championship-winning squad.[2][4]

Personal life

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Green served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War.[5]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Swindon Town 1899–1900[6] Southern League First Division 4 2 4 2
Nottingham Forest 1906–07[7] Second Division 13 6 0 0 13 6
1907–08[7] First Division 19 8 0 0 19 8
1908–09[7] 6 3 0 0 6 3
Total 38 17 0 0 38 17
Stockport County 1909–10[8] Second Division 7 1 0 0 7 1
Career total 49 20 0 0 20 20

Honours

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Nottingham Forest

Wales

References

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  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 (Third edition, with revisions ed.). Toton, Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 117. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b c d "Arthur Green". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Green Arthur Nottingham Forest 1907". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b "British Home Championship 1900–1914". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Nottingham Forest football players served in the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Arthur Green – Player Profile". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d "Arthur Green". The City Ground. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Arthur Green County Record". gogogocounty.org. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  9. ^ Nottingham Forest F.C. at the Football Club History Database