Robert Firth (footballer)

Robert Firth
Firth in a Port Vale squad photo in 1921
Personal information
Full name Robert Edwin Firth[1]
Date of birth (1887-02-20)20 February 1887[1]
Place of birth Sheldon, Birmingham, England[1]
Date of death 1966 (aged 78–79)[2]
Height 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[3]
Position(s) Outside right
Youth career
Birmingham Corporation Transport
Golders Green
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1911 Birmingham 25 (2)
1911 Wellington Town
1911–1921 Nottingham Forest 141 (14)
1921–1922 Port Vale 39 (5)
1922–1923 Southend United 37 (1)
Total 242 (22)
Managerial career
1930–1932 Racing de Santander
1932–1934 Real Madrid
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Edwin Firth (20 February 1887 – 1966) was an English footballer who played for Birmingham, Wellington Town, Nottingham Forest, Port Vale, and Southend United. He scored 22 goals from 242 appearances in the Football League.[2] He later coached Spanish La Liga teams Racing de Santander and Real Madrid, leading Santander to a second-place finish in 1930–31 and Madrid to two Campeonato Regional Centro titles and a first-place finish in La Liga in 1932–33 and a second-place finish in 1933–34.

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference kent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 98. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  3. ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Nottingham Forest". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.