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Matt McQueen: Defender & Goalkeeper
& Manager |
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Date of Birth:
18.05.1863 |
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With the Reds: 1892-1899 &
1923-1938 |
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Dead: Sep 1944 |
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Bought from: Leith
Athletic |
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Signed for LFC:
ЈN/A - October 1892 |
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Debut: 29th October 1892 v Newtown
(H) FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round win 9-0 (Aged 28) |
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Last match: 01.04.1899 |
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Debut goal:
03.12.1892 |
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1st team league
games: 77 |
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1st team league
goals: 2 |
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Total 1st team
games: 105 |
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Total 1st team
goals: 7 |
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Contract expiry: 1899,
transfered to Hearts |
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International caps: 2
(as Leith Athletic) Scotland |
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International goals: |
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International debut:
22.03.1890 vs Wales |
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Former clubs: Leith
Athletic, Hearts, Leith Athletic (2) |
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Birth Place:
Harthill, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
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Personal Honours: |
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Total LFC games/goals
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League |
FA Cup |
FL Cup |
Europe |
Other |
Total |
| Seasons |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
App |
Gls |
| 1892-93 |
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1 |
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18 |
5 |
19 |
5 |
| 1893-94 |
27 |
2 |
3 |
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1 |
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31 |
2 |
| 1894-95 |
23 |
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3 |
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1 |
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27 |
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| 1895-96 |
22 |
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22 |
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| 1896-97 |
1 |
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1 |
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| 1897-98 |
2 |
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2 |
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| 1898-99 |
2 |
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1 |
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3 |
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| Total |
77 |
2 |
8 |
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20 |
5 |
105 |
7 |
A more detailed look at the player's appearances
| Total |
Competition |
| 77 |
League |
| 16 |
Lancashire League |
| 8 |
FA Cup |
| 2 |
Lancashire Cup |
| 2 |
Test Match |
Career Milestones for Matt McQueen:
Appearances in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
29.10.1892 |
Newtown |
9-0 |
Anfield |
FA |
| 50 |
28.04.1894 |
Newton Heath |
2-0 |
Anfield |
Other |
| 100 |
12.12.1896 |
Bury |
3-1 |
Anfield |
League |
Goals in all competitions
| № |
Date |
Min |
Against |
Result |
Venue |
Competition |
| 1 |
03.12.1892 |
0 |
Fleetwood R |
7-0 |
Anfield |
Other |
Matt McQueen
Job Title: Manager 13.02.1923 - 15.02.1928
Date of Birth: 18.05.1863
Date of Dead Sep 1944
With the Reds: 1923-1938
Arrived from: Liverpool director
Signed for LFC: 13.02.1923
First game in charge: 17.02.1923
LFC league games as manager: 210
Total LFC games as manager: 229
Contract expiry: 15.02.1928
Former Clubs as Player:
Former Clubs as Staff:
Birthplace: Bootle, Merseyside, England
Characteristics:
Honours as Staff: 1 Division One Championships: 22-23 *
* Took over as manager near end of season with Liverpool already top of the League.
The Managerial Record Matt McQueen
| Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
% |
| League |
210 |
83 |
57 |
70 |
327 |
290 |
39.52% |
| FA Cup |
19 |
10 |
3 |
6 |
27 |
17 |
52.63% |
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| Total |
229 |
93 |
60 |
76 |
354 |
307 |
40.61% |
Matches that are won or lost in a penalty shoot-out are counted as a draw
in those numbers.
Players
sold & bought by Matt McQueen
Update: 22.10.2007
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PROFILE
Matthew, along with his brother Hugh, arrived at Liverpool from Scotland only two
months into Liverpool's very first season. Matthew had already been capped by Scotland as
a winger before moving south to Merseyside and he would play in a number of different
positions during the club's successful inaugural season in the Football League, even
taking over from first-choice goalkeeper William McOwen on five occasions, a role he would
also fulfil on 36 more occasions in his Liverpool career. He was certainly the only man in
English soccer history (and probably ANY country for that matter) to win two championship
medals, albeit in the Second Division, as both an outfield player AND a goalkeeper!
But when Harry Storer arrived to claim the No. 1 shirt towards the end of the
1895-96 season, even Matthew's versatility could not guarantee him a place in the side and
he was only selected 5 times during the next three seasons. After he finished playing,
Matthew became a qualified referee and then in 1923, having already become a director at
Anfield, was offered the chance to take over as manager of Liverpool when David Ashworth
surprisingly left the defending champions to move to Oldham Athletic.
Matt saw the club safely through to their second successive championship and,
despite losing a leg in a car accident shortly afterwards, continued to manage the club
until February 1928, but not before he had made one of the most important signings in the
club's history, the South African goalscoring legend Gordon Hodgson. Matt continued to
live in very close proximity to Anfield and was a regular and welcome visitor to the club
from the day of his retirement until his death in 1944.
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MANAGER PROFILE
When David Ashworth suddenly and surprisingly left Anfield for Oldham Athletic
early in 1923, Liverpool turned to one of their Directors as a temporary answer. But not
only did Matthew McQueen see the club safely through to a successful defence of their
First Division championship trophy, he stayed in the manager’s chair for 5 years even
though he was nearly 60 years old at the time he was asked to take over.
Matt and his brother Hugh had been two of the many Scotsmen recruited by John
McKenna shortly after Liverpool were founded in 1892 following Everton’s decision to
move from Anfield to Goodison Park. Both had played in Liverpool’s first-ever Football
League match, against Middlesbrough Ironopolis in September, 1893. When his playing days
were over, McQueen took the qualifications necessary to become a Football League referee
and officiated as a linesman for a brief period in 1904. Towards the end of the First
World War, he was appointed to become a Director on Liverpool’s Board.
After the successive championships of 1922 & 1923, the club’s fortunes
declined somewhat with finishes of 12th, 4th, 7th and 9th. But the team started the
1927-28 season in far from convincing form. There were just 6 victories from 17 matches
before Manchester United’s visit to Anfield on Christmas Eve. Liverpool eventually
finished in what appeared to be a comfortable 16th place out of 22 but that doesn’t tell
the whole story. The fight to avoid relegation that year was extraordinary. Middlesbrough
finished bottom with 37 points and Tottenham joined them in the Second Division with 38
points. But no fewer than SEVEN clubs with Liverpool among them escaped by finishing on 39
points. However, before that end-of-season drama took place, Matt McQueen had stood down
as manager. He had tragically lost a leg in a road accident in the early 1920’s and his
health had deteriorated further by the end of the decade. But before he stood down,
McQueen had made one of Liverpool’s most significant signings ever, South African Gordon
Hodgson, a wonderful striker of the ball who would go on score nearly 250 senior goals for
the club in less than 400 appearances.
Matt became Liverpool through and through after his move from Scotland in the early
1890’s. He lived in Kemlyn Road just a stone’s throw from the stadium and was a
frequent and popular visitor to the club for the rest of his life. He died at the age of
81 in September, 1944.
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