Bob Ferrier (Scottish footballer)

For other people named Robert Ferrier, see Robert Ferrier (disambiguation).

Bob Ferrier

Personal information
Full name	Robert Ferrier
Date of birth	14 August 1872
Place of birth	Dumbarton, Scotland
Date of death	11 December 1947 (aged 75)[1]
Place of death	Dumbarton, Scotland
Position(s)	Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1891–1894	Dumbarton[2][3]	20	(6)
1894–1906	Sheffield Wednesday	308	(16)
Total		328	(22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Ferrier (14 August 1872 – 11 December 1947) was a Scottish professional footballer.

Career

Ferrier played for Dumbarton[4] and Sheffield Wednesday, as an inside forward.[5][6] In a 12-year spell with Wednesday, he was involved in the club's relegation from the Football League First Division in 1899, promotion as winners of the Second Division in 1900, followed by First Division championships in 1903 and 1904 (he was not involved in their two FA Cup final wins of that era).[7] The closest he got to international recognition was an appearance in the annual Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match in 1901.[8]

Personal life

His son, likewise named Robert and known as Bob, was also a footballer. The younger Ferrier achieved success playing for Motherwell, but was never selected for Scotland having been born in Sheffield while his father was playing in the city.[9][10] His brother-in-law Willie Speedie (brother of Scottish international Finlay Speedie) and nephew Bob Speedie played for Dumbarton.[11][12]

Honours

Dumbarton[12]

• Dumbartonshire Cup: Winners 1892–93, 1893–94.

References

1. Statutory registers - Deaths - Search results, ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 16 March 2022
2. McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
3. "Bob Ferrier - Player Statistics (The Sons Archive - Dumbarton Football Club History)". sonsarchive.com. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
4. Emms, Steve; Wells, Richard (2007). Scottish League Players' Records Division One 1890/91 to 1938/39. Beeston, Nottingham: Tony Brown. ISBN 978-1-899468-66-9.
5. "SWFC Legends D-F". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 27 June 2008. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
6. "Profile". Sheffield Wednesday Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
7. Ferrier Bob Image 1 Sheffield Wednesday 1896, Vintage Footballers
8. Football. | Anglo-Scots Trial., The Glasgow Herald, 21 March 1901
9. Bobby Ferrier, MotherWELLnet
10. Ferrier Bob Image 3 Motherwell 1928, Vintage Footballers
11. Mitchell, Andy (2021). The men who made Scotland: The definitive Who's Who of Scottish Football Internationalists 1872-1939. Amazon. ISBN 9798513846642.
12. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)