Pat Flanagan

Infobox Football biography
playername = Pat Flanagan


fullname = John Patrick Flanagan
dateofbirth = 1891
cityofbirth = Preston, Lancashire
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = "Unknown"
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = 5' 6"
position = Inside forward
youthyears =
youthclubs = Stourbridge
years = 1908-1909 1909-1910 1910-1917
clubs = Norwich City Fulham Woolwich Arsenal
caps(goals) = 114 (28)

John Patrick "Pat" Flanagan (born 1891 in Preston, Lancashire) was an English footballer.

An inside forward, Flanagan played youth football for Stourbridge before joining Norwich City in 1908, before moving to Fulham in 1909. However he struggled at Fulham and in December 1910 joined struggling Woolwich Arsenal (both clubs being owned by the same man, Sir Henry Norris, at the time). Flanagan made his debut on February 11 1911 and over the next few seasons played in every forward position for Arsenal.

At the time Arsenal were struggling in the First Division, finishing 18th in 1909-10 and then 20th in 1912-13, which resulted in the club's relegation; that season Flanagan finished joint-top league goalscorer (with Charles Lewis), with a paltry two goals in the First Division. Flanagan adapted to Second Division football much more adeptly and the next season, 1913-14, he finished as Arsenal's top scorer with twelve league goals and one FA Cup goal, in the club's first season at Highbury.

However, Flanagan was dropped by Arsenal at the end of 1914-15 and spent the next two seasons as a bit-part player. He decided to retire after an injury in 1917. In total he had scored 28 goals in 121 league and cup appearances for Arsenal.

References

*cite book
author=Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.)
title=Arsenal Who's Who
publisher=Independent UK Sports
year=1995
id=ISBN 1-899429-03-4