- Bob Petrie
Infobox Football biography
playername = Bob Petrie
fullname = Robert Petrie
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dateofbirth = birth date|1874|10|25 (see )
cityofbirth =Dundee
countryofbirth =Scotland
dateofdeath = 1947
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position = Half back
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1893-1894
1894-1897
1897-1900
1900-1901
1905-1908
1908-?
clubs = Arbroath
Dundee East End
Dundee
Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton
New Brighton Tower
Dundee Wanderers
Arbroath
Dundee Wanderers
Brechin City
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13 (1)
52 (3)
50 (6)
28 (0)
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ntupdate =Robert "Bob" Petrie (born
Dundee 25 October 1874 , died 1947) was a professional footballer who won the FA Cup with Sheffield Wednesday in 1896 and was on the losing side in the 1900 FA Cup final with Southampton.Playing career
After starting his career in his native
Scotland , Petrie moved south to join Sheffield Wednesday in April 1894. In round 1 of the 1896 FA Cup, Petrie was part of the Wednesday team that narrowly defeated his future employers, Southampton, before going on to win the final in April.After three seasons with Wednesday, Petrie moved to the south coast to join Southern League champions Southampton in May 1897. In his first season with the Saints, playing between
Arthur Chadwick andJimmy Yates in the half-back line, he only missed two league games as Southampton claimed the Southern League title yet again. In 1897-98, Saints also reached the semi-final of the FA Cup before going out to Nottingham Forest in a replay (played in a blizzard).Described in Holley & Chalk's "The Alphabet of the Saints" as "very much a team player, Bob was never showy but always reliable and at his best when the chips were down." [cite book |author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk |title=The Alphabet of the Saints| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992| pages=p.271| id=ISBN 0-9514862-3-3] .
In the 1989-99 season, as a result of injury he lost his regular place to Scottish international
John Tait Robertson and only made nine appearances as Southampton, (now in their new home at The Dell), took the league title for the third consecutive season. In the following season, Robertson having moved back to Scotland to join Rangers, Petrie resumed his place in the centre of the half-back line as Southampton took third place in the league , but reached the final of the FA Cup against Bury. Southampton were the first Southern League club to reach the FA Cup final, and had already beaten three top flight clubs on the way to the final [ [http://www.freewebs.com/captainbeecher/1900.htm Giant Killers 1900] ] but they failed to produce anything like their best form, conceding three goals in the first 20 minutes eventually losing 4-0.Two days after the final, Petrie made his final appearance for the Saints in a 4-1 league victory over Bristol City. In his three seasons with Southampton, he made a total of 68 appearances, scoring 6 goals.
In 1900 he moved to New Brighton Tower for their final season before the club was disbanded. He then returned to his native Scotland playing out his career for a variety of clubs, including three years with Arbroath and a spell with Brechin City just short of his 40th birthday.
Honours
Sheffield Wednesday
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FA Cup winner: 1896Southampton
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FA Cup finalist: 1900
* Southern League championships: 1897-98 and 1898-99Footnotes
References
*cite book |author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk |title=The Alphabet of the Saints| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992| id=ISBN 0-9514862-3-3
* [http://www.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=976&stid=162596&p=2 Dundee season 1893-94]External links
* [http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/output/2004/05/10/blether.shtm Article in Dundee Evening Telegraph]
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