- William Emerson (footballer)
Football player infobox
playername= William Emerson
fullname = William John Emerson
height =
nickname = Billy
dateofbirth = Birth date|1891|12|16|df=yes
cityofbirth =Enniskillen
countryofbirth =Ireland
dateofdeath = Death date and age|1961|1|19|1891|12|16|df=yes
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
currentclub =
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position =Midfielder
years = 1912-1922
1922-1924
1924-1925
1925-1926
1926-1927
1927-1928
1929-1930
clubs = Glentoran
Burnley
Glentoran
DundelaLinfield Willowfield
Dundela
caps(goals) = 285 (11)
45 (0)
23 (1)
- (-)
19 (1)
- (-)
- (-)
nationalyears = 1919-1923
nationalteam = flagicon|Ireland|1783 Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 11 (1)William "Billy" Emerson (
December 16 1891 -January 19 1961 ) was a former football player, for Burnley andGlentoran .Club career
A talented right half, Billy Emerson sprang from the Owen O’Cork club on east Belfast's Beersbridge Road, a little club that reared many young players for its big league neighbours
Glentoran . [ [http://photos1.blogger.com/photoInclude/blogger/3953/3347/1600/billyemersoninfo3fk.jpg] Famous Footballers card series]Glentoran
After being snapped up by the Glens in 1912, he made five appearances, scoring three goals in wins against Derry City and
Shelbourne .Glentoran finished as champions that season and the following year, Emerson was part of the successful team that lifted both the Irish Cup and City Cup.
He was also part of the squad that traveled to the continent and brought back the Vienna Cup. William Emerson made almost 300 appearances for Glentoran before joining Burnley during the 1921–22 season.
Burnley FC
Emerson first met the Burnley team in
Vienna in 1914 when his club touredEurope and Burnley secured his transfer towards the end of the 1921–22 season.Emerson made his debut for the then reigning league champions in front of 30,000 spectators in a 1-1 draw with Cardiff City. [ [http://www.clarets-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadtmrs.asp?ssnno=51&teamno=104]
Clarets Mad ]He spent parts of three seasons at
Turf Moor playing 45 times, but like some of his Glentoran colleagues before him, moved back to the Oval.Glentoran
After departing Burnley, Billy Emerson returned to Belfast where he played with Glentoran for two more years until 1926. In his two spells at the Oval, Emerson made more than 300 appearances.
He also played with Glentoran's cross city rivals Linfield and also enjoyed two spells back in east Belfast with Dundela.
International career
Emerson earned his first cap for pre-partition Ireland against England in October 1919.
He would earn a further 10 caps for Ireland, scoring once. Five of his caps were earned at Burnley while the remaining six he won while on Glentoran's books. His six caps while at Glentoran makes him the most capped player in the club's history. [ [http://www.glentoran-fc.co.uk/internationals.htm] Glentoran internationals]
All 11 of Emerson's Ireland caps came in Home International Championship games.
His last cap came on
October 20 1923 in a 2-1 victory over England inBelfast . [ [http://www.claretsmad.co.uk/news/loadsngl.asp?cid=ED36&id=302690] Clarets Mad]Notes
References
* [http://nifg.co.uk/?p=260 Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats]
* [http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Track/6698/tales/glentoran.html The Glentoran-Burnley connection]External links
* [http://www.claretsmad.co.uk/news/loadsngl.asp?cid=ED36&id=302690 William Emerson at Clarets Mad]
* [http://nifg.co.uk/?p=680 The Northern Ireland-Glentoran connection]
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