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Alex Kirk

Biography

Alex, who worked as a miner, was signed from Bowhill Rovers in August 1939 ahead of the new campaign and he made his debut in mid-October 1939 in a 5-3 loss away to King’s Park. The following month he was called up for military training, and in October 1940 he became a Prisoner of War while serving during WW2. He remained in a POV camp up until May 1945 when he returned to his Cardenden home. He resumed playing for the club in December 1945, featuring regularly during the second half of the 1945-46 season, before an ankle injury sustained…Read moreRead less
Alex, who worked as a miner, was signed from Bowhill Rovers in August 1939 ahead of the new campaign and he made his debut in mid-October 1939 in a 5-3 loss away to King’s Park. The following month he was called up for military training, and in October 1940 he became a Prisoner of War while serving during WW2. He remained in a POV camp up until May 1945 when he returned to his Cardenden home.

He resumed playing for the club in December 1945, featuring regularly during the second half of the 1945-46 season, before an ankle injury sustained in training that summer stopped him from playing again and he retired from football altogether in December 1946.

Statistics

Apps
13
Goals
3
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.23
Minutes
1170
Seasons
1
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1945-4613300

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 11 Aug 1939 · Left: 31 May 1946

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Bob McGlashan22 Dec 194530 Mar 194612
Archie Anderson20 Apr 194620 Apr 19461

Timeline

  1. Born

    Cardenden

  2. Signed

  7. Recorded contract end

Appearances (13)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
20 Apr 1946 Arbroath 3–4 Raith Rovers Victory Cup1945-46 L
30 Mar 1946 Stirling 3–1 Arbroath Scottish League Cup1945-46 L
23 Mar 1946 Arbroath 1–3 Dundee Scottish League Cup1945-46 L
9 Mar 1946 Arbroath 1–0 Stirling Scottish League Cup1945-46 W
2 Mar 1946 Dundee 0–0 Arbroath Scottish League Cup1945-46 D
16 Feb 1946 Arbroath 2–2 Dundee United Forfarshire Cup1945-46 D
26 Jan 1946 Arbroath 1–3 Alloa Supplementary Cup1945-46 L
19 Jan 1946 Arbroath 2–4 Ayr Utd Southern League1945-46 L
12 Jan 1946 Arbroath 2–6 East Fife Southern League1945-46 L
5 Jan 1946 Dundee United 4–0 Arbroath Southern League1945-46 L
2 Jan 1946 Arbroath 0–5 Airdrie (Old) Southern League1945-46 L
29 Dec 1945 Arbroath 1–2 Alloa Southern League1945-46 L
22 Dec 1945 Cowdenbeath 4–2 Arbroath Southern League1945-46 L

Goals scored (3)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
16 Feb 1946 Arbroath 2–2 Dundee United Forfarshire Cup1945-46 D 29′
12 Jan 1946 Arbroath 2–6 East Fife Southern League1945-46 L 54′
12 Jan 1946 Arbroath 2–6 East Fife Southern League1945-46 L 57′