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George Guild

Biography

George played for the club for 6 years before moving to Edinburgh in early 1885 where he played for St. Bernard's. He returned to play in the New Year games of 1890 and featured for us in a friendly away to St. Bernards in March of that year also. George was a prominent member of the cricket team, and although he played a couple of games in the 1890-91 season to help the club out, he declared himself retired from the game of football to concentrate on his cricket, although he came back to further help the club during the…Read moreRead less
George played for the club for 6 years before moving to Edinburgh in early 1885 where he played for St. Bernard's. He returned to play in the New Year games of 1890 and featured for us in a friendly away to St. Bernards in March of that year also.

George was a prominent member of the cricket team, and although he played a couple of games in the 1890-91 season to help the club out, he declared himself retired from the game of football to concentrate on his cricket, although he came back to further help the club during the first half of the 1891-92 season. He working as a school master in Edinburgh up until his retirement in 1929.

Statistics

Apps
24
Goals
1
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.04
Minutes
2160
Seasons
10
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1891-9211100
1890-912000
1889-900000
1888-890000
1884-850000
1883-847000
1882-832000
1881-821000
1880-811000
1879-800000

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 1 Jul 1879 · Left: 30 May 1892

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Selection Committee23 Oct 188016 Jan 189224

Timeline

  1. Born

    Arbroath

  2. Signed

  6. Recorded contract end

  7. Died

    Prestonpans

Appearances (24)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
16 Jan 1892 Dundee East E 5–1 Arbroath Northern League1891-92 L
9 Jan 1892 St Johnstone 4–0 Arbroath Northern League1891-92 L
19 Dec 1891Neutral venue Arbroath 0–3 Renton Scottish Cup1891-92 L
28 Nov 1891Neutral venue Monkcastle 3–4 Arbroath Scottish Cup1891-92 W
7 Nov 1891 Arbroath 10–0 Denny Scottish Qualifying Cup1891-92 W
31 Oct 1891 Arbroath 1–2 Dundee Our B Forfarshire Cup1891-92 L
24 Oct 1891 Arbroath 4–1 St Johnstone Northern League1891-92 W
17 Oct 1891 Arbroath 6–3 Montrose Northern League1891-92 W
10 Oct 1891 Arbroath 4–4 Dundee Harp Northern League1891-92 D
26 Sep 1891 Arbroath 7–1 Fair City Scottish Qualifying Cup1891-92 W
19 Sep 1891 Brechin (Old) 3–9 Arbroath Scottish Qualifying Cup1891-92 W
13 Sep 1890 Arbroath 4–1 Dundee Wands Scottish Cup1890-91 W
6 Sep 1890 Dundee Wands 3–3 Arbroath Scottish Cup1890-91 D
22 Dec 1883Neutral venue Arbroath 2–1 Dundee Harp Forfarshire Cup1883-84 W
24 Nov 1883 Arbroath 2–1 Strathmore D Forfarshire Cup1883-84 W
27 Oct 1883 Dundee Harp 2–1 Arbroath Scottish Cup1883-84 L
20 Oct 1883 Arbroath 1–1 Dundee Harp Scottish Cup1883-84 D
22 Sep 1883 Arbroath 4–1 Dundee Our B Forfarshire Cup1883-84 W
15 Sep 1883 Arbroath 7–0 Aberdeen (Old) Scottish Cup1883-84 W
8 Sep 1883 Arbroath 3–3 Aberdeen (Old) Scottish Cup1883-84 D
30 Sep 1882 Dunblane 3–1 Arbroath Scottish Cup1882-83 L
9 Sep 1882 Arbroath 4–3 Dundee East E Scottish Cup1882-83 W
10 Sep 1881 Arbroath 1–2 Dundee Our B Scottish Cup1881-82 L
23 Oct 1880 Arbroath 2–1 Rob Roy Scottish Cup1880-81 W

Goals scored (1)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
10 Oct 1891 Arbroath 4–4 Dundee Harp Northern League1891-92 D ?