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Sam Raybould
Personal information
Full name Samuel Francis Raybould
Date of birth (1875-06-11)11 June 1875
Place of birth Staveley, Derbyshire, England
Date of death 1949 (aged 73–74)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Poolsbrook United
Staveley Colliery
North Staveley
–1894 Ilkeston Town
1894 Derby County5 (2)
Ilkeston Town
Poolsbrook United
Ilkeston Town
–1899 Bolsover Colliery
1899–1900 New Brighton Tower13 (10)
1900–1907 Liverpool 211 (120)
1907–1908 Sunderland27 (12)
1908–1909 Woolwich Arsenal26 (6)
1909–? Chesterfield Town
Sutton Town
Barlborough United
Total 282 (150)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Francis Raybould (11 June 1875[1] – 1949) was an English professional footballer. He played as a striker and is most renowned for his days playing for Liverpool.

Life and playing career

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Raybould was born in Staveley, Derbyshire and played for Poolsbrook United, Staveley Colliery and North Staveley before joining Chesterfield Town on trial. His trial wasn't successful, and he moved to Ilkeston Town from where he joined Derby County in 1894.

Despite scoring twice in five games for Derby, Raybould returned to non-league football with Ilkeston Town, subsequently playing for Poolsbrook United, Ilkeston Town (for a third spell) and Bolsover Colliery before joining New Brighton Tower in 1899.

He scored ten times in just 13 league games for New Brighton Tower and was signed by manager Tom Watson for Liverpool in January 1900. He made his debut on 13 January 1900 in a 2–0 win over W.B.AatAnfield and scored his first goal for the club a week later on 20 January in the Merseyside derbyatGoodison Park a game which saw Everton win 3–1.

Originally an outside right, he switched to centre forward at Liverpool and became a highly successful goalscorer. In the 1902–03 season Raybould set a new record of 31 league goals in a single league season. This record stood until 1931 when Gordon Hodgson broke it by scoring 36 goals.

In 1903 he, along with John Glover and William Goldie were given a seven-month ban from football for agreeing to 'financial inducements' to sign for Southern League Portsmouth. Portsmouth tried to use lack of regulations of transfers between the leagues to their advantage, but their approach was judged illegal. Raybould was suspended for seven months for agreeing to sign for Pompey. He was also given a lifetime ban on ever signing for the south-coast side. Without Raybould Liverpool slumped from fifth place to relegation candidates. His ban lasted until 31 December 1903 but was selected for the first team straight away in January. Raybould scored four goals from 15 games but could not prevent the reds dropping into the Second Division. However, he helped Liverpool to the second division title, contributing 19 goals and went on to score a total of 130 goals in 226 appearances for Liverpool, and remained their record goalscorer for 37 years. As of 2022, he stands as the eleventh highest goalscorer in Liverpool's history, ninth by his league goals.

His record of scoring 67 goals in his first 100 games for Liverpool stood until 2020 when he was overtaken by Mohamed Salah.

After leaving Liverpool in 1907, Raybould moved first to Sunderland where he scored 12 goals in 28 appearances in his solitary season there. He ended his league career at Woolwich Arsenal. He made his Arsenal debut against Everton on 2 September 1908 and played 30 times for Arsenal that season, scoring seven goals.

He left league football in 1909, joining non-league Chesterfield and subsequently playing for Sutton Town and Barlborough United.

Raybould never gained international recognition but was selected 3 times to represent the Football League against the Scottish League.

Personal life

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Raybould married Selima Wilkes on 24 December 1897, when he described himself as a miner.

Raybould died in 1949.

Career statistics

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Goals and Appearances by club, season and competition.[2][3][4]

Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps
Derby County 1894-95 First Division 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 5
New Brighton Tower 1899-1900 Second Division 10 13 0 0 0 0 10 13
Liverpool 1889-1900 First Division 7 11 0 0 0 0 7 11
1900-01 First Division 17 31 1 2 0 0 18 33
1901-02 First Division 16 29 0 0 0 0 16 29
1902-03 First Division 31 33 1 1 0 0 32 34
1903-04 First Division 4 15 1 1 0 0 5 16
1904-05 Second Division 19 32 0 2 0 0 19 34
1905-06 First Division 11 25 4 4 1[a] 1 16 30
1906-07 First Division 15 35 2 4 0 0 17 39
Total 120 211 9 14 1 1 130 226
Sunderland 1907-08 First Division 12 27 0 1 0 0 12 28
Arsenal 1908-09 First Division 6 26 1 4 0 0 7 30
Career total 150 282 10 19 1 1 161 302
  1. ^ appearance & goal in the 1906 Sheriff of London Charity Shield

References

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  1. ^ Past players: Sam Raybould, Liverpool FC official website
  • ^ "Liverpool career stats for Sam Raybould - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  • ^ "Sunderland AFC - Statistics, History and Records - from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  • ^ "Sam Raybould". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
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