Norman Bailey (footballer)

Norman Coles Bailey ( born July 23, 1857 in Streatham, London, † January 13, 1923 ) was an English footballer of the late 19th century.

Playing career

Association

Bailey began playing football for his school team, the Westminster School. After that he played as a defender for Old Westminster, Clapham Rovers, Wanderers FC, ​​Swifts FC and Corinthian FC and to representative selections of London and Surrey.

With the Clapham Rovers he twice reached the FA Cup final, in 1879 he was defeated Old Etonians 0-1, a year after he won 1-0 against Oxford University.

National team

Bailey played 19 times for England, a very high for that time number of internationals. All the games he played against Scotland, Wales or Ireland, because at the time there was no non -British national teams. He was the first English player who broke the 10 - game limit.

It is interesting that both his debut, and his first 15 games as team captain and his last international all with defeats against Scotland ended ( 2:7, 1:6, 2:3 ).

His only goal for the national team, he succeeded in a 4-0 win against Wales. Some sources also indicate that Bailey has taken even at a 5-4 comeback against Scotland ( Pausenstand 1:4 ), officially the gate is however considered as own goal by the Scottish goalkeeper Robert Parlane. With Bailey won in the formation and England lost eight games, three draws.

After the football

Already parallel to and even after his football career, he worked as a lawyer, so he could stay his entire career on amateur players without getting financial problems.

He worked from 1882 to 1884 for the Football Association, whose vice- president, he was 1887-1890.