Tom Porteous

Thomas Porteous
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Stoddart Porteous
Date of birth	October 1865
Place of birth	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Date of death	23 February 1919 (aged 53)
Place of death	Blackpool, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Heart of Midlothian
1884–1889	Kilmarnock
1889–1894	Sunderland
1894–1895	Rotherham Town
1896	Manchester City
1896	Rotherham Town
International career
1891	England
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Stoddart Porteous (October 1865 – 23 February 1919)^[1] was an English footballer who played as a right back, for Sunderland and also one appearance for England.

Career

Club

Although born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Porteous grew up in Dalkeith and Kilmarnock in Scotland, and started his football career north of the border with Hearts before joining Kilmarnock in 1884.^[2]^[3]

In 1889 Porteous arrived at Sunderland after gaining a high reputation in Scotland, and joining what was to become known as the Team of All the Talents, filled almost entirely with players recruited from Scotland. He made his debut on 18 January 1890 in a FA Cup match against Blackburn Rovers, but had to wait until 13 September before making his League debut. He soon became a fixture in the side, appearing in all 22 league matches in 1890–91. This was Sunderland's first season in the Football League at the end of which they finished in seventh place.

The following season Sunderland dominated the league, taking the title by a margin of five points, with Porteous missing only one match. Porteous was again an ever-present figure in the 1892–93 season^[4] when Sunderland took the Football League title for the second consecutive season, this time by a substantial 11-point margin.

Although he started the 1893–94 season, after two matches he lost his place to Peter Meehan, a Scottish international who had recently been signed from Celtic.^[5] Porteous left Sunderland at the end of the season, moving to Rotherham Town where he spent two seasons, also spending a few months with Manchester City.

International

Porteous' England call-up came in the 1890–91 season against Wales, when England won 4–1 at Newcastle Road, Sunderland in the 1891 British Home Championship.^[6] The Wales game was his only game for England, which was also the first international fixture played in Sunderland.

Honours

Sunderland

Football League champions: 1891–92, 1892–93

References

^ ^a ^b "England players: Tom Porteous". englandfootballonline. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
^ Graham Betts (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 194. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
^ John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Tom Porteous". www.safc.com. Retrieved 22 March 2008.
^ Gibbons, Philip (2001). Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. Upfront Publishing. p. 250. ISBN 1-84426-035-6.
^ "England 4 – Wales 1". England Stats. Retrieved 22 March 2008.

External links

[EFO-1] "England players: Tom Porteous". englandfootballonline. Retrieved 23 September 2018.

[Betts-2] Graham Betts (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 194. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.

[litsterprewar-3] John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[4] "Tom Porteous". www.safc.com. Retrieved 22 March 2008.

[5] Gibbons, Philip (2001). Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900. Upfront Publishing. p. 250. ISBN 1-84426-035-6.

[6] "England 4 – Wales 1". England Stats. Retrieved 22 March 2008.

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