Bob Petrie
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Petrie | ||
| Date of birth | 25 October 1874 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 1947 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Half back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arbroath | |||
| Dundee East End | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1888–1890 | Gainsborough Trinity | 57 | (0) |
| 1893–1894 | Dundee | 13 | (1) |
| 1894–1897 | Sheffield Wednesday | 52 | (3) |
| 1897–1900 | Southampton | 50 | (6) |
| 1900–1901 | New Brighton Tower | 28 | (0) |
| Dundee Wanderers | |||
| 1905–1908 | Arbroath | ||
| 1908 | Dundee Wanderers | ||
| 1908–19?? | Brechin City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
|||
Robert "Bob" Petrie (25 October 1874 – 1947) was a professional footballer who won the FA Cup with Sheffield Wednesday in 1896 and was on the losing side in the 1900 FA Cup final with Southampton.
Born in Dundee, Petrie started his career in his native Scotland, before moving south to join Sheffield Wednesday in April 1894. In round 1 of the 1896 FA Cup, Petrie was part of the Wednesday team that narrowly defeated his future employers, Southampton, before going on to win the final in April.
After three seasons with Wednesday, Petrie moved to the south coast to join Southern League champions Southampton in May 1897, displacing John Hodgkinson. In his first season with the Saints, playing alongside Arthur Chadwick and Samuel Meston in the half-back line, he only missed two league games as Southampton claimed the Southern League title yet again. In 1897–98, Saints also reached the semi-final of the FA Cup before going out to Nottingham Forest in a replay (played in a blizzard).
Described in Holley & Chalk's The Alphabet of the Saints as "very much a team player, Bob was never showy but always reliable and at his best when the chips were down.". He did, however, have a drink problem and shortly after joining Southampton was reprimanded by the board over his drinking.
In the 1889–99 season, as a result of injury he lost his regular place to Scottish international John Robertson and only made nine appearances as Southampton, (now in their new home at The Dell), took the league title for the third consecutive season.
...
Wikipedia