Bobby Archibald
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Fleming Archibald | ||
| Date of birth | 6 November 1894 | ||
| Place of birth | Strathaven, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | January 1966 (aged 71–72) | ||
| Place of death | Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Outside-left | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1912–1913 | Albion Rovers | 7 | (5) |
| 1912–1913 | Hibernian | 1 | (1) |
| 1913–1914 | Third Lanark | 2 | (0) |
| 1913–1914 | Albion Rovers | 17 | (5) |
| 1914–1917 | Aberdeen | 69 | (10) |
| 1916–1917 | Rangers (loan) | 12 | (3) |
| 1917–1918 | Ayr United | 1 | (0) |
| 1918–1919 | Dumbarton (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1919–1920 | Aberdeen | 40 | (6) |
| 1920–1924 | Raith Rovers | 146 | (10) |
| 1924–1925 | Third Lanark | 38 | (2) |
| 1925–1931 | Stoke City | 262 | (37) |
| 1932–1933 | Barnsley | 6 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Robert Fleming "Bobby" Archibald (6 November 1894 – January 1966) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Barnsley and Stoke City.
Archibald played for a number of Scottish clubs before joining Stoke City in 1925. He helped Stoke win the Football League Third Division North in 1926–27 and became a consistent performer for Stoke at outside-left. He racked up 276 appearances for Stoke in seven seasons and he scored 40 goals. He ended his career with Barnsley and later became an insurance agent in Glasgow and a scout for Bradford City.
Archibald was born in Strathaven and played for Rutherglen Glencairn, Albion Rovers, Third Lanark before joining Aberdeen in 1914. During World War I he played for Rangers and his army regiment in France and Denmark. On 25 August 1925 at the age of 29 he joined English side Stoke City and made a fine impression scoring on his debut against on the opening day of the 1925–26, but a new look Stoke side failed to gel together and the side agonisingly slipped towards relegation to the Third Division. Archibald was a small player at just 5 ft 4in tall and weighing just 10 stone, His physique enabled him to become a fast player and his skill on the wings marked him out as one of the few class acts in the side relegated from the Second Division for the first time. He was renowned for his consistency, from his debut he played 58 consecutive matches before pulling a muscle against Rochdale in November 1927 and missed just six matches in the next six seasons.
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