Charlie Petrie

Charlie Petrie
Personal information
Date of birth	July qtr, 1895
Place of birth	Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England
Date of death	Unknown
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Inside-left
Youth career
	Openshaw
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1918–1919	Manchester City	0	(0)
1919–1922	Stalybridge Celtic	22	(14)
1922–1925	Sheffield Wednesday	57	(22)
1925–1927	Swindon Town	32	(11)
1927–1929	Southampton	24	(7)
1929–1930	York City	0	(0)
Total		135	(54)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Charles Petrie (born 1895) was an English professional footballer who played at inside-left for various clubs in the 1920s.

Petrie was born in Chorlton-on-Medlock,Manchester and played as a youth for the nearby Openshaw F.C. At the end of the First World War he joined Manchester City as an apprentice, before moving in the summer of 1919 to Stalybridge Celtic, then playing in the Central League. In 1921, Celtic became one of the founder members of the Football League's Third Division (North). In February 1922, Petrie left Celtic and moved to Sheffield Wednesday of the Second Division.

At Wednesday, he made his debut in a 2–0 defeat at Nottingham Forest on 11 February 1922, replacing Johnny McIntyre who had left for Blackburn Rovers. Petrie retained his place for the remainder of the season, but in October 1922 was in turn replaced by the newly signed Andy Smailes. After Smailes moved on to Bristol City early in the 1923–24 season, Petrie was recalled to the first team. Petrie linked up well with Sid Binks at centre-forward and Sammy Taylor at inside-right, scoring 44 goals between them, of which Petrie contributed 16. Although Petrie started the next season, he soon lost out to Arthur Prince, making only three appearances.