Frank McPherson
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francis Comber McPherson | ||
| Date of birth | 14 May 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | Barrow-in-Furness, England | ||
| Date of death | 5 March 1953 (aged 51) | ||
| Place of death | Davyhulme, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Barrow Shipbuilders | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1919 | Partick Thistle | 1 | (0) |
| 1919–1921 | Chesterfield Municipal | 26 | (12) |
| 1921–1923 | Barrow | 53 | (3) |
| 1923–1928 | Manchester United | 159 | (45) |
| 1928 | Manchester Central | ||
| 1928–1930 | Watford | 61 | (55) |
| 1930–1933 | Reading | 79 | (28) |
| 1933–1936 | Watford | 33 | (12) |
| 1937 | Barrow | 3 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Francis Comber "Frank" McPherson (14 May 1901 – 5 March 1953) was an English footballer who played as a forward. Born in Barrow-in-Furness, he began his professional career with Partick Thistle in the Scottish Football League, before spending almost 20 years in The Football League with Chesterfield Municipal, Barrow, Manchester United, Watford and Reading.
Born in Barrow-in-Furness to parents from Aberdeen, McPherson worked as a ship plater for Vickers and played football for the works team, Barrow Shipbuilders. In April 1919, towards the end of the 1918–19 season, he signed as an amateur for Scottish club Partick Thistle, helping them to a fourth-place finish in the Scottish First Division.
McPherson returned to Barrow Shipbuilders at the end of the season, and played in their 1919–20 FA Cup Preliminary Round defeat to Kells White Star; however, in October 1919, he was signed by Midland League club Chesterfield Municipal, who – either ignoring his cup-tied status or unaware of it entirely – gave him his debut in their FA Cup second qualifying round match against South Normanton Colliery on 25 October; starting at centre-forward, he scored twice as Chesterfield won 5–0. After the match, South Normanton submitted an appeal to The Football Association that McPherson should not have been allowed to play, resulting in Chesterfield being disqualified from the competition and McPherson being banned for a month. Chesterfield manager Tom Callaghan protested that he was unaware that McPherson had already played in the FA Cup that season, but McPherson maintained that he had told his manager he was not available for selection. Callaghan offered McPherson £5 to retract that claim, as well as ordering club captain Peter Irvine to back him up; however, he was found out and sacked from his position, never for the football world to hear from him again.
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