C. McAlpine

C. McAlpine

Personal information
Playing position	Left-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1890–1892	Burslem Port Vale	20	(0)
1892	Darlington
1892–1893	Burslem Port Vale	10	(0)
Total		30+	(0+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

C. McAlpine was a 19th-century footballer. He played 76 games for Burslem Port Vale, although 30 of those were friendlies, which were more prevalent in that era than today.

Playing career

McAlpine joined Burslem Port Vale in December 1890, making his debut at the Athletic Ground in a 3–0 friendly defeat to rivals Stoke on 20 December 1890.^[1] He was a first team regular and helped the club share the North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup in 1891 and win the Staffordshire Charity Cup in 1892.^[1] He managed to sign for both Darlington and Vale in the summer of 1892 and was obliged to play for the former as he had given them his signature first; he also picked up a six-week suspension for his error.^[1] He returned to Vale in October 1892 and was once more a first team regular, playing ten Second Division games in 1892–93, before leaving for good in February 1893.^[1]

Statistics

• Sourced from C. McAlpine profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burslem Port Vale	1891–92	Midland League	20	0	1	0	0	0	21	0
	1892–93	Second Division	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
	Total		30	0	1	0	0	0	31	0

Honours

with Burslem Port Vale

• North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup winner: 1891 (shared)
• Staffordshire Charity Cup winner: 1892

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 189. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.