This is the #9 shirt worn by double Golden Boot winner Malcolm ‘Supermac’ Macdonald for Newcastle United in the 1974 FA Cup final. Currently the Toon Army’s fifth highest goalscorer of all time, Macdonald spent five seasons on Tyneside between […]
England British Home Championship Team Photos – 1906
This trio of original photographs form part of the personal collection of former Arsenal, Blackburn and England goalkeeper Jimmy Ashcroft. Ashcroft played three times for England, in three British Home Championship games in 1906 where they claimed two wins and […]
Jimmy Ashcroft – Lancashire FA Winners Medal 1910/11
After leaving Arsenal in 1908 following eight successful seasons to help reduce financial pressure on the club, their record breaking keeper Jimmy Ashcroft joined Blackburn Rovers where he made a total of 120 appearances. He was part of their side […]
Health & Strength, February 1907 – Jimmy Ashcroft
In February 1907 former England and Arsenal keeper Jimmy Ashcroft published an article in ‘Health & Strength’ about how he kept in top physical condition. Thankfully for us, he kept a copy stored away and we recently acquired it along […]
Jimmy Ashcroft – England Shirt Badges 1906
Liverpool born James ‘Jimmy’ Ashcroft started his career with Everton as an amateur, but it was with Woolwich Arsenal that the keeper made his name! Signed from Gravesend United in 1900, Ashcroft was ever present for The Gunners for his […]
