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Ambrose Langley – Sheffield Wednesday Stalwart 1893-1904

Quote November 16, 2014 clivenicholson

“For what Fred Spiksley has done for The Wednesday Football Club they should erect a statue of him.”

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  1. “For what Fred Spiksley has done for The Wednesday Football Club they should erect a statue of him.”

    Ambrose Langley – Sheffield Wednesday Stalwart 1893-1904

    November 16, 2014 clivenicholson
  2. “ Spiksley was always doing something, always getting goals. Just consider what he did in the Football Association Challenge Cup Competition in 1896. He had a hand in all of the goals scored at Southampton; against Sunderland, ‘The Team of all the Talents’, he made the opening for Bell and scored himself; and against Everton he was the chief means of 2 of Wednesday’s 4 goals. It was his clever cross to Brash which enabled that player to equalise in the first semi-final game with Bolton Wanderers while in the replay he scored 1 goal as well as scoring both Wednesday goals in the Final. ‘What a Winger’.”

    Richard Sparling – Chief Sports Editor at the Sheffield Telegraph during the 1920’s.

    November 16, 2014 clivenicholson
  3. “Spiksley’s control of the ball, his individuality, and his pluck for a man of such modest stature without much weight were amazing. Like Hodgetts, Fred Spiksley did his ball work with the outside of the right foot. In fact, Fred Spiksley could do almost anything he wanted with either foot, and he was a sure marksman. Spiksley as a football player was a wonder.”

    J. A. H. CATTON of The Athletic News

    March 4, 1928 clivenicholson
  4. “The Wednesday outside left was not only the best player his club ever had, he was also the star of all the left-wingers I saw in my career. Nor have I ever seen his equal since.”

    Earnest Needham – England’s finest half-back during the 1890’s

    January 1, 1901 clivenicholson
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