Walsall player 165. Daniel Thomson


Daniel Thomson (born 10 August 1891 in Dundee) was a Scottish professional footballer.
Thomson began his career with Aberdeen before moving on to St Johnstone from where he joined Bristol City in the 1925-26 season. He spent the following season with Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic before joining Torquay United in 1927. He played in United’s first match in the Football League, a 1-1 draw with local rivals Exeter City at Plainmoor on 27 August 1927. He played in the next eight games for Torquay before losing his place to Jack Pattison. Thomson played only two further league games before joining Walsall in 1928. When he joined Walsall he played the first two gaes of the season, and that was it. I cannot trace where or what happened to him from that point onwards!

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Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1923-1924 Aberdeen 11 (0)
St Johnstone
1925-1926 Bristol City 6 (0)
1926-1927 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 20 (2)
1927-1928 Torquay United 11 (2)
1928 Walsall 2 (0)

Walsall player 107. Dudley Milligan


Dudley Milligan (born 7 January 1916, death unknown) was a footballer who represented both South Africa and Ireland at international level. Milligan, who played as a forward, played professionally in Scotland, England, and Ireland between 1937 and 1949.Born in Johannesburg, Dudley began his career with hometown side Johannesburg Rangers before going on trial with Scottish club Dundee in late 1937. After failing to get a contract, Milligan instead signed for Clyde in December 1937. After scoring nine goals in ten League games, Milligan moved to English side Chesterfield in November 1938. During World War II, normal League football was suspended, and Milligan guested for a number of teams in Ireland including Linfield, Larne, Distillery and Dundalk. After the League resumed in 1946, Milligan returned to Chesterfield, before moving to Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in August 1947. By October 1948 Milligan had moved to Walsall, and in 1949 he returned to Ireland to play with Ballymena United.
Milligan played international football for both South Africa and Ireland, D.Milligan

representing the latter at the 1939 British Home Championship.

Youth career
Johannesburg Rangers
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–1938 Clyde 10 (9)
1938–1947 Chesterfield 49 (19)
Linfield (war guest) ? (?)
Larne (war guest) ? (?)
1942 Distillery (war guest) ? (?)
1942 Dundalk (war guest) 0 (0)
1947–1948 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 45 (25)
1948–1949 Walsall 5 (1)
1949 Ballymena United ? (?)
Total 109 (54)
National team
1936 South Africa 3 (0)
1939 Ireland 1 (1)

Walsall player 63. Hugh Evans


Hugh Evans (born 12 December 1919) is a Welsh former professional footballer who scored 22 goals in 76 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Walsall and Watford.
Evans was born in Ynysybwl, now in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales, and brought up in Luton, Bedfordshire,England. He was noticed by Birmingham City while he was serving in the Army, and signed for the club in December 1947. Hugh could have been a Wolverhampton player had the scout been a little earlier, as he did not arrive until after he had already agreed to join The Blues. An inside forward, Evans made his debut in the First Division on 22 January 1949, deputising for Jackie Stewart in a goalless draw at Preston North End. His hard work did not make up for insufficient ability to play at the top level, and he joined Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic of the Third Division South in 1950. He scored 8 goals in 22 league games for Bournemouth, and a year later moved to Walsall, where his 12 goals in 37 league games made him their joint leading scorer in the1951–52 season. For the following season he signed for his third Division Three South club, Watford, then finished off his career playing non-league football for Bedford Town and Hitchin Town.
After retiring from the game he became a grocer in Luton.

 

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Senior career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Redditch United ? (?)
1947–1950 Birmingham City 11 (0)
1950–1951 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 22 (8)
1951–1952 Walsall 37 (12)
1952–1954 Watford 7 (2)
1954–19xx Bedford Town ? (?)
Hitchin Town ? (?)