Player Details

Real Name: Christopher Shelley (Inglis) Anderson
Normal Position: Forward
Height: 5' 6 1/2
Weight: 10 st. 8 lbs
Born: 28/11/1928 (East Wemyss, Fifeshire)
Died: 20/07/1996 (Derby)

Chris Anderson was a slightly-built, fair-haired winger of tremendous potential whose career was undermined by weaknesses of both character and temperament. The third of four sons of a Scottish miner, he joined Blackburn Rovers after National Service in the Royal Artillery and made 13 Second Division appearances after being signed from Lochore Welfare. He made his Nelson debut against Southport Reserves when still on Blackburn Rovers' retained list at over �3,000 and later played his first match for Stockport County against Southport. He did not score for Southport in his 28 League and 3 Cup games in the first team nor in the Lancashire Combination and 2 Combination Cup games. Indeed his only F.L. goal was Blackburn Rovers' winner in the last match of 1950-51.
His suspect temperament saw him sent off while playing for Stockport County along with Accrington Stanley's Dave Musgrave (q.v.) and again when playing under permit for Highfield Athletic in themourn Combination after an incident with the referee. His drinking, extra-marital affairs and general shiftlessness took him through a succession of jobs and ultimately to a life of penury. Having suffered the amputation of a gangrenous leg as well as a severe stroke he was as a shadow of his former athletic self and was in permanent care until his death in Derby in 1996.

Player Profile reproduced with Permission from:
The Sandgrounders: The Complete League History of Southport F. C., by Michael Braham and Geoff Wilde (Palatine Books, 1995). ISBN 978-1-874181-14-9

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Season	Date	From	To	Value
1954/1955		STOCKPORT COUNTY	Southport

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Statistics include the following competitions
Cambrian Cup, Conference League Cup, English Jubilee Fund, FA Cup , FA Trophy , Football League Cup, Lancashire Floodlit Trophy, Lancashire Junior Cup, Lancashire League Medal Competition, Lancashire Senior Cup, League, Liverpool Senior Cup, Northern Premier League Cup, Northern Premier League Shield, PLAY OFFS , President's Cup, President's Inter League, Third Division (North) Cup, Welsh Cup,

Season	Apps	Subs	Goals
1954/1955	31	0	0
Total	31	0	0

Games where player was named on the team sheet

Date	Competition	Venue	Opponents	Score
11/05/1955	Liverpool Senior Cup	A	TRANMERE ROVERS	0 - 2
07/05/1955	League / D3N	H	SCUNTHORPE UNITED	1 - 1
02/05/1955	League / D3N	H	HARTLEPOOL	1 - 0
30/04/1955	League / D3N	A	STOCKPORT COUNTY	2 - 0
27/04/1955	League / D3N	A	BARNSLEY	0 - 0
25/04/1955	League / D3N	A	BRADFORD ( PARK AVENUE )	0 - 1
23/04/1955	League / D3N	H	TRANMERE ROVERS	0 - 0
20/04/1955	League / D3N	A	CHESTER (1885)	0 - 0
16/04/1955	League / D3N	A	ROCHDALE	0 - 0
13/04/1955	Liverpool Senior Cup	A	LIVERPOOL	3 - 2
11/04/1955	League / D3N	A	MANSFIELD TOWN	0 - 3
09/04/1955	League / D3N	H	BRADFORD ( PARK AVENUE )	1 - 0
08/04/1955	League / D3N	H	MANSFIELD TOWN	1 - 0
02/04/1955	League / D3N	A	GRIMSBY TOWN	1 - 0
30/03/1955	League / D3N	A	HARTLEPOOL	1 - 2
26/03/1955	League / D3N	H	CHESTER (1885)	1 - 1
19/03/1955	League / D3N	A	CARLISLE UNITED	1 - 2
12/03/1955	League / D3N	H	CREWE ALEXANDRA	1 - 0
05/03/1955	League / D3N	A	CHESTERFIELD	1 - 2
26/02/1955	League / D3N	H	DARLINGTON	0 - 0
19/02/1955	League / D3N	H	HALIFAX TOWN	4 - 0
12/02/1955	League / D3N	A	OLDHAM ATHLETIC	0 - 1
05/02/1955	League / D3N	H	BRADFORD CITY	1 - 0
19/10/1954	Lancashire Senior Cup / 1	H	OLDHAM ATHLETIC	1 - 2
18/09/1954	League / D3N	A	BRADFORD CITY	1 - 0
13/09/1954	League / D3N	A	BARROW	1 - 2
04/09/1954	League / D3N	A	SCUNTHORPE UNITED	0 - 2
30/08/1954	League / D3N	A	GATESHEAD (1930)	0 - 1
28/08/1954	League / D3N	H	WREXHAM	1 - 2
24/08/1954	League / D3N	H	GATESHEAD (1930)	1 - 2
21/08/1954	League / D3N	A	ACCRINGTON STANLEY	1 - 1