Player Details

Real Name: George Arthur Atkinson
Normal Position: Inside Right
Height: 5' 9
Weight: 11st 0lbs
Born: 30/09/1909 (Goole)
Died: 14/07/1983 (Goole)

Originally an outside-right who represented Goole Town and Yorkshire County Schoolboys between 1922 and 1924, he developed as an industrious inside-forward whose foraging did a lot to help Joe Patrick. He had his best spell at Mansfield where he missed just 6 League games out of 126 in 3 seasons and scored 31 goals. It was with the 'Stags' that he broke into prominence, making many of Ted Harstori's 55 goals in 1936-37. He had scored at Mansfield v. Southport in 1936-37 and provided the pass for the 'Stags' to open the score in the return match. He left Southport to take a job at Thorne Colliery and play for the team there in the Yorkshire League, eventually becoming Secretary. He had a shop at Goole for 15 years or so, retiring early because of angina. He died at his home of a heart attack before the ambulance arrived.

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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Statistics include the following competitions
FA Cup , FA Trophy , Football League Cup, League, PLAY OFFS , Welsh Cup,

Season	Apps	Subs	Goals
1937/1938	40	0	8
Total	40	0	8

Last 10 games where player was named on the team sheet

Date	Competition	Venue	Opponents	Score
07/05/1938	League	A	YORK CITY	2 - 1
04/05/1938	Third Division (North) Cup / F	H	BRADFORD CITY	4 - 1
02/05/1938	League	A	GATESHEAD	0 - 5
30/04/1938	League	A	OLDHAM ATHLETIC	0 - 2
27/04/1938	Lancashire Senior Cup / 2	H	BOLTON WANDERERS	1 - 1
23/04/1938	League	H	GATESHEAD	0 - 0
20/04/1938	Third Division (North) Cup / SF	H	TRANMERE ROVERS	1 - 0
15/04/1938	League	H	TRANMERE ROVERS	1 - 3
12/04/1938	Lancashire Senior Cup / 1 R	H	PRESTON NORTH END	1 - 0
09/04/1938	League	H	HULL CITY	2 - 1

Last 10 games where player started

Date	Competition	Venue	Opponents	Score
07/05/1938	League	A	YORK CITY	2 - 1
04/05/1938	Third Division (North) Cup / F	H	BRADFORD CITY	4 - 1
02/05/1938	League	A	GATESHEAD	0 - 5
30/04/1938	League	A	OLDHAM ATHLETIC	0 - 2
27/04/1938	Lancashire Senior Cup / 2	H	BOLTON WANDERERS	1 - 1
23/04/1938	League	H	GATESHEAD	0 - 0
20/04/1938	Third Division (North) Cup / SF	H	TRANMERE ROVERS	1 - 0
15/04/1938	League	H	TRANMERE ROVERS	1 - 3
12/04/1938	Lancashire Senior Cup / 1 R	H	PRESTON NORTH END	1 - 0
09/04/1938	League	H	HULL CITY	2 - 1

Last 10 Games where player has scored

Date	Competition	Venue	Opponents	Score
12/03/1938	League	H	BARROW	2 - 0
10/03/1938	Welsh Cup / 7	A	RHYL	2 - 3
30/10/1937	League	A	BARROW	2 - 1
19/10/1937	Third Division (North) Cup / 1	H	CARLISLE UNITED	1 - 1
14/09/1937	League	H	YORK CITY	2 - 3
11/09/1937	League	A	ROCHDALE	2 - 3
07/09/1937	League	H	BRADFORD CITY	2 - 0
04/09/1937	League	H	DONCASTER ROVERS	1 - 3