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
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 Challenge Cup, 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
1937/1938	48	0	9
Total	48	0	9

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
02/04/1938	League	A	LINCOLN CITY	3 - 1
29/03/1938	Third Division (North) Cup / 3 R	H	OLDHAM ATHLETIC	3 - 0
26/03/1938	League	H	HARTLEPOOL	2 - 0
19/03/1938	League	A	WREXHAM	1 - 4
15/03/1938	Third Division (North) Cup / 3	A	OLDHAM ATHLETIC	1 - 1
12/03/1938	League	H	BARROW	2 - 0
10/03/1938	Welsh Cup / 7	A	RHYL	2 - 3
26/02/1938	League	H	PORT VALE	1 - 0
19/02/1938	League	H	CARLISLE UNITED	1 - 1
15/02/1938	Third Division (North) Cup / 2	H	HARTLEPOOL	6 - 0
12/02/1938	League	A	ACCRINGTON STANLEY	0 - 3
05/02/1938	League	H	CHESTER (1885)	2 - 2
01/02/1938	Welsh Cup / 6	H	CREWE ALEXANDRA	2 - 0
29/01/1938	League	A	ROTHERHAM UNITED	1 - 1
22/01/1938	League	H	ROCHDALE	2 - 0
13/01/1938	League	A	HULL CITY	1 - 10
01/01/1938	League	H	DARLINGTON	1 - 1
27/12/1937	League	A	HALIFAX TOWN	1 - 1
25/12/1937	League	H	HALIFAX TOWN	2 - 2
18/12/1937	League	H	OLDHAM ATHLETIC	2 - 2
04/12/1937	League	H	NEW BRIGHTON	0 - 0
27/11/1937	FA Cup / 1	A	HARTLEPOOL	1 - 3
13/11/1937	League	A	HARTLEPOOL	2 - 1
06/11/1937	League	H	WREXHAM	1 - 2
30/10/1937	League	A	BARROW	2 - 1
23/10/1937	League	H	CREWE ALEXANDRA	3 - 1
19/10/1937	Third Division (North) Cup / 1	H	CARLISLE UNITED	1 - 1
16/10/1937	League	A	PORT VALE	1 - 1
09/10/1937	League	A	CARLISLE UNITED	0 - 1
02/10/1937	League	H	ACCRINGTON STANLEY	2 - 1
25/09/1937	League	A	CHESTER (1885)	1 - 2
18/09/1937	League	H	ROTHERHAM UNITED	0 - 3
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
01/09/1937	League	A	BRADFORD CITY	1 - 1
28/08/1937	League	A	DARLINGTON	1 - 1

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