Born in Airdrie, McFarlane began his career with local side Airdrieonians, before moving to England to play for Bootle.[1] He was part of the Bootle side that took part in the inaugural season of the Football Alliance in 1889–90, helping them to second place behind The Wednesday.[2] That summer, he joined Sunderland Albion,[1] whom he also helped to a runners-up spot in 1890–91.[3]
He moved on to Newton Heath in 1891–92,[4] where he took over as captain from the departing Jack Powell.[5] He immediately became the club's first-choice right-back and played in all but four league matches during the season, scoring once in a 5–0 win at home to Walsall Town Swifts on 5 March 1892,[6] as he secured his third successive second-place finish.[7] He also played in four FA Cup matches (although the second round qualifying match was technically a friendly after their opponents, Heywood, were disqualified from the competition) and the Manchester Senior Cup semi-final defeat to Bolton Wanderers.[6]
At the end of the season, while on holiday back home in Airdrie, he re-signed for Airdrieonians after being allowed to resume his amateur status.[8] To replace McFarlane, Newton Heath signed Airdrieonians full-back Andrew Mitchell, who had been set to partner McFarlane in defence for the Scottish club.[8] McFarlane played a further 66 league games between 1894 (when the club joined the Scottish Football League) and 1898,[9] when he contracted pneumonia and died.[8] His final appearance for the club came against Morton at Cappielow on 8 October 1898, and he died later that month.[8]
McFarlane was married to a sister of the Doughty brothers, Jack and Roger, who also played for Newton Heath in their pre-League days.[4]
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Dykes, Garth (1994). The United Alphabet: A Complete Who's Who of Manchester United F.C. Leicester: ACL & Polar Publishing (UK). ISBN0-9514862-6-8.
^John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
mcfarlane, footballer, died, 1898, robert, mcfarlane, 1866, october, 1898, scottish, footballer, played, full, back, mcfarlanepersonal, informationfull, namerobert, mcfarlanedate, birthc, 1866place, birthairdrie, scotlanddate, deathoctober, 1898, aged, place, . Robert McFarlane c 1866 October 1898 was a Scottish footballer who played as a full back Bob McFarlanePersonal informationFull nameRobert McFarlaneDate of birthc 1866Place of birthAirdrie ScotlandDate of deathOctober 1898 aged 31 32 Place of deathAirdrie ScotlandPosition s Full backSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 000 1888Airdrieonians1888 1890Bootle1890 1891Sunderland Albion1891 1892Newton Heath18 1 1892 1898Airdrieonians66 2 Club domestic league appearances and goals Born in Airdrie McFarlane began his career with local side Airdrieonians before moving to England to play for Bootle 1 He was part of the Bootle side that took part in the inaugural season of the Football Alliance in 1889 90 helping them to second place behind The Wednesday 2 That summer he joined Sunderland Albion 1 whom he also helped to a runners up spot in 1890 91 3 He moved on to Newton Heath in 1891 92 4 where he took over as captain from the departing Jack Powell 5 He immediately became the club s first choice right back and played in all but four league matches during the season scoring once in a 5 0 win at home to Walsall Town Swifts on 5 March 1892 6 as he secured his third successive second place finish 7 He also played in four FA Cup matches although the second round qualifying match was technically a friendly after their opponents Heywood were disqualified from the competition and the Manchester Senior Cup semi final defeat to Bolton Wanderers 6 At the end of the season while on holiday back home in Airdrie he re signed for Airdrieonians after being allowed to resume his amateur status 8 To replace McFarlane Newton Heath signed Airdrieonians full back Andrew Mitchell who had been set to partner McFarlane in defence for the Scottish club 8 McFarlane played a further 66 league games between 1894 when the club joined the Scottish Football League and 1898 9 when he contracted pneumonia and died 8 His final appearance for the club came against Morton at Cappielow on 8 October 1898 and he died later that month 8 McFarlane was married to a sister of the Doughty brothers Jack and Roger who also played for Newton Heath in their pre League days 4 References editGeneral Dykes Garth 1994 The United Alphabet A Complete Who s Who of Manchester United F C Leicester ACL amp Polar Publishing UK ISBN 0 9514862 6 8 McCartney Iain 2002 Tartan Reds Cradley Heath Britespot Publishing Solutions ISBN 1 904103 05 7 Shury Alan Landamore Brian 2005 The Definitive Newton Heath F C SoccerData ISBN 1899468161 Specific a b Shury and Landamore 2005 p 68 1889 90 Football Alliance FCHD info Retrieved 6 April 2014 1890 91 Football Alliance FCHD info Retrieved 6 April 2014 a b Dykes 1994 pp 239 40 Newton Heath and Manchester United Captains Manchester United Museum Information Sheets Manchester United June 2009 a b Shury and Landamore 2005 p 53 1891 92 Football Alliance FCHD info Retrieved 6 April 2014 a b c d McCartney 2002 p 15 John Litster October 2012 A Record of pre war Scottish League Players Scottish Football Historian magazine a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help External links editProfile at StretfordEnd co uk Sporting positions Preceded byJack Powell Newton Heath captain1891 1892 Succeeded byJoe Cassidy Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bob McFarlane footballer died 1898 amp oldid 1164307748, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
