What is a representative cap in football/soccer?

[Gadget]

Here is a Scottish International cap:

http://www.scotlandforvisitors.co.uk/footballcap.jpg


Does it look like this?


Gadget

PS - Bob - he's not listed as having an International cap in my book - so I don't think the cap is an International one

[caribou]

This site

  http://internationalcaps.webs.com/apps/photos/

  has lots of photos of international caps, the Scottish ones for the 1950's look very much like what you are describing, but they have an S, for Scotland.

Bob.

[Gadget]

I keep saying this:


He did not receive a full cap for his country. The book that I have would indicate it next to his name and it doesn't.

[caribou]

I checked on this site

http://www.eu-football.info/

There is no record of William Bradley having been an international player for any country. Also, the list of matches for 1921 doesn't have any where a "G" is playing an "I"

Gadget, as we no longer get the warning to say there has been a further posting, I sent my reply before I saw yours.

Bob.

[Gadget]

Hi Bob 

The lack of red notices is driving me mad at times -  its like distant echoes 

I think it might be a schools cap - he would have been 16-18 and, although soon after WW1, not many of that age would have played for their country.

[andycand]

Hi

If he was born in 1895 he would be 26 in 1921. 

Does it say anywhere that the cap was awarded to William Bradley? and does it say it was for football?

Andy

[Gadget]

Ooops - my Maths are no better this morning 

All we know is that he played football both amateurly and professionally  as stated and it looks as if he was playing for Cowdenbeath in 1821 and there is a cap which andarah assumes is for football.

However, there is no record of him being capped for any International football matches.

How's you football knowledge, andy?

[andycand]

Hi Gadget

My football knowledge is not too bad. The G has me puzzled because whilst he was born in Glasgow, none of the clubs he played for are. In 1920-21 Cowdenbeath didn't play in the Scottish league but in the Central League. In 1921-22 they were in the Scottish second division.

Do you know if there is a list of professional footballers and the clubs they played for? It would help to confirm who he was playing for in the latter half of the 1920-21 season and the first half of the 1921-22 season.

Andy

[Gadget]

Do you know if there is a list of professional footballers and the clubs they played for? It would help to confirm who he was playing for in the latter half of the 1920-21 season and the first half of the 1921-22 season.

My book has a complete list  for Football League first team players (see my old thread on the Occupations Board) and it shows that he didn't start playing for Barrow until 1922-23.