Harry Bradshaw

Bradshaw was born in Liverpool and was signed for Liverpool from Northwich Victoria in October 1893 by manager John McKenna. Originally playing as a centre-forward, Bradshaw made his debut against Woolwich Arsenal, in a Second Division game, scoring the last goal in a 5–0 victory. He went on to score seven in the remaining fourteen matches of the 1893–94 season, helping Liverpool to the Second Division title and promotion to the top tier of English football, after a Test Match victory over Newton Heath. During the following season Bradshaw was the only ever-present and scored seventeen times, in a Liverpool team that struggled and were eventually relegated back down to Division 2. Liverpool again topped the Second Division at the end of the 1895–96 season with Bradshaw scoring twelve goals from his new position on the left-wing, his versatility giving Liverpool an extra dimension to their attack. Bradshaw gained one England cap when he played against Ireland on 20 February 1897 and holds the distinction of being Liverpool's first ever player to achieve international recognition. Bradshaw left Liverpool in May 1898, returning briefly to Northwich Victoria before joining Tottenham Hotspur. His brief stay at Northumberland Road was marked with a little piece of history when his goal in an FA Cup tie in 1899 helped Spurs become the first lower division club ever to come from behind to beat top-flight opposition in the shape of Sunderland. Bradshaw then made the journey from…

Liverpool

Football League Division Two winner: 1893–94, 1895–96