Thomas Christopher Porter
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Career & Clubs
International goals
England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Porter goal.
- Club
- Northern Nomads F.C.
- Club
- Stockport County F.C. (1905–1908)
- Club
- Glossop North End A.F.C. (1909–1911)
- Club
- England national amateur association football team (1908–1910)
- National team
- England
Personal
Porter attended Manchester Grammar School and later worked at the Horwich depot of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. He enlisted as a private in the Manchester Regiment during the First World War and was killed at Gallipoli on 4 June 1915. Porter is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
Clubs
- Northern Nomads F.C.current
- Stockport County F.C.1905–1908
- England national amateur association football team1908–1910
- Glossop North End A.F.C.1909–1911
Played together with
- Aaron BrownStockport County F.C. · 2011–2011
- Aaron WilbrahamStockport County F.C. · 1997–2004
Abdulai Bell-BaggieStockport County F.C. · 2015–2016- Adam HaywoodGlossop North End A.F.C. · 1899–1899
Adam Le FondreStockport County F.C. · 2004–2007- Alan BirchStockport County F.C. · 1987–1988
Alan Kelly Jr.Stockport County F.C. · 2001–2001- Alastair CampbellGlossop North End A.F.C. · 1909–1914
Albert QuixallStockport County F.C. · 1966–1967- Alec ActonStockport County F.C. · 1958–1960
- Alex JonesStockport County F.C. · 1984–1985
- Alex YoungStockport County F.C. · 1968–1969
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Thomas Christopher Porter was an English amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Stockport County and Glossop as an inside forward. He scored 7 goals in 4 appearances for England Amateurs, including two hat-tricks in a 9–0 win against Germany, which still is the team's highest defeat of its history, and against France in a 11–0 victory. He scored a further 5 goals for the Amateurs side in unofficial matches, a brace in a 5–1 win over Ireland in 1908 and yet another hat-trick in a 6–0 win over Wales in 1909, bringing his tally to 12 goals. He was also part of Great Britain's squad for the football tournament at the 1908 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches. Porter also played cricket for Broughton and Lancashire's second XI.
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