Date of birth 12 September 1870 Role Footballer Name Alf Milward | Playing position | |
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Full name Alfred Weatherell Milward Place of birth Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England Date of death 1 June 1941(1941-06-01) (aged 70) Died June 1, 1941, Winchester, United Kingdom | ||
Place of death Winchester, England | ||
Alfred Weatherell Milward (12 September 1870 – 1 June 1941) was a professional footballer who played in the 1893 and 1897 FA Cup Finals for Everton and in the 1900 FA Cup Final for Southampton.
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Playing career
Born in Great Marlow, Milward was one of the first Southerners to establish himself in the Football League. He was educated at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School and played for their Old Boys and Marlow before joining Everton in 1888.
He quickly established himself and forced his way into the England squad - being one of five Everton players in the national team to play Scotland in 1891. Milward was noted as a hard working outside-left and at Everton he forged a great partnership with Edgar Chadwick. Milward scored 11 goals in 22 games when Everton won the Football League title in 1890–91 and also won two FA Cup Runners-up medals before leaving Everton in 1897 and joining the newly formed New Brighton Tower club.
In 1899 Milward was enticed south to join an impressive looking Southampton team who, despite being in the Southern League, boasted a star-studded side of ex internationalists and former top flight experienced players. With Milward in the side they surged past three top flight clubs in 1900 to reach the cup final with Milward himself netting a brace to humiliate his former Everton colleagues in the first round.
On the day of the match in-fighting between the English and Scottish players over the selection of one of the forwards caused a rift in the team that was evident in their easy defeat.
He died at Winchester on 1 June 1941.