Fred Worrall

Frederick J. "Freddie" Worrall (8 September 1910 – 13 April 1979) was an English footballer born in Warrington, Lancashire, who played as an outside-right in the Football League for Oldham Athletic, Portsmouth and Crewe Alexandra. He was capped twice for England, scoring on his debut against the Netherlands in Amsterdam in May 1935, and appearing in England's 3-1 win over Ireland in the British Championship in November 1936. He was noted for his superstitious nature: when Portsmouth played in the FA Cup Final in 1939, he took his small horseshoe, put a sprig of white heather in each sock, tied a small white elephant to one of his garters and put a lucky sixpence in his boots, as well as putting on Pompey manager Jack Tinn's lucky spats. He set up the second goal in Portsmouth's 4-1 win, and left the club at the end of the Second World War.