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max-width: 420px !important;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: 1.2em;">Billy Meredith</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Billy_meredith_city.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Billy_meredith_city.jpg/200px-Billy_meredith_city.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="349" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Billy_meredith_city.jpg/300px-Billy_meredith_city.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Billy_meredith_city.jpg/400px-Billy_meredith_city.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1756" data-file-height="3068" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding:0.2em 0 0 0;">Meredith as a <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> player in 1903</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Full name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data nickname" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> William Henry Meredith</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1874-07-30</span>)</span>30 July 1874</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data birthplace" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Chirk" title="Chirk">Chirk</a>, Wales</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of death</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> 19 April 1958<span style="display:none">(1958-04-19)</span> (aged 83)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of death</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data deathplace" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Withington" title="Withington">Withington</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Outside_forward" class="mw-redirect" title="Outside forward">Outside forward</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Youth career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal"></span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> Black Park</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Senior career*</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b><abbr title="League appearances">Apps</abbr></b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(<abbr title="League goals">Gls</abbr>)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1890–1892</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Chirk_AAA_F.C." title="Chirk AAA F.C.">Chirk</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1892–1894</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Northwich_Victoria_F.C." title="Northwich Victoria F.C.">Northwich Victoria</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 11</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (5)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1894</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1894</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Chirk_AAA_F.C." title="Chirk AAA F.C.">Chirk</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1894–1906</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 338</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (147)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1906–1921</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 303</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (35)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1921–1924</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 28</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Total</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>680</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(188)</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">1895–1920</span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 48</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (11<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="color:darkslategray; font-size:95%"> *Club domestic league appearances and goals</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>William Henry Meredith</b> (30 July 1874 – 19 April 1958) was a Welsh professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">footballer</a>. He was considered one of the early superstars of football due to his performances, notably for <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won each domestic trophy in the <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">English football league</a> and gained 48 <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">caps</a> for <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a>, for whom he scored eleven goals and won two <a href="/wiki/British_Home_Championship" title="British Home Championship">British Home Championship</a> titles. His favoured position was <a href="/wiki/Outside_forward" class="mw-redirect" title="Outside forward">outside right</a>, and his key skills were <a href="/wiki/Dribbling" title="Dribbling">dribbling</a>, <a href="/wiki/Passing_(association_football)" title="Passing (association football)">passing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cross_(association_football)" title="Cross (association football)">crossing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shooting_(association_football)" title="Shooting (association football)">shooting</a>. A dedicated and extremely fit professional, his habit of chewing on a <a href="/wiki/Toothpick" title="Toothpick">toothpick</a> during games made him instantly recognisable. </p><p>In 27 seasons in the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a> from 1892 to 1924 (not including the four seasons lost to the First World War and the 1905–06 season in which he was banned for bribing an opposition player), he scored 194 goals in 740 league and cup appearances. He played for <a href="/wiki/Chirk_AAA_F.C." title="Chirk AAA F.C.">Chirk</a> before joining <a href="/wiki/Northwich_Victoria_F.C." title="Northwich Victoria F.C.">Northwich Victoria</a> in 1892. His career took off when he signed with Manchester City in 1894 and turned professional in January 1895. He <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captained</a> the team to the club's first major honour, a 1–0 victory over <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1904_FA_Cup_final" title="1904 FA Cup final">1904 FA Cup final</a>. He moved to Manchester United in May 1906 after being banned for bribing <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> half-back <a href="/wiki/Alex_Leake" title="Alex Leake">Alex Leake</a> <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>10 to lose a match. There, he won the league title in 1907–08 and 1910–11, the FA Cup in <a href="/wiki/1909_FA_Cup_final" title="1909 FA Cup final">1909</a>, and two <a href="/wiki/FA_Community_Shield" title="FA Community Shield">FA Charity Shields</a>. He also helped to set up the <a href="/wiki/Players%27_Union" title="Players' Union">Players' Union</a>, which was a forerunner of the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Footballers%27_Association" title="Professional Footballers' Association">Professional Footballers' Association</a>. He returned to Manchester City in 1921 at age 47 and played 32 games before retiring in 1924, making him the oldest-ever player for City, United and Wales. He later ran the Stretford Road Hotel and helped to <a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">coach</a> the short-lived <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_F.C." title="Manchester Central F.C.">Manchester Central</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Meredith was born in 1874 in <a href="/wiki/Chirk" title="Chirk">Chirk</a>, a small mining town in <a href="/wiki/Denbighshire_(historic)" title="Denbighshire (historic)">Denbighshire</a>, Wales, just south of <a href="/wiki/Wrexham" title="Wrexham">Wrexham</a>. He started work at Black Park <a href="/wiki/Coal_mining" title="Coal mining">Colliery</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Pit_pony" title="Pit pony">pit pony</a> driver at the age of 12.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding19987_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding19987-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His family were <a href="/wiki/Primitive_Methodism" class="mw-redirect" title="Primitive Methodism">Primitive Methodists</a>, and Meredith himself remained a lifelong <a href="/wiki/Teetotalism" title="Teetotalism">teetotaller</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding19989_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding19989-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He spent eight years working in the mines and worked during a tough time for the industry, enduring a 25% pay cut which led to <a href="/wiki/Strike_action" title="Strike action">strike action</a> in 1893; this experience helped to shape his political views, which would become significant later in his life.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding19988_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding19988-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An interest in football was kindled by his elder brothers. Elias, the eldest, was a <a href="/wiki/Railroad_engineer" class="mw-redirect" title="Railroad engineer">train driver</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Lancashire_and_Yorkshire_Railway" title="Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway">Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding19988_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding19988-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His work allowed him to take Meredith to watch professional teams such as <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding19988_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding19988-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Football was a keen pastime for the miners, and the standard of amateur teams from towns and villages in north east Wales was high as a result; <a href="/wiki/Chirk_AAA_F.C." title="Chirk AAA F.C.">Chirk</a> won the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Cup" title="Welsh Cup">Welsh Cup</a> five times between 1887 and 1894, with miners making up a large proportion of the team.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding19988_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding19988-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All the Meredith brothers played football, but <a href="/wiki/Sam_Meredith" title="Sam Meredith">Sam</a>, two years older than Billy, was the first to make an impression. He left Chirk to attempt a professional career and went on to play for <a href="/wiki/Stoke_City_F.C." title="Stoke City F.C.">Stoke City</a> as a full-back.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames200588_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames200588-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meredith made his debut for the Chirk first team in September 1892.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199815_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199815-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club played in <a href="/wiki/The_Combination" title="The Combination">The Combination</a>, a league which contained a mixture of town clubs and <a href="/wiki/Reserve_team" title="Reserve team">reserve teams</a> of clubs from big cities.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199815_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199815-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the end of his first season, Meredith played in the 1893 Welsh Cup final, which Chirk lost 2–1 to <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199817_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199817-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meredith formed a solid understanding with inside-right <a href="/wiki/William_Owen_(footballer,_born_1862)" title="William Owen (footballer, born 1862)">William Owen</a>, a former Wales international. Chirk withdrew from The Combination and entered only the Welsh league in 1893 due to low attendances caused by the coal miners' strike.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199816_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199816-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an attempt to make ends meet, Meredith not only played for Chirk but accepted an offer to play for Football League club <a href="/wiki/Northwich_Victoria_F.C." title="Northwich Victoria F.C.">Northwich Victoria</a> as well, who gave him a small fee on top of his expenses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199816_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199816-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Northwich were a struggling side who withdrew from the Football League at the end of the <a href="/wiki/1893%E2%80%9394_Football_League" title="1893–94 Football League">1893–94</a> season after finishing bottom of the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a>. The club won just three league matches; Meredith featured in each win.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199816_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199816-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Back at Chirk, Meredith gained his first honour as part of the team that beat Westminster Rovers to win the 1894 Welsh Cup.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWard1984_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWard1984-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meredith also played for <a href="/wiki/Wrexham_A.F.C." title="Wrexham A.F.C.">Wrexham</a> in 1894, sharing his talents between them, Chirk and Northwich Victoria that year.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_career">Club career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Club career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_spell_at_Manchester_City">First spell at Manchester City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First spell at Manchester City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Meredith's performances for Northwich gained the attention of several other clubs in <a href="/wiki/The_Football_League" class="mw-redirect" title="The Football League">the Football League</a>. <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a> full-back <a href="/wiki/Di_Jones" title="Di Jones">Di Jones</a>, a former Chirk player, spoke with him about a possible move. Still, Bolton secretary <a href="/wiki/John_Bentley_(football_manager)" title="John Bentley (football manager)">J.J. Bentley</a> felt Meredith was too inexperienced and his frame too slight.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199822_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199822-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Furniss" title="Lawrence Furniss">Lawrence Furniss</a>, an official at <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Ardwick</a>, had first noticed him while refereeing a Northwich match.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames200588_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames200588-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meredith also played in both meetings between the clubs that season.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199823_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199823-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, in 1894, Ardwick, known as Manchester City, vigorously pursued Meredith's signature. Two club officials travelled to Wales to meet the player. One was secretary-<a href="/wiki/Manager_(association_football)" title="Manager (association football)">manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Parlby" title="Joshua Parlby">Joshua Parlby</a>, the other either Furniss or chairman John Chapman.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames200588_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames200588-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199823_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199823-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pair were met with suspicion. Anecdotes by contemporary figures suggest locals initially chased them away and were only allowed to speak to Meredith after they bought drinks for his mining colleagues.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames200588_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames200588-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meredith did not wish to abandon life in Chirk. His mother was particularly against the idea: "It is all very well for you gentlemen to leave your big cities and come to our villages to steal our boys away ... Our boys are happy and healthy, satisfied with their work and innocent amusements ... if Billy takes my advice he will stick to his work and play football for his own amusement when work is finished."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames200588_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames200588-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meredith eventually signed for Manchester City as an amateur.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199822_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199822-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He continued to work at the pit for at least a year, commuting for matches.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199823_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199823-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meredith made his Manchester City debut in November 1894 in a 5–4 loss to <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPenney1995139_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPenney1995139-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following week he played his first home match for the club at <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Road_Football_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyde Road Football Stadium">Hyde Road</a>, and scored two goals against Newton Heath – who later became <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> – in the first <a href="/wiki/Manchester_derby" title="Manchester derby">Manchester derby</a> to take place in the league. Newton Heath won the match 5–2. He turned professional in January 1895.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPenney1995139_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPenney1995139-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ended the <a href="/wiki/1894%E2%80%9395_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1894–95 Manchester City F.C. season">1894–95</a> season with 12 goals in 18 appearances, just three strikes behind top-scorer <a href="/wiki/Pat_Finnerhan" title="Pat Finnerhan">Pat Finnerhan</a>, who had played an extra 12 games. </p><p>Meredith finished as top scorer in his <a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Manchester City F.C. season">first full season</a> at Manchester City.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames2006277_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames2006277-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed club <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a> in his <a href="/wiki/1896%E2%80%9397_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1896–97 Manchester City F.C. season">second season</a> at the club, aged just 21.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199834_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199834-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club finished as <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> runners-up in <a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Manchester City F.C. season">1895–96</a>, but were denied <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion</a> after heavy defeats to <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C." title="West Bromwich Albion F.C.">West Bromwich Albion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Small Heath</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Playoffs" title="Playoffs">test matches</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199839_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199839-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the departure of strike partner Pat Finnerhan to <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> in March 1897, Meredith remained as City's star player.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199836_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199836-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His new partner for the <a href="/wiki/1897%E2%80%9398_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1897–98 Manchester City F.C. season">1897–98</a> season was <a href="/wiki/Stockport_Smith" title="Stockport Smith">William Smith</a> (known as "Stockport Smith" to differentiate him from another William Smith in the team), whilst <a href="/wiki/Billie_Gillespie" title="Billie Gillespie">Billie Gillespie</a> was placed at centre-forward.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199841_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199841-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meredith provided Gillespie with many crosses into the box,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199841_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199841-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> picking up numerous <a href="/wiki/Assist_(association_football)" title="Assist (association football)">assists</a> as Gillespie outscored Meredith by 19 goals to 12. Meredith also mentored the slightly younger Gillespie, steering him away from drinking sessions by taking him along on fishing trips.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199842_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199842-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final match of the season saw Meredith score his first <a href="/wiki/Hat-trick" title="Hat-trick">hat-trick</a> for the club in an emphatic 9–0 win against <a href="/wiki/Burton_Swifts_F.C." title="Burton Swifts F.C.">Burton Swifts</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames2006280–28_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames2006280–28-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:20%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"Oh I wish I was you Billy Meredith<br />I wish I was you, I envy you, indeed I do!<br />It ain't that you're tricky with your feet,<br />But it's those centres that you send in<br />Which Turnbull then heads in,<br />Oh, I wish I was you,<br />Indeed I do<br />Indeed I do" </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">— One of the popular songs sung on the terraces at Hyde Road.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199882_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199882-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>City dominated the Second Division in the <a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1898–99 Manchester City F.C. season">1898–99</a> season and won promotion as champions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199842_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199842-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Helping them to keep them in winning ways in the close season was late signing <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Ross_(footballer_born_1866)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jimmy Ross (footballer born 1866)">Jimmy Ross</a>, a veteran forward who Meredith considered to be his "favourite hero".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199842_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199842-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meredith claimed 30 goals in 34 games, including hat-tricks against <a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C." title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Loughborough_F.C." title="Loughborough F.C.">Loughborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darwen_F.C._(1870)" title="Darwen F.C. (1870)">Darwen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barnsley_F.C." title="Barnsley F.C.">Barnsley</a>. </p><p>Meredith scored City's first goal in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> on the opening day of the <a href="/wiki/1899%E2%80%931900_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1899–1900 Manchester City F.C. season">1899–1900</a> season in a 4–3 defeat to <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ewood_Park" title="Ewood Park">Ewood Park</a> on 2 September.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199845_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199845-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seven days later he claimed two goals in a 4–0 home victory over <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a>, and "led the field that day" by dribbling the ball almost the whole length of the <a href="/wiki/Football_pitch" title="Football pitch">pitch</a> before launching a powerful <a href="/wiki/Shooting_(association_football)" title="Shooting (association football)">shot</a> that settled into the corner of <a href="/wiki/Jack_Fryer_(footballer_born_1877)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Fryer (footballer born 1877)">Jack Fryer's</a> net.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199845_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199845-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Athletic_News" title="Athletic News">Athletic News</a></i> reported that "for real brilliance the right-wing [Meredith and Ross] took the biscuit".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199846_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199846-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>First Division defences managed to limit Meredith's contribution in the <a href="/wiki/1900%E2%80%9301_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1900–01 Manchester City F.C. season">1900–01</a> campaign by singling him out for rough treatment, though <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> manager <a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson_(football_manager)" title="Tom Watson (football manager)">Tom Watson</a> felt compelled to write a letter to Manchester City denying that a Liverpool director had stated that "all that the opposition had to do was watch Meredith – the rest are no good".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199861_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199861-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He finished the season with just seven goals in 35 appearances. </p><p>Meredith found the net eight times in 37 games in the <a href="/wiki/1901%E2%80%9302_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1901–02 Manchester City F.C. season">1901–02</a> campaign, as City were <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">relegated</a> back out of the First Division. The club's secretary, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Ormerod" title="Sam Ormerod">Sam Ormerod</a>, selected 29 different players as the club slumped to defeat in 13 of the opening 20 games.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199862_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199862-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ormerod was forced to step down as new business figures took control behind the scenes and began to sign promising young Scottish players.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199866_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199866-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New manager <a href="/wiki/Tom_Maley" title="Tom Maley">Tom Maley</a> was more willing than his predecessor to confront Meredith over his tendency to stray out of position and attempt to dominate the City attack.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199867_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199867-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>City won immediate promotion as Second Division champions in <a href="/wiki/1902%E2%80%9303_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1902–03 Manchester City F.C. season">1902–03</a>, with Meredith scoring 23 goals in 35 appearances and claiming a hat-trick against <a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_F.C." title="Chesterfield F.C.">Chesterfield Town</a>. Maley found him a suitable inside-right partner in <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Bannister" title="Jimmy Bannister">Jimmy Bannister</a>, who was unselfish in his play and willing to feed the ball through to Meredith.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199869_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199869-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also played <a href="/wiki/Sammy_Frost" title="Sammy Frost">Sammy Frost</a> at half-back, who was able to win the ball and bring Meredith into the play, and signed outside-left <a href="/wiki/Frank_Booth_(English_footballer)" title="Frank Booth (English footballer)">Frank Booth</a> to balance the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199871_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199871-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Maley encouraged teamwork, meaning there was less pressure on Meredith from opposition defenders.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199871_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199871-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meredith was partnered with <a href="/wiki/George_Livingstone" title="George Livingstone">George Livingstone</a> for the <a href="/wiki/1903%E2%80%9304_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1903–04 Manchester City F.C. season">1903–04</a> campaign, who was able to supply him and the rest of the team with quality <a href="/wiki/Passing_(association_football)" title="Passing (association football)">passes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199871_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199871-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Drawn against a strong <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> club in the First Round of the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>, Meredith was the "raider-in-chief" as City claimed a 3–2 victory at Hyde Road.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199876_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199876-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> City then defeated <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Woolwich Arsenal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough_F.C." title="Middlesbrough F.C.">Middlesbrough</a> to reach the semi-finals.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199878_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199878-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There they faced <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Wednesday_F.C." title="Sheffield Wednesday F.C.">The Wednesday</a> at <a href="/wiki/Goodison_Park" title="Goodison Park">Goodison Park</a>, and Meredith scored one goal (bundled in by Gillespie) and claimed two assists as City won the game 3–1.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199879_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199879-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their opponents in <a href="/wiki/1904_FA_Cup_final" title="1904 FA Cup final">the final</a> at <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_National_Sports_Centre" title="Crystal Palace National Sports Centre">Crystal Palace</a> were mid-table Second Division club <a href="/wiki/Bolton_Wanderers_F.C." title="Bolton Wanderers F.C.">Bolton Wanderers</a>, and Meredith was cautiously optimistic before the match, stating "We ought to win ... if we play anything like our normal game the cup is ours ... but this is the cup final and, well, anything might happen."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199885_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199885-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With just over 20 minutes played, Livingstone found Meredith with a <a href="/wiki/Long_ball" title="Long ball">long ball</a>, who then beat goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Dai_Davies_(footballer_born_1880)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dai Davies (footballer born 1880)">Dai Davies</a> to score the only goal of the game; Bolton supporters long maintained that Meredith had been <a href="/wiki/Offside_(association_football)" title="Offside (association football)">offside</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199890_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199890-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As captain, Meredith was handed the trophy by Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Balfour" title="Arthur Balfour">Arthur Balfour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199894_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199894-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He scored ten goals in 35 games in the <a href="/wiki/1904%E2%80%9305_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1904–05 Manchester City F.C. season">1904–05</a> season, as City came within two points and two places of champions <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a>. The season ended in controversial circumstances at <a href="/wiki/Villa_Park" title="Villa Park">Villa Park</a>. With a 3–2 defeat to <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a> ending any hopes of winning the league, <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Turnbull" title="Sandy Turnbull">Sandy Turnbull</a> and Villa captain <a href="/wiki/Alex_Leake" title="Alex Leake">Alex Leake</a> exchanged blows.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998105_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998105-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">The Football Association</a> launched <a href="/wiki/English_football_bribery_scandal" title="English football bribery scandal">an investigation into the violence</a>, and the findings shocked the sporting world as Meredith was suspended for the entirety of the <a href="/wiki/1905%E2%80%9306_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1905–06 Manchester City F.C. season">1905–06</a> season for (unsuccessfully) attempting to bribe Alex Leake.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998110_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998110-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No evidence was taken from Meredith, who denied the charge, and the evidence was not made public.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998111_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998111-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club, fearful of FA sanctions, refused to pay Meredith during the campaign. He was <a href="/wiki/Transfer_(association_football)" title="Transfer (association football)">transfer</a> listed in May 1906 after he claimed that he had only attempted to bribe Leake on the orders of manager Tom Maley and that illegal payments were common practice at Hyde Road.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998117_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998117-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FA acted on his information, and fined Manchester City <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>900 for illegal payments and suspended numerous players, boardroom members and staff members.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998116_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998116-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>You approve of the severe punishment administered by the Commission AGAINST ME and state that the offence I committed at Aston Villa should have wiped me out of football forever. Why ME ALONE? when I was only the spokesman of others equally guilty.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Meredith wrote an open letter to the <i>Athletic News</i>, justifying his decision to reveal the illegal actions of the club.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998118_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998118-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manchester_United">Manchester United</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Manchester United"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Billymeredith.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Billymeredith.jpg" decoding="async" width="171" height="352" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="171" data-file-height="352" /></a><figcaption>Meredith in Manchester United colours</figcaption></figure> <p>In May 1906 while serving his ban, Meredith moved to <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>. He joined on a free transfer and received a £500 signing-on fee from United; Manchester City reluctantly accepted the transfer as they had previously signed an undertaking promising Meredith a benefit match, and he was willing to forego the agreement if the club granted his transfer.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998122_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998122-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He returned from suspension on 1 January 1907 and marked his debut at <a href="/wiki/Bank_Street_(football_ground)" title="Bank Street (football ground)">Bank Street</a> with an assist for <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Turnbull" title="Sandy Turnbull">Sandy Turnbull</a> to score the only goal of the game against <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998150_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998150-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to Turnbull, Meredith was joined at United by former City teammates <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Bannister" title="Jimmy Bannister">Jimmy Bannister</a> and <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Burgess" title="Herbert Burgess">Herbert Burgess</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998155_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998155-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This new forward line made the team into a powerful force, as they already possessed a dominant half-back line in captain <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Roberts" title="Charlie Roberts">Charlie Roberts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dick_Duckworth_(footballer_born_1882)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dick Duckworth (footballer born 1882)">Dick Duckworth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Bell" title="Alex Bell">Alex Bell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998154_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998154-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They ended the <a href="/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1906–07 Manchester United F.C. season">1906–07</a> season in eighth place in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a>. </p><p>Manager <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Mangnall" title="Ernest Mangnall">Ernest Mangnall</a> signed <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Turnbull" title="Jimmy Turnbull">Jimmy Turnbull</a>, and the forward line of Meredith, Bannister, Jimmy Turnbull and Sandy Turnbull were dominant in the <a href="/wiki/1907%E2%80%9308_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1907–08 Manchester United F.C. season">1907–08</a> campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998156_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998156-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> United won the title with a nine-point margin over second-placed <a href="/wiki/Aston_Villa_F.C." title="Aston Villa F.C.">Aston Villa</a>, and secured the <a href="/wiki/1908_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1908 FA Charity Shield">1908 FA Charity Shield</a> (the first ever <a href="/wiki/FA_Community_Shield" title="FA Community Shield">Charity Shield</a>) with a 4–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Queens_Park_Rangers_F.C." title="Queens Park Rangers F.C.">Queens Park Rangers</a> at <a href="/wiki/Stamford_Bridge_(stadium)" title="Stamford Bridge (stadium)">Stamford Bridge</a>. </p><p>United slipped to a disappointing 13th-place finish in <a href="/wiki/1908%E2%80%9309_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1908–09 Manchester United F.C. season">1908–09</a>. Meredith was suspended for January in punishment for kicking a <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a> player in an <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> match.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998162_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998162-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club reached the <a href="/wiki/1909_FA_Cup_final" title="1909 FA Cup final">1909 FA Cup final</a>, knocking out Brighton, <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C." title="Everton F.C.">Everton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C." title="Blackburn Rovers F.C.">Blackburn Rovers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a>. Their cup final opponents at <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_National_Sports_Centre" title="Crystal Palace National Sports Centre">Crystal Palace</a> were <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_F.C." title="Bristol City F.C.">Bristol City</a>, captained at centre-half by <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wedlock" title="Billy Wedlock">Billy Wedlock</a> – <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> captain and staunch opponent of the <a href="/wiki/Players%27_Union" title="Players' Union">Players' Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998165_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998165-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Sandy Turnbull goal settled the tie, which was described as quite a boring game; Meredith himself dismissed reports of the match, stating "it was a good game for dashing, keen, thrilling football, great goalkeeping and narrow escapes at either end".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998166_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998166-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meredith and his teammates celebrated the victory with <a href="/wiki/Music_hall" title="Music hall">music hall</a> stars such as <a href="/wiki/George_Robey" title="George Robey">George Robey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998171_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998171-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>United finished fifth in <a href="/wiki/1909%E2%80%9310_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1909–10 Manchester United F.C. season">1909–10</a> and exited the FA Cup in the First Round with a defeat to <a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a> at <a href="/wiki/Turf_Moor" title="Turf Moor">Turf Moor</a>. However, the club continued to advance under the generous chairmanship of <a href="/wiki/John_Henry_Davies" title="John Henry Davies">John Henry Davies</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Old_Trafford" title="Old Trafford">Old Trafford</a> was opened in February 1910.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998172_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998172-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Harold_Halse" title="Harold Halse">Harold Halse</a> was to partner Meredith at inside-right for the <a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1910–11 Manchester United F.C. season">1910–11</a> season but proved too much of a "free-spirit" and was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Jack_Picken" title="Jack Picken">Jack Picken</a>, a "plodder [who] understands what Meredith requires".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998181_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998181-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A defeat at <a href="/wiki/Villa_Park" title="Villa Park">Villa Park</a> in the penultimate game of the season left United needing to beat third-place <a href="/wiki/Sunderland_A.F.C." title="Sunderland A.F.C.">Sunderland</a> and hope that Aston Villa failed to beat <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998182_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998182-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> United were a goal down when Meredith provided <a href="/wiki/Enoch_West" title="Enoch West">Enoch West</a> with a cross which West sent into the net for the equalising goal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998182_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998182-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four more goals came and they won the game 5–1 and left the field as champions of England for the second time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998182_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998182-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meredith played in the <a href="/wiki/1911_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1911 FA Charity Shield">1911 FA Charity Shield</a>, as United beat <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> 8–4 at Stamford Bridge. However, the <a href="/wiki/1911%E2%80%9312_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1911–12 Manchester United F.C. season">1911–12</a> campaign ended in a disappointing 13th-place finish, and Mangnall left the club to manage <a href="/wiki/Manchester_derby" title="Manchester derby">rivals</a> <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a>. Meredith's <a href="/wiki/Benefit_(sports)" title="Benefit (sports)">Benefit</a> match was played on 7 September 1912 between Manchester United and Manchester City, and the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">Welsh FA</a> also donated the proceeds of two trial matches to the fund.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998185_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998185-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were 39,911 spectators and a total of £1,400 was raised.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998186_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998186-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>New manager <a href="/wiki/John_Bentley_(football_manager)" title="John Bentley (football manager)">John Bentley</a> led United to a fourth-place finish in <a href="/wiki/1912%E2%80%9313_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1912–13 Manchester United F.C. season">1912–13</a>. He dropped Meredith to blood a young <a href="/wiki/Jackie_Sheldon" title="Jackie Sheldon">Jackie Sheldon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998191_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998191-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By this time, Meredith made headlines primarily due to his squabbling with the club over them stalling payment of his benefit matches and his dissatisfaction at being dropped.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998194_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998194-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club dropped to 14th spot in <a href="/wiki/1913%E2%80%9314_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1913–14 Manchester United F.C. season">1913–14</a> and only avoided relegation on the last day of the <a href="/wiki/1914%E2%80%9315_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1914–15 Manchester United F.C. season">1914–15</a> season after bribing Liverpool to lose 2–0 at Old Trafford; Meredith this time played no part in <a href="/wiki/1915_British_football_betting_scandal" class="mw-redirect" title="1915 British football betting scandal">the resulting bribery scandal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998196_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998196-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He claimed to be baffled as to why his teammates refused to pass him during the game.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998197_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998197-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the First World War, he played a match against United, making a guest appearance for <a href="/wiki/Port_Vale_F.C." title="Port Vale F.C.">Port Vale</a>, with Vale recording a 5–2 victory at the <a href="/wiki/Old_Recreation_Ground" title="Old Recreation Ground">Old Recreation Ground</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKent1996_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKent1996-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frustrated with the club for delaying payments over his benefit match, he also played as a guest for Manchester City.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998204_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998204-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the war ended, he demanded a free transfer and was repulsed that the club demanded a transfer fee, stating that the <a href="/wiki/Transfer_market" title="Transfer market">transfer market</a> was a "degrading business" for players.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998205_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998205-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 April 1920, in a league match against <a href="/wiki/Notts_County_F.C." title="Notts County F.C.">Notts County</a>, Meredith became the club's top appearance maker, overtaking <a href="/wiki/George_Wall" title="George Wall">George Wall</a> with 320 caps to his name.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 May 1921, at 46 years, 281 days, he became <a href="/wiki/List_of_Manchester_United_F.C._records_and_statistics" title="List of Manchester United F.C. records and statistics">United's oldest ever player</a> when he took to the field in a league game against <a href="/wiki/Derby_County_F.C." title="Derby County F.C.">Derby County</a>. His total of 335 appearances was Manchester United's record until 27 August 1928, when <a href="/wiki/Joe_Spence_(footballer,_born_1898)" title="Joe Spence (footballer, born 1898)">Joe Spence</a> made 336th of his 510 appearances for the club.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_Manchester_City">Return to Manchester City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Return to Manchester City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1921 he returned to Manchester City on a free transfer.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998208_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998208-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played 25 first-team games in the <a href="/wiki/1921%E2%80%9322_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1921–22 Manchester City F.C. season">1921–22</a> season, helping City to record a derby victory over rivals Manchester United.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998208_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998208-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He featured once in the <a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1922–23 Manchester City F.C. season">1922–23</a> campaign, playing the club's final game at <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Road_Football_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyde Road Football Stadium">Hyde Road</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998208_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998208-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played four <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a> and two <a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> games in the <a href="/wiki/1923%E2%80%9324_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1923–24 Manchester City F.C. season">1923–24</a> season. Mangnall, now his manager at City, shocked <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a> when he selected Meredith for the cup game with <a href="/wiki/Brighton_%26_Hove_Albion_F.C." title="Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.">Brighton & Hove Albion</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Goldstone_Ground" title="Goldstone Ground">Goldstone Ground</a>, but was vindicated with a 5–1 victory; Meredith also scored a goal, though this was due to a poor mistake from the Brighton goalkeeper.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998215_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998215-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He played both games against <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_City_F.C." title="Cardiff City F.C.">Cardiff City</a> in the next round, a 0–0 draw at <a href="/wiki/Maine_Road" title="Maine Road">Maine Road</a> and 1–0 win at <a href="/wiki/Ninian_Park" title="Ninian Park">Ninian Park</a>, and claimed an assist in the goal that settled the tie.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998216_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998216-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His last match was against <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> in the semi-finals at the age of 49 years and 245 days, making him <a href="/wiki/List_of_Manchester_City_F.C._records_and_statistics" title="List of Manchester City F.C. records and statistics">City's oldest ever player</a>; the game ended in a 2–1 defeat.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998218_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998218-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_career">International career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: International career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Meredith_shirt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Meredith_shirt.jpg/200px-Meredith_shirt.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Meredith_shirt.jpg/300px-Meredith_shirt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Meredith_shirt.jpg/400px-Meredith_shirt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>A Wales national team football shirt which was worn by Billy Meredith in the early 1900s, with Welsh cap. On display at the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Museum" title="National Football Museum">National Football Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Meredith won his first <a href="/wiki/Cap_(sport)" title="Cap (sport)">cap</a> for <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales</a> in a 2–2 draw with <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_football_team_(1882%E2%80%931950)" title="Ireland national football team (1882–1950)">Ireland</a> on 16 March 1895 in <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chirk's_Billy_Meredith_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chirk's_Billy_Meredith-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won 12 caps in the 1890s. Still, he was forced to miss six games as his club would not let him play in games that clashed with league fixtures.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199856_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199856-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wales could compete with Ireland but were regularly beaten by <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_football_team" title="Scotland national football team">Scotland</a> and <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a>. On 26 March 1900, Wales played for the first time in South Wales, at <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Arms_Park" title="Cardiff Arms Park">Cardiff Arms Park</a>, and Meredith scored a goal to earn the Welsh a celebrated 1–1 draw with England.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199857_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199857-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After serving his suspension, he returned to Wales for the <a href="/wiki/British_Home_Championship" title="British Home Championship">British Home Championship</a> title victory in <a href="/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_British_Home_Championship" title="1906–07 British Home Championship">1907</a>, the nation's first success in the competition. In those three games, he scored against Ireland in a 3–2 victory and captained Wales to a 1–0 win over Scotland and a 1–1 draw with England.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998175–76_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998175–76-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Wales were denied a late <a href="/wiki/Penalty_kick_(association_football)" title="Penalty kick (association football)">penalty</a> against the English, and Meredith was later recorded to have said, "Never mind, little Wales will win some day [against England]. May I be there at the death."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998179_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998179-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After draws with Ireland and Scotland, Meredith "wept unashamedly" as he helped Wales to beat England 2–1 at <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_Stadium" title="Arsenal Stadium">Highbury</a> to claim the <a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_British_Home_Championship" title="1919–20 British Home Championship">1920 British Home Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998206_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998206-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was only his second victory against the English in 20 attempts, marking the last of his 48 caps.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998207_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998207-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though his record number of caps was later surpassed, at 45 years and 229 days, he remains the <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team_records" class="mw-redirect" title="Wales national football team records">oldest player</a> to win a Wales cap and an international call from any national team ever.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was actually chosen by the selectors for 71 consecutive matches, but only made 48 appearances as his clubs regularly refused to release him for international duty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrandon1978170_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrandon1978170-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Style_of_play">Style of play</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Style of play"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Meredith was able to avoid injury throughout his career despite the extremely physical nature of the game during the period.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199851_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199851-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was due in part to his extraordinary balance and agility, which allowed him to avoid clumsy challenges, and the toughness he had built up from spending his adolescence working in the mines.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199852_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199852-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A model professional, he spent his spare time improving his game with extra training sessions and maintained peak physical fitness by avoiding alcohol and tobacco.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199853_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199853-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His "gimmick" was to chew on a <a href="/wiki/Toothpick" title="Toothpick">toothpick</a> during matches, and this unusual trait was picked up on by cartoonists of the time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199854_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199854-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Writing a 1947 critique of <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Matthews" title="Stanley Matthews">Stanley Matthews</a>, Meredith criticised the lack of direct play on show in the 1940s and stated that when he was playing, "I knew what was expected of me – to beat the wing-half and the full-back, take the ball down to the corner flag and centre".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998241_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998241-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His ball control skills were unparalleled, leaving opposition players unable to <a href="/wiki/Tackle_(football_move)" title="Tackle (football move)">tackle</a> him.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998242_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998242-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also was an extremely accurate <a href="/wiki/Passing_(association_football)" title="Passing (association football)">passer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cross_(association_football)" title="Cross (association football)">crosser</a> of the ball.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998244_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998244-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His <a href="/wiki/Dribbling" title="Dribbling">dribbling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cross_(association_football)" title="Cross (association football)">crossing</a> gave him a large advantage over rival wingers, who relied solely on speed to beat opposition full-backs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998244_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998244-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to wing-play, he was also highly skilled at sending in long-range shots across the face of the goal, and could be relied upon to meet crosses from his left-winger with a powerful <a href="/wiki/Volley_(association_football)" title="Volley (association football)">volley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998246_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998246-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meredith had to deal with extremely physical defences and was often boxed into the corner of the pitch by as many as four players.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998246_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998246-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As his talents became widely regarded, more well-organised defences would designate him with a man-<a href="/wiki/Marking_(association_football)" title="Marking (association football)">marker</a>, to try and isolate him from his teammates.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998247_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998247-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This often left him reliant on an unselfish inside-right partner willing to fetch and carry the ball for him without expecting much goals or glory in return.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998250_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998250-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A hard-working wing-half would also improve Meredith's effectiveness by winning the ball and sending him a pass down the flank.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998250_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998250-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The best teams he played in also had a centre-forward able to make the most of his accurate crosses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998250_89-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998250-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players'_Union"><span id="Players.27_Union"></span>Players' Union</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Players' Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:35%; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>"I have devoted myself to football, and I have become a better player than most men because I have denied myself much that men prize ... They congratulate me and give me caps but they will not give me a penny more than men are earning in the reserve team, some of them perhaps do not trouble themselves to improve themselves and don't worry about taking care of condition. If football is a man's livelihood and he does more than others for his employer, why is he not entitled to better pay than others? So far as I can make out, the sole reason why the best footballers in England are prevented from earning better than men of lesser ability and experience is purely sentimental." </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">— Meredith made a passionate and eloquent case for abandoning the maximum wage.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998126_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998126-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>Meredith organised the first meeting of the <a href="/wiki/Players%27_Union" title="Players' Union">Players' Union</a> (PU) in December 1907.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998129_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998129-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meredith had previously been involved with the <a href="/wiki/Association_Footballers%27_Union" title="Association Footballers' Union">Association Footballers' Union</a> (the "AFU"), the first attempt by football players in England to organise a <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">trade union</a>. Like the AFU before it, the Players' Union sought the relaxation of restrictions on transfers and wages.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Others made the argument that a free market wage structure would ruin the amateur principles the sport was founded on, but Meredith felt that these words rang hollow considering that club directors and shareholders made vast profits.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998127_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998127-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the first annual meeting in December 1908, the PU stated their aims as to allow unlimited wages, the right to transfer from club to club, and for players to take a percentage of any transfer fee.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998130_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998130-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the union threatening strike action, particularly at international matches, in April 1909, <a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">the Football Association</a> insisted that all players agree to leave the union and pledge loyalty to the FA.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998133_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998133-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manchester United refused to issue the revised contracts to its players, and the FA suspended the entire squad.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998135_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998135-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club then refused to pay the players in lieu of their suspension, and so the players instead took away ornaments from the club's office before Mangnall persuaded them to return the items.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998135_96-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998135-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The players continued to train, and captain <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Roberts" title="Charlie Roberts">Charlie Roberts</a> came up with the name of Outcasts F.C.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998137_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998137-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The FA organised a meeting of 200 players, excluding the Outcasts, but a rambling speech from chairman <a href="/wiki/Charles_Clegg_(footballer)" title="Charles Clegg (footballer)">Charles Clegg</a> failed to win them over, and an agreement was reached where the PU would be recognised by the FA.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998140_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998140-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 1909, the Union balloted its members over the organisation's membership of the <a href="/wiki/General_Federation_of_Trade_Unions_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="General Federation of Trade Unions (United Kingdom)">General Federation of Trade Unions</a> (GTFU).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998140_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998140-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result of the vote, a decisive "no" to GFTU support, effectively supported the FA's position that professional footballers were fundamentally different from workmen in other industries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998140_98-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998140-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meredith resumed league football in November 1909, bemoaning his view that "many players refuse to take things seriously and continue to live a kind of schoolboy life".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998143_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998143-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_legacy">Personal life and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Personal life and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Billy_Meredith_grave_18_01_04_212000.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Billy_Meredith_grave_18_01_04_212000.jpeg/220px-Billy_Meredith_grave_18_01_04_212000.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Billy_Meredith_grave_18_01_04_212000.jpeg/330px-Billy_Meredith_grave_18_01_04_212000.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Billy_Meredith_grave_18_01_04_212000.jpeg/440px-Billy_Meredith_grave_18_01_04_212000.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Billy Meredith's grave in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cemetery,_Manchester" title="Southern Cemetery, Manchester">Southern Cemetery, Manchester</a></figcaption></figure> <p>He married Ellen Negus in 1901, and the couple had two daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199848–9_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199848–9-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was a supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberal Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998125_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998125-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He ran businesses throughout his career, with little success, and was declared bankrupt in July 1909 after his clubting shop was damaged by fire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998135_96-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998135-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 1910s he ran a <a href="/wiki/Public_house" class="mw-redirect" title="Public house">public house</a> (despite being a teetotaller). He later pursued an interest in the film industry by buying shares in numerous <a href="/wiki/Stretford" title="Stretford">Stretford</a> <a href="/wiki/Movie_theater" title="Movie theater">cinemas</a> in the 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998209_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998209-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also starred in the 1926 picture <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ball_of_Fortune" title="The Ball of Fortune">The Ball of Fortune</a></i>, playing himself as a football trainer; the film received generally positive reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998225_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998225-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1928, together with former colleague <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Roberts" title="Charlie Roberts">Charlie Roberts</a>, he became a <a href="/wiki/Coach_(sport)" title="Coach (sport)">coach</a> for the ambitious but short-lived <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Central_F.C." title="Manchester Central F.C.">Manchester Central</a>. Meredith's son-in-law, former City captain <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Pringle" title="Charlie Pringle">Charlie Pringle</a>, was a player.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames2008147–166_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames2008147–166-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retained a passion for football and spent much of his retirement discussing the game with former colleagues and regulars at his hotel, the Stretford Road Hotel, which he ran from 1930 to 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998230_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998230-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He rarely missed the chance to attend a Wales game in the 1920s and 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding1998230_105-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding1998230-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meredith died in <a href="/wiki/Withington" title="Withington">Withington</a>, Manchester in April 1958 at the age of 83, and was buried in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Cemetery,_Manchester" title="Southern Cemetery, Manchester">Southern Cemetery, Manchester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After he spent many years in an unmarked grave, the <a href="/wiki/Professional_Footballers%27_Association" title="Professional Footballers' Association">Professional Footballers' Association</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Football_Association_of_Wales" title="Football Association of Wales">Welsh FA</a>, Manchester City and Manchester United all agreed to cover the cost of upkeep on a new headstone.<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meredith is honoured in the <a href="/wiki/Hall_of_fame" class="mw-redirect" title="Hall of fame">hall of fame</a> at the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Manchester_Stadium" title="City of Manchester Stadium">City of Manchester Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was announced in August 2007 that Meredith was one of the ten new inductees for 2007 to the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="English Football Hall of Fame">English Football Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-110" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a street in Manchester named Billy Meredith Close in his honour<sup id="cite_ref-111" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-111"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and there are a pair of plaques dedicated to Meredith in his home village of Chirk (<i>Cymraeg</i>: Y Waun): one at Chirk AAA FC's home ground; the other in Millennium Gardens at the Station Avenue entrance to the park and cricket ground. The latter was unveiled in 2002 by Billy's daughter Winifrede. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Career statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club_statistics">Club statistics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Club statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"> <caption>Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<sup id="cite_ref-112" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-112"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-William_Henry_Meredith_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-William_Henry_Meredith-113"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Club </th> <th rowspan="2">Season </th> <th rowspan="2">Division </th> <th colspan="2">League </th> <th colspan="2">FA Cup </th> <th colspan="2">Other </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northwich_Victoria_F.C." title="Northwich Victoria F.C.">Northwich Victoria</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1893%E2%80%9394_Northwich_Victoria_F.C._season" title="1893–94 Northwich Victoria F.C. season">1893–94</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a> </td> <td>11</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>11</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="13"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1894%E2%80%9395_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1894–95 Manchester City F.C. season">1894–95</a><sup id="cite_ref-114" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-114"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Second Division </td> <td>18</td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>18</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1895%E2%80%9396_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1895–96 Manchester City F.C. season">1895–96</a> </td> <td>Second Division </td> <td>29</td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4<sup id="cite_ref-115" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-115"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>0</td> <td>33</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1896%E2%80%9397_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1896–97 Manchester City F.C. season">1896–97</a> </td> <td>Second Division </td> <td>27</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>28</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1897%E2%80%9398_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1897–98 Manchester City F.C. season">1897–98</a><sup id="cite_ref-116" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-116"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Second Division </td> <td>30</td> <td>12</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>32</td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1898–99 Manchester City F.C. season">1898–99</a><sup id="cite_ref-117" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-117"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Second Division </td> <td>33</td> <td>29</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>34</td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1899%E2%80%931900_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1899–1900 Manchester City F.C. season">1899–1900</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a> </td> <td>33</td> <td>14</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>35</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1900%E2%80%9301_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1900–01 Manchester City F.C. season">1900–01</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>34</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>35</td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1901%E2%80%9302_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1901–02 Manchester City F.C. season">1901–02</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>33</td> <td>8</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>37</td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1902%E2%80%9303_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1902–03 Manchester City F.C. season">1902–03</a> </td> <td>Second Division </td> <td>34</td> <td>23</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>35</td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1903%E2%80%9304_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1903–04 Manchester City F.C. season">1903–04</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>34</td> <td>11</td> <td>6</td> <td>2</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>40</td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1904%E2%80%9305_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1904–05 Manchester City F.C. season">1904–05</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>33</td> <td>9</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>35</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1905%E2%80%9306_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1905–06 Manchester City F.C. season">1905–06</a><sup id="cite_ref-118" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>338</th> <th>147</th> <th>20</th> <th>4</th> <th>4</th> <th>0</th> <th>362</th> <th>151 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="12"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1906–07 Manchester United F.C. season">1906–07</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>16</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>18</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1907%E2%80%9308_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1907–08 Manchester United F.C. season">1907–08</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>37</td> <td>10</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>2<sup id="cite_ref-FACS_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FACS-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>1</td> <td>43</td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1908%E2%80%9309_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1908–09 Manchester United F.C. season">1908–09</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>34</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>38</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1909%E2%80%9310_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1909–10 Manchester United F.C. season">1909–10</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>31</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>32</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1910–11 Manchester United F.C. season">1910–11</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>35</td> <td>5</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>38</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1911%E2%80%9312_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1911–12 Manchester United F.C. season">1911–12</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>35</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>1<sup id="cite_ref-FACS_119-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FACS-119"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>0</td> <td>42</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1912%E2%80%9313_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1912–13 Manchester United F.C. season">1912–13</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>22</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>27</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1913%E2%80%9314_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1913–14 Manchester United F.C. season">1913–14</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>34</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>35</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1914%E2%80%9315_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1914–15 Manchester United F.C. season">1914–15</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>26</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>27</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1919–20 Manchester United F.C. season">1919–20</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>19</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>21</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1920%E2%80%9321_Manchester_United_F.C._season" title="1920–21 Manchester United F.C. season">1920–21</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>14</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>14</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total<sup id="cite_ref-120" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-120"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>303</th> <th>35</th> <th>29</th> <th>0</th> <th>3</th> <th>1</th> <th>335</th> <th>36 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1921%E2%80%9322_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1921–22 Manchester City F.C. season">1921–22</a> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>25</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>25</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1922%E2%80%9323_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1922–23 Manchester City F.C. season">1922–23</a><sup id="cite_ref-121" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-121"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1923%E2%80%9324_Manchester_City_F.C._season" title="1923–24 Manchester City F.C. season">1923–24</a><sup id="cite_ref-122" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-122"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>First Division </td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>6</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>28</th> <th>1</th> <th>4</th> <th>1</th> <th colspan="2">—</th> <th>32</th> <th>2 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Career total </th> <th>680</th> <th>188</th> <th>53</th> <th>5</th> <th>7</th> <th>1</th> <th>740</th> <th>194 </th></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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id="International_statistics">International statistics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: International statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Wales_national_football_team" title="Wales national football team">Wales national team</a><sup id="cite_ref-123" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-123"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Year</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td>1895</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1896</td> <td>2</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1897</td> <td>3</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1898</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1899</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1900</td> <td>1</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1901</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1902</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1903</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1904</td> <td>1</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1905</td> <td>2</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1906</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1907</td> <td>3</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1908</td> <td>2</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1909</td> <td>3</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1910</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1911</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1912</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1913</td> <td>3</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1914</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1915</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1916</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1917</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1918</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1919</td> <td>0</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1920</td> <td>3</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total</th> <th>39</th> <th>10 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club">Club</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Club"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Chirk</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Cup" title="Welsh Cup">Welsh Cup</a>: 1894</li></ul> <p><b>Manchester City</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_Second_Division" title="Football League Second Division">Second Division</a>: <a href="/wiki/1898%E2%80%9399_Football_League" title="1898–99 Football League">1898–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/1904_FA_Cup_final" title="1904 FA Cup final">1903–04</a></li></ul> <p><b>Manchester United</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_First_Division" title="Football League First Division">First Division</a>: <a href="/wiki/1907%E2%80%9308_Football_League" title="1907–08 Football League">1907–08</a>, <a href="/wiki/1910%E2%80%9311_Football_League" title="1910–11 Football League">1910–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/1909_FA_Cup_final" title="1909 FA Cup final">1908–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FA_Community_Shield" title="FA Community Shield">FA Charity Shield</a>: <a href="/wiki/1908_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1908 FA Charity Shield">1908</a>, <a href="/wiki/1911_FA_Charity_Shield" title="1911 FA Charity Shield">1911</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_team">National team</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: National team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Wales</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Home_Championship" title="British Home Championship">British Home Championship</a>: <a href="/wiki/1906%E2%80%9307_British_Home_Championship" title="1906–07 British Home Championship">1907</a>, <a href="/wiki/1919%E2%80%9320_British_Home_Championship" title="1919–20 British Home Championship">1920</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual">Individual</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Individual"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_League_100_Legends" title="Football League 100 Legends">Football League 100 Legends</a>: 1998 (inducted)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Football_Hall_of_Fame" title="English Football Hall of Fame">English Football Hall of Fame</a>: 2007 (inducted)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_men%27s_footballers_with_the_most_official_appearances" class="mw-redirect" title="List of men's footballers with the most official appearances">List of men's footballers with the most official appearances</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Billy_Meredith&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Notes</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mufcinfo.com/manupag/a-z_player_archive/a-z_player_archive_pages/meredith_william.html">"Billy Meredith - Manchester United Player Profile & Stats"</a>. <i>www.mufcinfo.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 October</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.mufcinfo.com&rft.atitle=Billy+Meredith+-+Manchester+United+Player+Profile+%26+Stats&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mufcinfo.com%2Fmanupag%2Fa-z_player_archive%2Fa-z_player_archive_pages%2Fmeredith_william.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABilly+Meredith" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlpuin2000" class="citation cs2">Alpuin, Luis Fernando Passo (20 February 2000), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/wal-recintlp.html"><i>Wales – Record International Players</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Rec.Sport.Soccer_Statistics_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation">Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation</a><span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 March</span> 2009</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wales+%E2%80%93+Record+International+Players&rft.pub=Rec.Sport.Soccer+Statistics+Foundation&rft.date=2000-02-20&rft.aulast=Alpuin&rft.aufirst=Luis+Fernando+Passo&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rsssf.org%2Fmiscellaneous%2Fwal-recintlp.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABilly+Meredith" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stretford-end.com/united-articles/billy-meredith-legend.html"><i>Legends: Billy Meredith Player Profile</i></a>, Stretford-end.com<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 February</span> 2009</span></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Legends%3A+Billy+Meredith+Player+Profile&rft.pub=Stretford-end.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stretford-end.com%2Funited-articles%2Fbilly-meredith-legend.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABilly+Meredith" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding19987-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding19987_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarding1998">Harding 1998</a>, p. 7</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding19989-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding19989_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarding1998">Harding 1998</a>, p. 9</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding19988-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding19988_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding19988_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding19988_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding19988_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarding1998">Harding 1998</a>, p. 8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames200588-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames200588_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames200588_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames200588_7-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames200588_7-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames200588_7-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJames2005">James 2005</a>, p. 88</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199815-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199815_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199815_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarding1998">Harding 1998</a>, p. 15</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199817-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199817_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarding1998">Harding 1998</a>, p. 17</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199816-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199816_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199816_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199816_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarding1998">Harding 1998</a>, p. 16</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWard1984-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWard1984_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWard1984">Ward 1984</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chirkaaafc.co.uk/about/billy-meredith/">"Chirk AAA FC - Billy Meredith"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 August</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Chirk+AAA+FC+-+Billy+Meredith&rft.pub=Chirk+AAA+FC&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.chirkaaafc.co.uk%2Fabout%2Fbilly-meredith%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABilly+Meredith" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199822-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199822_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199822_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarding1998">Harding 1998</a>, p. 22</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199823-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199823_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199823_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199823_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarding1998">Harding 1998</a>, p. 23</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPenney1995139-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPenney1995139_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPenney1995139_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPenney1995">Penney 1995</a>, p. 139</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames2006277-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames2006277_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJames2006">James 2006</a>, p. 277.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarding199834-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarding199834_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarding1998">Harding 1998</a>, p. 34</span> </li> <li 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Charlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Charlton" title="Jack Charlton">J. 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