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Player Database - Herbert Powell


Herbert Powell

Debut game
v Notts County Reserves (h) 9th September 1905

Final game for Gresley Rovers first team
v Mexborough Town (h) 4th November 1905

Feb 1906 Grantham Avenue
Aug 1906 Chesterfield Town (6 Apps 1 Goal)
Feb 1907 Barnsley (6 A 2 G)
May 1907 Carlisle United
May 1908 New Brompton (Gillingham) (23 A 2G)
1909 Coventry City (26 A 13 G)
Dec 1910 Birmingham (4 A 1 G)
1911 Rotherham Town
May 1913 Portsmouth (17 A 9 G)
1914 Boscombe
1915 Brentford (2A 1G)
1919 Worksop Town
Left Southampton 19th May 1920 aboard American Line SS St Paul and arrived in the United States on 28th May 1920.

Herbert went as player and possibly later as a coach.
If the new league took off he hoped to move his family to the USA.
Powell ex-Portsmouth FC played first match for Bethlehem Steel FC in September 1920. He did not stay long in the US and returned to the UK on SS Imperator.
1922 Grantham
1922? Retford Town
1923? Sutton Town

Previous clubs

Nottingham Forest Reserves 1904
First Name Herbert
Last Name Powell
Signed September 1905
Appearances 8
Goals Scored 1
Clean Sheets N/A
Left November 1905

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