Bobby Reid (footballer, born 1911)

For other uses, see Bobby Reid (disambiguation).

Robert Reid (19 February 1911 – 16 November 1987) was a Scottish footballer who played at both professional and international levels as an outside left.^[5] His best remembered for his time in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made 110 appearances. Reid earned the nickname "the Flying Scotsman" for his performances down the wing for Hamilton Academical early in his career.^[6]

Bobby Reid

Personal information
Full name	Robert Reid[1]
Date of birth	19 February 1911
Place of birth	Hamilton, Scotland[1]
Date of death	16 November 1987(1987-11-16) (aged 76)[2]
Place of death	East Kilbride, Scotland[3]
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[4]
Position(s)	Outside left
Youth career
0000–1929	Ferniegair Violet
1929–1931	Hamilton Academical
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931–1936	Hamilton Academical	62	(19)
1933	→ Stranraer (loan)
1936–1939	Brentford	103	(34)
1939–1946	Sheffield United	14	(4)
1946–1947	Bury	17	(1)
1947–1949	Third Lanark
International career
1934	Scottish League XI	2	(0)
1937–1938	Scotland	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Reid began his career in his native Scotland with Hamilton Academical and played for the club in the 1935 Scottish Cup Final.^[3][7] He moved to England in January 1936 to reunite with friend David McCulloch at First Division club Brentford.^[6] A spell out following an appendicitis operation in 1936 allowed Les Smith into the team, with whom Reid would battle for a place through the rest of his Bees career.^[6] During his three years at Griffin Park, he was among the club's leading scorers, behind David McCulloch.^[8]

Reid joined Sheffield United for a £6,000 fee in February 1939 and with his time at the club being affected by the Second World War, he made just 14 league appearances, scoring four goals,^[2] before his departure after the war in November 1946.^[6][9] Reid next spent a season with Bury, scoring 1 goal in 17 league appearances, before ending his career with a player-coach spell at Third Lanark.^[2][10]

International and representative career

Reid won two caps for Scotland during the 1937–38 season.^[11] He also made two appearances for the Scottish League XI.^[12]

Post-playing career

Reid served Bury, Third Lanark, Airdrieonians and former club Hamilton Academical as a physiotherapist, arriving back at Douglas Park in the late 1960s.^[10] By the time of his death in November 1987, Reid was still with the Accies, working also as kit man.^[10]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Hamilton Academical	1932–33[13]	Scottish First Division	3	0	0	0	—		3	0
	1933–34[14]	Scottish First Division	9	2	0	0	2[b]	1	11	3
	1934–35[15]	Scottish First Division	36	12	7	0	1[c]	1	44	13
	1935–36[16]	Scottish First Division	14	5	0	0	—		14	5
	Total		62	19	7	0	3	2	72	21
Brentford	1935–36[8]	First Division	18	3	—		—		18	3
	1936–37[8]	First Division	28	10	2	2	—		30	12
	1937–38[8]	First Division	40	17	4	1	1[d]	0	45	18
	1938–39[8]	First Division	17	3	—		—		17	3
	Total		103	33	6	3	1	0	110	36
Sheffield United	1946–47[17]	First Division	1	0	—		—		1	0
Career total			166	52	13	3	4	2	183	57

1. Includes Scottish Cup, FA Cup
2. 1 appearance and 1 goal in Lanarkshire Cup, 1 appearance in Southern Counties Cup
3. Appearance in Southern Counties Cup
4. Appearance in the Empire Exhibition Trophy

Honours

Hamilton Academical

• Lanarkshire Cup: 1933–34, 1938–39^[3][14]
• Southern Counties Cup: 1933–34, 1934–35^[14][15]

Individual

• PFA Scotland Merit Award^[18]

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 242. ISBN 978-1905891610.
2. "Bobby Reid". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
3. "Reid, Robert (1933)". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
4. "Brentford. Only one change in 'Bees' team". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. iv – via Newspapers.com.
5. Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
6. Official Matchday Magazine Of Brentford Football Club versus Stoke City. Blackheath: Morganprint. 3 January 2000. p. 27.
7. McGilvray, Andy (14 April 2010). "75 years since Accies' Scottish Cup final against Rangers". Daily Record. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
8. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 373–375. ISBN 0951526200.
9. "Reid Bobby Hamilton Academical 1934". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
10. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 132–133. ISBN 978-0955294914.
11. Bobby Reid at the Scottish Football Association
12. "Robert Reid – Scotland Football League Record from 03 Oct 1934 to 31 Oct 1934 clubs – Hamilton Academical". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
13. "1932–33". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
14. "1933–34". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
15. "1934–35". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
16. "1935–36". Hamilton Academical Memory Bank. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
17. Bobby Reid at WorldFootball.net
18. Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 108. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.

External links

• Bobby Reid at the Scottish Football Association