Alex Crombie
Encyclopedia
Playing career
Crombie played for Morpeth Harriers and ReadingReading F.C.
Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...
before joining Burslem Port Vale
Port Vale F.C.
Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...
in July 1905. He was a regular first team player from September 1905 to February 1906; at which point he lost his place. He departed at the end of the 1905–06 season
1905–06 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season
The 1905–06 season was Burslem Port Vale's eighth consecutive season of football in the Football League. It was another season spent struggling at the lower end of the league....
, having played 22 games and scored 2 goals for the club (17 games, 1 goal in the Football League
The Football League
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