Louis Page
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Louis Antonio Page was an England
international football player and football manager. He was the younger brother of Tom Page
.
clubs Everton
and South Liverpool
. He entered professional football with Stoke City
, with whom he made 21 appearances before leaving to make over 100 league outings for Northampton Town
. Page later left the Cobblers for Burnley
where he made 248 league appearances and scoring 111 goals. During his spell with the club, Page achieve the remarkable feat of scoring 6 goals (a double-hat-trick
) in a single game, with a hat-trick scored in either half.
After leaving Burnley, Page joined Manchester United
, before moving on to Port Vale
in October 1932. He played 19 games in all competitions during the 1932–33 season
, falling out of favour in March 1933 before becoming player-manager at Yeovil & Petters United
, having been released at the end of the season.
seven times in 1927, alongside England and Everton
great Dixie Dean
. He played four British Home Championship
games and three friendlies
, he scored against Belgium on 1 May 1927, in the 63rd minute bagging one in a 9–1 victory.
He also played for the English baseball
team, along with his brother.
club Newport County
, where he stayed for two years.
After leaving Newport he became trainer-coach at Glentoran
and then, afterwards, manager of Liverpool
-based Carlton.
, he was appointed manager of Swindon Town
. The club had closed down during the war, meaning they were at a disadvantage to other clubs – the only player to keep a regular place in the side from before the hostilities was Billy Lucas
. Page was therefore forced to build a completely fresh team, meaning that the Town's fourth place finish in 1946–47 was seen as a major success – especially as many players still needed permission to play as they had not yet been demobbed.
Swindon slumped to 16th place the following season – just two points off the bottom spot, though did accomplish some giant-killing in their FA Cup
run, in which the Town knocked out the previous year
's runners-up, Burnley
, before being beaten in the Fifth Round
by Southampton
. In 1948–49, the Town again finished fourth in the Third Division South
, without ever challenging for the promotion
spot. They failed to finish in the top half of the table for the next eight seasons.
With the Town in financial difficulties, Page was granted a pitiful sum with which to strengthen the team, and was forced to sell many of his top players. At the end of the 1952–53 season, when Swindon had finished in the bottom nine for three seasons running, Page was relieved of his duties and handed £500 in compensation.
and later a scout
for Leicester City
.
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
international football player and football manager. He was the younger brother of Tom Page
Tom Page (footballer)
Thomas Page was an English footballer and international baseball player. He was the older brother of Louis Page.-Playing career:...
.
Club career
Page began his senior career with MerseysideMerseyside
Merseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
clubs Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
and South Liverpool
South Liverpool F.C.
South Liverpool F.C. are a football club from Liverpool, England. They are currently in the West Cheshire Amateur Football League and play their home matches at Jericho Lane. The club's colours are white shirts, black shorts and red socks.-First incarnation:...
. He entered professional football with Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
, with whom he made 21 appearances before leaving to make over 100 league outings for Northampton Town
Northampton Town F.C.
Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...
. Page later left the Cobblers for Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...
where he made 248 league appearances and scoring 111 goals. During his spell with the club, Page achieve the remarkable feat of scoring 6 goals (a double-hat-trick
Hat-trick
A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...
) in a single game, with a hat-trick scored in either half.
After leaving Burnley, Page joined Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
, before moving on to 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 October 1932. He played 19 games in all competitions during the 1932–33 season
1932–33 Port Vale F.C. season
The 1932–33 season was Port Vale's twenty-seventh season of football in the Football League, and their third successive season in the Second Division. The season is notable as the last season of football for legendary striker Wilf Kirkham – who finished as top scorer for the sixth time in his Vale...
, falling out of favour in March 1933 before becoming player-manager at Yeovil & Petters United
Yeovil Town F.C.
Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...
, having been released at the end of the season.
International career
Page featured for EnglandEngland national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
seven times in 1927, alongside England and Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
great Dixie Dean
Dixie Dean
William Ralph Dean , better known as Dixie Dean, was an English football player. Dean originally started his career with Birkenhead based Tranmere Rovers before moving on to Everton, the club he had supported as a child, where he became one of the most prolific goal-scorers in English football...
. He played four British Home Championship
British Home Championship
The British Home Championship was an annual football competition contested between the United Kingdom's four national teams, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland from the 1883–84 season until the 1983–84...
games and three friendlies
Exhibition game
An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
, he scored against Belgium on 1 May 1927, in the 63rd minute bagging one in a 9–1 victory.
He also played for the English baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
team, along with his brother.
Management career
Page's first managerial post was with Yeovil & Petters United, also being registered as a player. He left the position in 1935 to become manager at WelshWales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
club Newport County
Newport County A.F.C.
Newport County Association Football Club are a professional football club based in the city of Newport, south Wales, who currently play in the Conference National, the highest level of the National League System and fifth highest of the overall English football league system...
, where he stayed for two years.
After leaving Newport he became trainer-coach at Glentoran
Glentoran F.C.
Glentoran F.C. is a semi-professional, football club in Northern Ireland. The club was founded in 1882 and plays its home games at the Oval in east Belfast. Club colours are green, red, and black.Glentoran's biggest rivals are Linfield...
and then, afterwards, manager of Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
-based Carlton.
Swindon Town
When league football resumed after the Second World WarWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, he was appointed manager of Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
. The club had closed down during the war, meaning they were at a disadvantage to other clubs – the only player to keep a regular place in the side from before the hostilities was Billy Lucas
Billy Lucas
William Henry "Billy" Lucas was a Welsh international football player in the late 1940s and 1950s. During his career, Lucas made over 400 appearances in The Football League during spells with Swindon Town, Swansea Town and Newport County and attained seven caps for Wales as well as eight wartime...
. Page was therefore forced to build a completely fresh team, meaning that the Town's fourth place finish in 1946–47 was seen as a major success – especially as many players still needed permission to play as they had not yet been demobbed.
Swindon slumped to 16th place the following season – just two points off the bottom spot, though did accomplish some giant-killing in their FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
run, in which the Town knocked out the previous year
1948 FA Cup Final
The 1948 FA Cup Final was contested by Manchester United and Blackpool at Wembley Stadium on 24 April 1948. United, who had not appeared in an FA Cup Final for 39 years, won 4–2, with two goals from Jack Rowley and one apiece from Stan Pearson and John Anderson. Eddie Shimwell and Stan Mortensen...
's runners-up, Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...
, before being beaten in the Fifth Round
FA Cup 1947–48
The 1947–48 FA Cup was the 67th staging of the world's oldest football cup competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup...
by Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
. In 1948–49, the Town again finished fourth in the Third Division South
Football League Third Division South
The Football League Third Division South was a level of English professional football which ran in parallel to Third Division North from 1921 to 1958....
, without ever challenging for the promotion
Promotion and relegation
In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...
spot. They failed to finish in the top half of the table for the next eight seasons.
With the Town in financial difficulties, Page was granted a pitiful sum with which to strengthen the team, and was forced to sell many of his top players. At the end of the 1952–53 season, when Swindon had finished in the bottom nine for three seasons running, Page was relieved of his duties and handed £500 in compensation.
Post-Swindon
After being relieved of his duties he became manager of ChesterChester City F.C.
Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the...
and later a scout
Scout (sport)
In professional sports, scouts are trained talent evaluators who travel extensively for the purposes of watching athletes play their chosen sports and determining whether their set of skills and talents represent what is needed by the scout's organization...
for Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
.
Appearances
| Cap | Date | Venue | Opposition | Att. | Result | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 February 1927 | Wrexham Wrexham Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England... |
Wales Wales national football team The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international... |
16,100 | (D) 3–3 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 April 1927 | Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands... |
Scotland Scotland national football team The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872... |
111,214 | (W) 2–1 | 0 |
| 3 | 11 May 1927 | Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union... |
Belgium | 35,000 | (W) 9–1 | 1 |
| 4 | 21 May 1927 | Luxembourg Luxembourg (city) The city of Luxembourg , also known as Luxembourg City , is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse Rivers in southern Luxembourg... |
Luxembourg Luxembourg national football team The Luxembourg national football team is the national football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. The team play most of their home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel, in Luxembourg.- History :... |
5,000 | (W) 5–2 | 0 |
| 5 | 26 May 1927 | Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region... |
France France national football team The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe... |
25,000 | (W) 6–0 | 0 |
| 6 | 22 October 1927 | Belfast Belfast Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly... |
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland national football team The Northern Ireland national football team represents Northern Ireland in international association football. Before 1921 all of Ireland was represented by a single side, the Ireland national football team, organised by the Irish Football Association... |
30,000 | (L) 0–2 | 0 |
| 7 | 13 March 1911 | Millwall Millwall Millwall is an area in London, on the western side of the Isle of Dogs, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the south of the developments at West India Docks, including Canary Wharf.-History:... |
Wales Wales national football team The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international... |
32,089 | (W) 1–2 | 0 |