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Chelsea FC Profile: Willie Porter

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Full Name: William Porter

Born: Wednesday, 6th March 1878
Place of birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died: Tuesday, 8th December 1936 (aged 58)
Place of death: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Burial: Buried - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Canada

Involvement with Chelsea:


Men's 1st Team Player from 1905 to 1907


Willie's non-first-team appearances currently include those credited in contemporary press reports to a (W) Potter. It is currently believed these were typos of the time

Playing Career:


Hibernians FC (A)
Third Lanark (A)
Ayr Parkhouse (A)
Clyde (A)
London Caledonians (A)
Fulham (A)
Chelsea (A) (Jul 1905 to Apr 1907) - cost: unknown
Brighton And Hove Albion (A)
Luton Town (A)

* (A) = Amateur

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Competitive Debut: Saturday, 17th February 1906, Chelsea 4 - 2 Lincoln City

Age on debut: 27 years 11 months 11 days

Last Competitive First-Team Appearance: Saturday, 23rd February 1907, Chelsea 1 - 0 Burton United

Appearances

Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl
1905 / 06 200002
1906 / 07 100001
Total300003

Goals

Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl
Total000000


* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Willie Porter made 3 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
League17th Feb 1906Chelsea42Lincoln City3,000 match won
League14th Apr 1906Grimsby Town11Chelsea6,000 match drawn
League23rd Feb 1907Chelsea10Burton United11,000 match won

Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances

Season Appearances
1905 / 06 1
Total1

Non-Competitive First-Team Goals

SeasonGoals
Total0


Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Willie Porter made 1 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
Friendly13th Dec 1905Chelsea01Corinthians (UK)8,000 match lost

Non-First-Team Appearances

Season Appearances
1905 / 06 3
1906 / 07 22
Total25

Non-First-Team Goals

SeasonGoals
Total0


Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Willie Porter made 25 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-First-Team Matches Played

CompDateHome  AwayAtt
Reserve League16th Dec 1905Chelsea24Maidstone United0 match lost
Reserve League23rd Dec 1905Hastings and St Leonards53Chelsea0 match lost
Reserve League27th Jan 1906Chelsea12Leyton0 match lost
Reserve League18th Oct 1906Chelsea22Fulham3,500 match drawn
Reserve League25th Oct 1906Chelsea71Brighton And Hove Albion2,000 match won
Reserve League12th Jan 1907Chelsea13Leyton0 match lost
Reserve League19th Jan 1907Chelsea12Tottenham Hotspur0 match lost
Friendly30th Jan 1907Southend United31Chelsea0 match lost
Reserve League2nd Feb 1907Chelsea42Watford0 match won
Reserve League7th Feb 1907Chelsea23Clapton Orient0 match lost
Reserve League9th Feb 1907Woolwich Arsenal70Chelsea0 match lost
Reserve League11th Feb 1907Brentford32Chelsea0 match lost
Reserve League2nd Mar 1907Chelsea01Woolwich Arsenal0 match lost
Friendly6th Mar 1907Tunbridge Wells Rangers22Chelsea3,000 match drawn
Reserve League9th Mar 1907Luton Town52Chelsea0 match lost
Reserve League11th Mar 1907Chelsea71Brentford0 match won
Reserve League29th Mar 1907Hastings & St Leonards United21Chelsea1,000 match lost
Reserve League1st Apr 1907West Ham United30Chelsea1,500 match lost
Reserve League2nd Apr 1907Leyton02Chelsea0 match won
Reserve League6th Apr 1907Norwich City32Chelsea1,500 match lost
Reserve League11th Apr 1907Chelsea44Hastings & St Leonards United0 match drawn
Reserve League22nd Apr 1907Chelsea25Leyton0 match lost
Reserve League25th Apr 1907Chelsea11Maidstone United1,000 match drawn
Reserve League27th Apr 1907Hitchen Town15Chelsea0 match won
Reserve League29th Apr 1907Fulham43Chelsea1,000 match lost
Reserve League2nd Sep 1907Chelsea22Fulham4,000 match drawn

Chelsea Graves Society Info & External Research Links:


Link to the CGS Ancestry profile for William Porter View CGS profile for William Porter on Ancestry
Link to the findagrave profile for William Porter View CGS profile for William Porter on Find-A-Grave
Link to the CGS Zeemaps location for William Porter View location on Zeemaps for William Porter



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Chelsea FC Player Willie Porter

Games Won: 2
Win Percentage: 66.67%
Total Bookings: 0
Times Sent Off: 0

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 3 appearances, Willie Porter played alongside the following 19 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

Ted Birnie (1)
Billy Bridgeman (1)
David Copeland (1)
William Foulke (2)
James Frost (1)
George Henderson (1)
George Key (1)
Bob Mackie (2)
Tommy McDermott (2)
Bob McRoberts (3)
Tommy Miller (3)
Martin Moran (1)
Frank Pearson (2)
Peter Proudfoot (1)
Jacky Robertson (2)
James Robertson (2)
Joseph Walton (1)
Bob Whiting (1)
Jimmy Windridge (2)