Martin Moran (footballer)

Martin Moran (19 December 1879 – 1948)[2] was a Scottish footballer who played mainly as an outside right.[3][4] His many clubs included Celtic (two spells),[5] Clyde, Heart of Midlothian,[6] Hamilton Academical[1] and Albion Rovers in Scotland, and Sheffield United, Middlesbrough,[7] Millwall Athletic and Chelsea in England.[8] Small and slight in stature, he was known as "Mighty Midget".

Martin Moran
Personal information
Date of birth 19 December 1879
Place of birth Bannockburn, Scotland
Date of death 1948
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[1]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Benburb
1898 Celtic 1 (0)
1898–1899 Clyde 10 (1)
1899–1900 Sheffield United 7 (0)
1900–1902 Middlesbrough 36 (5)
1902–1904 Millwall Athletic 86 (13)
1904–1905 Heart of Midlothian 24 (1)
1905–1908 Chelsea 63 (6)
1908–1909 Celtic 2 (0)
1909–1910 Hamilton Academical 20 (1)
1910–1911 Albion Rovers 3 (0)
Total 159 (15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

His first spell at Celtic aged 20 included an appearance in the informal 'Championship for Great Britain' against Sheffield United, before being moved on in October 1898 along with several other fringe players in a cost-cutting measure.[9] After a good season with Clyde he moved to England with Sheffield United, where he was a back-up squad member as the Blades were runners-up in the 1899–1900 Football League, then played a minor role in Middlesbrough's promotion from the second tier in 1901–02. From 1902 to 1904 he appeared in 99 competitive matches (17 goals) for Milwall Athletic,[10] reached the FA Cup semi-final in 1902–03 and won the London League and the Southern Professional Charity Cup in 1903–04.[11] In his season with Hearts back in Scotland he won the minor Rosebery Charity Cup,[6] and was involved in another English promotion with Chelsea in 1906–07, having been in their first-ever team the previous year. On returning to Celtic in 1908, a decade after his previous time in Glasgow (this time in the role of an experienced reserve), he was a Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup winner.[9]

Moran played in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial match of 1905 while contracted to Hearts,[3][12] but received no further representative honours.

References
  1. Moran, Martin (1909), Hamilton Academical Memory Bank
  2. Martin Moran at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  3. John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian magazine. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Moran Martin Image 1 Chelsea 1907, Vintage Footballers
  5. (Celtic player) Moran, Martin, FitbaStats
  6. Martin Moran, London Hearts Supporters Club
  7. Martin Moran, 11v11.com
  8. Chelsea FC Player Profile: Martin Moran, Stamford-Bridge.com
  9. Moran, Martin, The Celtic Wiki
  10. Tarrant, Eddie; Richard Lindsay (2010). Millwall: The Complete Record. DB Publishing. p. 532. ISBN 978-1-85983-833-4.
  11. Tarrant, Eddie; Richard Lindsay (2010). Millwall: The Complete Record. DB Publishing. p. 268–271. ISBN 978-1-85983-833-4.
  12. Football | Anglo-Scots Trial Match., The Glasgow Herald, 21 March 1905
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