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ALBERT HODGKINSON

Note: One record book says that Hodgkinson scored the third goal against Bristol Rovers on 1 Apr 1905, another says it was a second for Owens. The match report in the Western Morning News and other papers clearly describes the goal scored by Owens. The overall goal totals for these players are therefore different from at least one other source.

Born: 04 August 1885

Came from: Grimsby Town Went to: Leicester Fosse

First game: 08 October 1904 Last game: 24 April 1905

Appearances: 26 (26/0) Goals: 6

Hodgkinson was born in Pembroke Dock, Wales, in 1884, but was brought up in Derbyshire. It was here that he played for Old Normanton and Hinckley Town before joining Derby County in 1903. A year later, without making an appearance for The Rams (but having starred for their Baseball team), he joined Grimsby Town and made 17 appearances, scoring 5 goals, in his only season with the club.

In May 1904 he moved to Home Park and by mid-season had forced his way into the team at outside-left, a position he kept for the remainder of the campaign. Despite this he moved on after just one year with Argyle, signing for Leicester Fosse, for whom he played 33 times in 1905/06. After spending the next season with Bury he joined Southampton in May 1907 and helped the club reach the FA Cup semi-finals the following year.

In 57 games for The Saints he scored 18 times and his form there led to a Welsh cap against Ireland in April 1908. Just over a year later he moved to Croydon Common and also had spells with Southend United and Ilkeston United before retiring.

As a footnote, Bert Hodgkinson joined Argyle with his brother William (Bill). Like his brother, Bill had also played for Hinckley Town and Derby County but failed to make an appearance for Argyle owing to illness, and also left after just one season. Sadly, Bill died in March 1909 and a Southampton v Everton FA Cup fourth round replay was put back by a day to allow Bert to travel to his brother's funeral.

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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]

The details below reflect appearances in all first-team competitions.

I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.

The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.

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