ALBERT SHEPHERD - BOLTON TEMPERANCE-PUB LANDLORD

November 19th 1960. Jimmy Greaves scored 3 for Chelsea against Manchester City in a 6-3 Division One victory. This was his 100 top flight league (First Division) goal achieved at the age of 20 years and 290 days. He is youngest to score a 100 goals in the top flight league in the 20th century.

He reached this total being top scorer for Chelsea in 6 seasons ending in 1959, 1960 and Spurs in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969. Other centurians include:
Steve Bloomer of Derby achieved 5 top scores in 1896, 1897, 1899, 1901, 1904.
Thierry Henry of Arsenal: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006.
John Campbell, a Scot, of Sunderland 1892, 1893, 1895
Gary Lineker: Leicester 1985, Everton 1986, Tottenham 1990
Alan Shearer: Blackburn Rovers 1995, Newcastle Utd 1997.

Lesser known stars include: Jack Southworth for Blackburn 1891 and Everton 1894.
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Albert Shepherd who first played for Bolton Temperance FC and signed for Blackburn Rovers in 1903 but never played for them. Joining Bolton Wanderers in 1903-4, he stayed for 5 years and scored 85 goals in 115 apps. He signed for Newcastle Utd in 1908-14 (104 apps scoring 76 goals), then Bradford City 22 apps with 10 goals. Total 241 apps 171 goals.

Playing for the Football League at Stamford Bridge in 1906, he scored 4 in a 6-2 win over the Scottish F. League and subsequently he was selected for the full England team in 1906 against Scotland which England lost 2-1.
In April 1906 he played for England for the first time against Scotland at Hampden Park and England were soon reduced to 10 men through an injury. At 2-0 down, England won a direct free kick which Albert took and scored in the 81st minute. This was only the second time that an England player had scored from a direct free-kick.
Albert signed for Newcastle United in 1908 transferred for £800.
Despite this effort and his past club record, he only played for England twice.

In the 1910 FA Cup Final, Albert played for Newcastle v 2nd Division Barnsley and the Magpies won at Everton's Goodison Park, 2-0 following a 1-1 draw played at Crystal Palace. He scored two, one a penalty, the first penalty scored in an FA Cup Final.
Newcastle, however, were fined for fielding a below strength side in an earlier cup round and also reprimanded for "their handling of Cup Final tickets". Cries of "Dirty Newcastle" filled the air at the Crystal Palace.

The Cup known as the "little tin idol", a second edition, was eventually given to Lord Kinnaird to mark his 21 years as President of the FA.

Having played for England again in 1911 against Ireland and appearing in all the Newcastle FA Cup ties, scoring in every one, on the way to the 1911 Cup Final, Albert was badly injured and missed the Final which Newcastle lost to Bradford City 0-1. He joined Bradford City in 1914, scored 10 goals in 22 apps and then the war began! Injury didn't stop him. He died at 44 years old, in 1929 having been a pub landlord (aren't they all?) at The Crown and Cushion in Bolton- A LONG HOP FROM TEMPERANCE.