A Frank Roberts white England international football shirt season 1924-25, woollen button-up 16in. neck long-sleeved shirt with embroidered F.A. three
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A Frank Roberts white England international football shirt season 1924-25, woollen button-up 16in. neck long-sleeved shirt with embroidered F.A. three lions badge, very good condition Frank Roberts (British, 1894 - 1961), an English professional footballer, playing from 1910's to 1928. His career started with Sandbach Villa and Sandbach Ramblers before transferring to Crewe Alexandra and in 1914 to Bolton Wanderers until 1922, making guest appearances for Brentford in 1916/17, West Ham United in 1917/18 and 1918/19 seasons. Moving to Manchester City in 1922 for a fee of ?3,400, scoring his goal for City against Bolton Wanderers at Hyde Road, Manchester on the 18th November 1922. Having successful goal scoring achievements for Manchester City he earned an England call up and made his England debut in December 1924 against Belgium, with England wining 4 - 0 with the goals from Joe Braford and Billy Walker. Roberts played in the 1925 British Home Nations Championship for England, where he scored twice in the 2 - 1 victory against Wales, at Vetch Field, Swansea and played again in the 2 - 0 defeat to Scotland, the Championship was won by Scotland. His fourth and final cap came against France in May 1925, resulting in a 3 -2 victory for England. Roberts continued his footballing career with Manchester City, until the 1928/29 season, with Manchester City reaching the FA Cup Final in 1926 against Bolton Wanderers at Wembley, London, and losing 1 - 0 on the day. In the 1927/28 season Manchester City were promoted to the first division with Robert's the top scorer with twenty goals. Roberts made 237 appearances for Manchester City and scored 137 goals, listing him the sixteenth greatest ever City player in Ian Penney's book The Essential History of Manchester City.