Soccer

Towards the end of the 1937/38 season Bill Fallon moved from Notts County to Sheffield Wednesday. When he arrived at Wednesday they were mired at the bottom of Division Two, deep in relegation trouble with only ten games of the season to go. Ten games to save themselves – it wasn’t much, but it was enough for Bill.

At the start of the 1936/37 season, Bill Fallon played superbly for Notts County. In their first game of the season against Exeter City, his determination and hard shooting from the left wing helped County to a 3-1 win. Soon after that, he scored the winning goal in the 2-1 victory against Crystal Palace.

In January 1936 Bill Fallon was playing for Notts County FC, and all through that month he played probably the best football of his career so far. Then came February and he hit a run of form like never before. It started on February 8th 1936, when he scored in Notts County’s game at Reading. His goal in that game came

In February 1934, Bill Fallon moved from Dolphin FC to Notts County. In his two seasons with Dolphin Bill had scored 26 goals, and that great scoring record got him his first notices in the newspapers of his new hometown. The Nottingham Evening Mail hailed him as “Fallon, County’s new sharpshooter”. That was some headline

Bill Fallon was born on January 14th 1912 in Larne, Co Antrim. When he was young he moved to Dublin, and that was where he started playing football. By the time he was nineteen he was one of the best players in Ireland. Bill made his name as a goalscorer in junior football.

Mick O’Brien played for years in the lower leagues of English football before he made it to the Football League. He joined Third Division Queen’s Park Rangers, in May 1920. Within a year of that, he was playing international football for Ireland.