Bob Fairman

Bob Fairman
Personal information
Full name Robert Fairman
Date of birth 1885
Place of birth Southampton, England
Playing position Full back, wing half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Southampton 0 (0)
1907–1909 Birmingham City 22 (2)
1909–1912 West Ham United 90 (0)
1912–1917 Birmingham City 16 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Robert Fairman (1885 – after 1916) was an English footballer who played as a full back or wing half. He scored two goals in 38 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham.[1]

Fairman was born in Southampton, Hampshire. He began his football career with Southampton, although he never played a first-team match, before joining Birmingham in 1907.[2] He played regularly at left half at the start of the 1908–09 season, but lost his place when the club signed Thomas Daykin,[3] and he moved to West Ham United, then a Southern League club, at the end of the season. He spent three years with West Ham, playing more than 100 games in all competitions, before returning to Birmingham in 1912.[4] He played little first-team football after his return, and retired from the game in 1917.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. ↑ Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  3. ↑ Matthews, pp. 82, 155.
  4. ↑ "Robert Fairman". westhamstats.info. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  5. ↑ Matthews, pp. 86, 159–61.


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