James Gotheridge [SEP] position played on team / speciality
James Gotheridge
James Gotheridge (1863 – "unknown") was an English association footballer who played as a left winger for Newton Heath in the late 1880s. He signed for the Heathens as a 21-year-old in 1884, but made only 37 competitive appearances for the club. In October 1889, Gotheridge was suspended by the Football Association for three months for an incident during a match against Walsall Town Swifts. He played one more match for the club before being transferred to West Manchester.
Heathens' third consecutive entry into the Manchester and District Challenge Cup also saw them reach the final for a third time in a row. The opening three rounds saw Newton Heath sweep aside all challengers, beating Hooley Hill 7–0 in the first round – two goals coming from James Gotheridge – followed by an 11–1 win and an 8–0 win over Gorton Association and Gorton Villa respectively.
The semi-final was the first time the club played away from home in the competition, and also put them up against Ten Acres in a