Fred Worrall
Frederick J. Worrall (8 September 1910 – 13 April 1979) was an English
footballer born in
Warrington,
Lancashire, who played as an
outside right in
the Football League for
Oldham Athletic,
Portsmouth and
Crewe Alexandra. He was
capped twice for
England, scoring on his debut against the
Netherlands in Amsterdam in May 1935, before following it up with another goal in England's 3–1 win over
Ireland in the
British Championship in November 1936. He was noted for his superstitious nature: when Portsmouth played in the
1939 FA Cup Final, he took his small horseshoe, put a sprig of white heather in each sock, tied a small white elephant to one of his garters and put a lucky sixpence in his boots, as well as putting on Pompey manager
Jack Tinn's lucky spats. He set up the second goal in Portsmouth's 4–1 win, and left the club at the end of the
Second World War. He had continued to play for Portsmouth during the war, but also made seven appearances for
Manchester United during the 1945–46 War League season, scoring twice.
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