Alex Raisbeck

Alex Raisbeck

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Galloway Raisbeck
Date of birth	26 December 1878
Place of birth	Polmont, Scotland
Date of death
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Royal Albert
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1896–1898	Hibernian	25	(3)
1898	Stoke	4	(0)
1898–1909	Liverpool	312	(19)
1909–1914	Partick Thistle	138	(9)
1914–19??	Hamilton Academical
Total		479	(31)
International career
1897–1912	Scottish League XI	3	(0)
1900–1907	Scotland	8	(0)
Managerial career
1914–1917	Hamilton Academical
1921–1929	Bristol City
1930–1936	Halifax Town
1936–1938	Chester
1939	Bath City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexander Galloway "Alex" Raisbeck (26 December 1878 – 12 March 1949) was a Scottish international footballer who played in the Football League for Liverpool and Stoke.

Career

Born in Polmont, Stirlingshire, Raisbeck played for Hibernian and a short spell with Stoke before being signed by Liverpool manager Tom Watson in May 1898. Making his debut in a Football League Division One match against Sheffield Wednesday on 3 September 1898, the centre-half eventually became club captain and led Liverpool to the championship in 1900–1901 and 1905–1906. While at Liverpool, he won 8 caps for Scotland and captained his country on 5 occasions.

After leaving the club in 1909, Raisbeck played for Partick Thistle and Hamilton Academical, where he eventually became manager, and went on to manage Bristol City, Halifax Town, Chester and Bath City, before returning to Liverpool as a scout.

Polmont F.C. take part in the Alex Raisbeck Trophy, a competition so named after him as the most famous football player from the town of Polmont. The inaugural competition took place in 2014-15 and is scheduled to take place every year thereafter.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Test Match		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1897–98	4	0	0	0	4	1	8	1
	Total	4	0	0	0	4	1	8	1
Liverpool	1898–99	32	1	6	1	–		38	2
	1899–1900	32	4	4	0	–		38	4
	1900–01	31	1	2	0	–		33	1
	1901–02	26	0	3	1	–		29	1
	1902–03	27	1	1	0	–		28	1
	1903–04	30	1	1	0	–		31	1
	1905–06	33	2	2	0	–		35	2
	1905–06	36	1	4	0	–		40	1
	1906–07	27	4	1	0	–		28	4
	1907–08	23	2	3	0	–		26	2
	1908–09	15	2	1	0	–		16	2
	Total	312	19	28	2	0	0	340	21
Career Total		316	19	28	2	4	1	348	22

Honours

As a player:

• Liverpool FC (1898–1909): 341 appearances, 21 goals – Football League Championship winner's medal (1901, 1906)
• Partick Thistle FC (1909–1914): 138 appearances, 9 goals

• Scotland (1900–1907): 8 appearances

As a manager:

• Bristol City (1921–1929): Football League Division Three (South) Champions (1923, 1927)
• Halifax Town (1930–1936)
• Chester (1936–1938)

External links

• Alex Raisbeck, www.ihibs.co.uk
• liverpoolfc.tv profile
• lfchistory.net profile