Arthur Capes

Arthur John Capes (23 February 1875 – 26 February 1945)[2] was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol City, Burton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest and Stoke.[1]

Arthur Capes
Personal information
Full name Arthur John Capes[1]
Date of birth 23 February 1875
Place of birth Burton upon Trent, England[1]
Date of death 26 February 1945 (aged 70)[1]
Place of death Burton upon Trent, England[1]
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[2]
Position(s) Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1894–1895 Burton Wanderers 57 (23)
1896–1901 Nottingham Forest 168 (33)
1902–1904 Stoke 60 (18)
1904–1905 Bristol City 29 (7)
1905–1906 Swindon Town 22 (5)
Total 336 (86)
National team
1903 England 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Capes played with his brother Adrian at Burton Wanderers before joining Nottingham Forest in 1896. He won the 1898 FA Cup with Forest and scored 42 goals for the club in 197 games. He spent two seasons at Stoke scoring 20 goals in 65 matches and ended his career with Bristol City and Swindon Town. He earned one cap for England in 1903 whilst with Stoke.[3]

Career

Capes was born in Burton upon Trent and began his career at Burton Wanderers along with his brother Adrian.[1] He and his brother formed a formidable partnership and in two seasons with Burton the pair scored 66 goals between them.[1] This brought the attention of bigger clubs and they both signed for Nottingham Forest in August 1896.[1] Adrian failed to make a lasting impression at Forest leaving after two seasons, but Arthur did scoring in the 1898 FA Cup Final as Forest beat archrivals Derby County 3–1.[1]

Capes became a vital part of the Forest squad and spent six seasons at the City Ground making 197 appearances scoring 42 goals. He left for Stoke in 1902 becoming the second member of Nottingham's cup winning team to join the "Potters" following Len Benbow.[1] Unlike Benbow, Capes lived up to the expectations of the Stoke fans scoring nine goals in 1902–03 and eleven in 1903–04.[1] After his two-season spell at the Victoria Ground Capes spent a season each at Bristol City and then Swindon Town.[1]

Career statistics

Club

Source:[4]

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burton Wanderers 1894–95 Second Division 3013583521
1895–96 Second Division 2710202910
Total 5723786431
Nottingham Forest 1896–97 First Division 30820328
1897–98 First Division 268643212
1898–99 First Division 28331314
1899–1900 First Division 27543318
1900–01 First Division 32820348
1901–02 First Division 25140291
Total 1683323919742
Stoke 1902–03 First Division 32742369
1903–04 First Division 2811102911
Total 6018526520
Bristol City 1904–05 Second Division 29750347
Swindon Town 1905–06 Southern League 22521246
Career Total 336864220378106

International

Source:[5]

National teamYearAppsGoals
England 190310
Total10

Honours
Nottingham Forest

References
  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. "England players: Arthur Capes". englandfootballonline. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  3. Arthur Capes at Englandstats.com, Retrieved 25 September 2018
  4. Arthur Capes at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  5. Capes, Arthur at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. Smales, Ken (2006). Nottingham Forest The Official Statistical History. Pineapple Books.
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