George Tidy Football player

George Tidy (born 28 July 1930, in Edinburgh) was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper during the 1950s.Although he initially started as a centre-half with Royston Rosebery in 1946, he played in goal shortly before being transferred to Edinburgh City FC during the 1949-50 season and it was as a goalkeeper that he played there and in the senior ranks (Edinburgh City at that time had just turned Junior.He joined Dunfermline Athletic FC at the start of the 1951-52 season who at the time were in the Scottish Football League "B" Division and he made eleven first-team appearances; 9 in the league and 2 in the Supplementary Cup before moving on to Brechin City FC at the start of the 1952-53 season.George was part of the Brechin City team which won the Scottish Football League "C" Division Championship title in the 1953-54 season and was the youngest member of the team. He was the only member of the Brechin City team to play in all 42 games during the 1952-53 season and all 40 games during the Championship winning season of 1953-54. He was freed at the end of the 1954-55 season and joined junior side Arniston Rangers FC in June 1956. But he returned to Senior football with Berwick Rangers FC in October 1956 making 13 league appearances and 2 in the Scottish Cup before leaving Senior football in August 1957. He then returned to the Junior ranks to complete his playing career with Peebles Rovers FC.

Personal facts

George Tidy
Birth dateJune 28, 1930
Birth place
Edinburgh , Scotland

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teams
Berwick Rangers F.C.
Brechin City F.C.
Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
Peebles Rovers F.C.
Arniston Rangers F.C.
Edinburgh City F.C.
Royston Rosebery F.C.

George Tidy on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.scottishleague.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=243&p=1246&hilit=george+tidy#p1246
  2. https://sites.google.com/site/georgetidy