George Butcher

Forward · 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

125th all-time scorer308th for appearances

Born: 25 Oct 1890St Albans
Shirt: #10, #8
Debut: 2 Mar 1910at Watford, aged 19
Last game: 16 Oct 1920v Leicester City, aged 29

The West Ham career

all competitions, matches with line-up data

Appearances

50 starts, 0 from the bench

Goals

0.28 per game

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Assists

not recorded

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Minutes

not recorded

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Cards

not recorded

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Average rating

not rated

Best season for goals: 1919/20, 10 in 37 appearances.

Playing Time by season, league

	Playing Time	Starts	Subs		Team Success
Season	MP	Starts	Subs	unSub	PPM	onG	onGA	+/-	+/-90	On-Off
1920/21	1	1	0	0	0.00
1919/20	33	33	0	0	1.30
Career	34	34	0	0	1.26

Same definitions as the season Players tab. Shots exclude blocked shots; on/off figures are approximate. Hover a heading for its meaning. Detailed numbers exist from 2015/16; older seasons show appearances, goals and cards where recorded. The Career row adds the seasons shown.

Goals

14 for West Ham

At home

Away

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Penalties

–

Open play

Hat-tricks

By competition

Second Division	8	34 apps
FA Cup	5	13 apps
Southern League Division One	1	3 apps

Scored against most

When he scores

No goal minutes recorded.

First goal: 2 Mar 1910, at Watford 2–1

Latest goal: 1 May 1920, v Stockport County 3–0

With him, without him

2 Mar 1910 to 16 Oct 1920

When he played

1.2

points per game

25 W 10 D 15 L

50 games · 1.36 scored · 1 conceded

50% wins

When he didn't

0.97

points per game

12 W 13 D 13 L

38 games · 1.29 scored · 1.37 conceded

32% wins

All competitions, between his first and last appearance, using matches with a recorded line-up. Injuries, rotation and who the opposition were all affect this, so treat it as context, not proof.

Milestones

2 Mar 1910Debutat Watford 2–1 1909/10
2 Mar 1910First goalat Watford 2–1 1909/10
15 Jan 192010th goalv Southampton 3–1 1919/20
16 Oct 192050th appearancev Leicester City 0–1 1920/21
16 Oct 1920Last appearancev Leicester City 0–1 1920/21

Based on matches with line-up data (1900/01–1914/15, 1919/20–1938/39, 1945/46–2009/10 and 2015/16–2026/27); not a full career record.

By season and competition

Season	Competition	Apps	Starts	Mins	G	A
1920/21	Second Division	1	1	–	0	–
1919/20	FA Cup	4	4	–	2	–
1919/20	Second Division	33	33	–	8	–
1912/13	FA Cup	2	2	–	0	–
1911/12	FA Cup	3	3	–	1	–
1910/11	FA Cup	4	4	–	2	–
1909/10	Southern League Division One	3	3	–	1	–

Appearances

Date	Comp	Opponent	Score	Res	G
16 Oct 1920	D2	Leicester City	0–1	L
1 May 1920	D2	Stockport County	3–0	W	1
26 Apr 1920	D2	at Stockport County	0–1	L
24 Apr 1920	D2	Hull City	2–1	W
17 Apr 1920	D2	at Hull City	1–1	D
10 Apr 1920	D2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	W	2
3 Apr 1920	D2	at Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	D
2 Apr 1920	D2	Nottingham Forest	5–1	W
27 Mar 1920	D2	South Shields	1–0	W
4 Mar 1920	D2	Leyton Orient	0–1	L
28 Feb 1920	D2	at Leyton Orient	0–1	L
21 Feb 1920	FAC	at Tottenham Hotspur	0–3	L
14 Feb 1920	D2	at Port Vale	0–1	L
7 Feb 1920	D2	Port Vale	3–1	W
31 Jan 1920	FAC	Bury	6–0	W	1
24 Jan 1920	D2	Bury	1–0	W
17 Jan 1920	D2	Blackpool	1–0	W
15 Jan 1920	FAC	Southampton	3–1	W	1
10 Jan 1920	FAC	at Southampton	0–0	D
27 Dec 1919	D2	Huddersfield Town	1–1	D	1
26 Dec 1919	D2	at Bristol City	0–0	D
25 Dec 1919	D2	Bristol City	2–0	W	1
20 Dec 1919	D2	at Huddersfield Town	0–2	L
13 Dec 1919	D2	Coventry City	2–0	W	1
6 Dec 1919	D2	at Coventry City	0–0	D
29 Nov 1919	D2	Fulham	0–1	L
22 Nov 1919	D2	at Fulham	2–1	W
15 Nov 1919	D2	Leicester City	1–0	W
8 Nov 1919	D2	at Leicester City	0–0	D
25 Oct 1919	D2	at Birmingham City	1–0	W
18 Oct 1919	D2	Grimsby Town	1–0	W
11 Oct 1919	D2	at Grimsby Town	1–0	W
4 Oct 1919	D2	Stoke City	1–1	D
27 Sept 1919	D2	at Stoke City	1–2	L
20 Sept 1919	D2	Rotherham County	2–1	W	1
13 Sept 1919	D2	at Rotherham County	1–0	W
8 Sept 1919	D2	Barnsley	0–2	L
6 Sept 1919	D2	at Lincoln City	4–1	W	1
1 Feb 1913	FAC	at Aston Villa	0–5	L
22 Jan 1913	FAC	West Bromwich Albion	3–0	W
28 Feb 1912	FAC	at Swindon Town	0–4	L
24 Feb 1912	FAC	Swindon Town	1–1	D	1
13 Jan 1912	FAC	Gainsborough Trinity	2–1	W
11 Mar 1911	FAC	Blackburn Rovers	2–3	L	2
25 Feb 1911	FAC	Manchester United	2–1	W
4 Feb 1911	FAC	Preston North End	3–0	W
14 Jan 1911	FAC	Nottingham Forest	2–1	W
30 Apr 1910	SL1	at Swindon Town	0–5	L
19 Mar 1910	SL1	at Croydon Common	1–1	D
2 Mar 1910	SL1	at Watford	1–2	L	1

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