In search of Quaker Fred, one of the great Untouchables
THE Untouchables was the nickname given to Liverpool’s all-conquering football team of the early 1920s which featured, way out on the left wing, a player who started and finished his career at Darlington. A book is being written to commemorate the centenary of the Untouchables winning back-to-back league titles in 1921-22 and 1922-23, and the authors are looking for information about the players, particularly Fred Hopkin who missed just two matches in those heady seasons but finished his days working as a physio behind his wife’s hairdressing shop opposite Darlington’s North Road ra...
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