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Roddy McEachrane

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suspended all first-class football in England, and with it McEachrane's career finished. In all he played 346 games for Arsenal in eleven years, every single one at left half – he never scored a goal, however. He holds the Arsenal club record for the most appearances by a player without winning a cap
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on 6 September 1902, and his arrival coincided with the south London club's first period of success, as they finished third in the
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He soon settled in the side as a left half-back with a reputation for tough tackling. He was an ever-present for The Irons in the
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title. He was again an ever-present the following season, and again during Thames Ironworks' first season under their new name,
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McEachrane continued to be a stalwart in midfield for the next four seasons, as Woolwich Arsenal finished sixth in
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Inverness
Half back
Thames Ironworks
Woolwich Arsenal
footballer
Inverness
Canning Town
London
Thames Iron Works
Thames Ironworks F.C.
1898–99
Southern League Division Two
West Ham United
River Thames
Second Division
Woolwich Arsenal
James Bigden
Charlie Satterthwaite
Preston North End
1902–03 season
1903–04
First Division
FA Cup
1905–06
1906–07
1908–09
Angus McKinnon
1912–13
World War I
ISBN

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