# Arthur Gale > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Gale > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_Gale.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Gale > Source revision: 1254683269 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{use British English|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Arthur Gale | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Arthur Reuben Gale | birth_date = {{birth date|1904|11|16|df=y}} | birth_place = [Salford](/source/Salford%2C_Greater_Manchester), England | death_date = {{death date and age|1976|5|13|1904|11|16|df=y}} | death_place = [Ashton upon Mersey](/source/Ashton_upon_Mersey), England | height = 5 ft 9+1/2 in{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-preview-page-iv/134275291/ |title=West Bromwich Albion. Directors rely on reserves |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=iv |via=Newspapers.com}} | position = [Centre forward](/source/Centre_forward) | youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = South Salford Lads' Club | years1 = |clubs1 = Sedgley Park (Prestwich) | years2 = 1925–1930 |clubs2 = [Bury](/source/Bury_F.C.) | caps2 = 39 | goals2 = 5 | years3 = 1930–1931 |clubs3 = [Chester](/source/Chester_City_F.C.) | caps3 = 39 | goals3 = 73 | years4 = 1931–1936 |clubs4 = [West Bromwich Albion](/source/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C.) | caps4 = 23 | goals4 = 18 | years5 = 1936–1938 |clubs5 = [Chester](/source/Chester_City_F.C.) | caps5 = 35 | goals5 = 16 | years6 = 1938–1939 |clubs6 = [Macclesfield Town](/source/Macclesfield_Town_F.C.) | caps6 = 29 | goals6 = 12 | years7 = 1939 |clubs7 = [Accrington Stanley](/source/Accrington_Stanley_F.C._(1891)) | caps7 = 0 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 1939–194? |clubs8 = [Altrincham](/source/Altrincham_F.C.) }} '''Arthur Reuben Gale''' (16 November 1904 – 13 July 1976) was an English [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [forward](/source/forward_(association_football)) in the [Football League](/source/English_Football_League) for [Bury](/source/Bury_F.C.), [West Bromwich Albion](/source/West_Bromwich_Albion_F.C.), [Chester](/source/Chester_F.C.) and [Accrington Stanley](/source/Accrington_Stanley_F.C._(1891)).{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |date=2004 |page=227 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}} ==Life and career== Gale was born in 1904 in [Salford](/source/Salford%2C_Greater_Manchester). He played football for South Salford Lads' Club and Sedgley Park, from where he signed for [First Division](/source/Football_League_First_Division) club [Bury](/source/Bury_F.C.). He made his debut in 1926, but played infrequently for the first team{{snd}}39 appearances spread over five seasons of which two-thirds were in 1928–29{{snd}}and spent the 1930–31 season at [Chester](/source/Chester_City_F.C.). In that season Gale scored more than 100 goals, of which no fewer than 73 came in [Cheshire League](/source/Cheshire_County_League) matches.{{cite web |url=http://www.chester-city.co.uk/century_of_football.asp |title=A century of football |first=Chas |last=Sumner |website=chester-city.co.uk |publisher=Steve Mansley |access-date=9 May 2024}} Chester were elected to the [Football League](/source/English_Football_League) for the 1931–32 season, and were willing to pay Bury the £400 asking price, but he was sold instead to First Division club [West Bromwich Albion](/source/West_Bromwich_Albion), who as part of the deal allowed their player [Frank Cresswell](/source/Frank_Cresswell) to rejoin Chester.{{cite news |title=Chester signings |newspaper=Lancashire Evening Post |date=10 June 1931 |page=9 |quote=Chester have decided to pay the necessary fee for Arthur Gale, who is on Bury's transfer list for £400.}}{{cite news |title=Albion–Chester change |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Gazette |date=22 June 1931 |page=9}} He remained a fringe player at West Bromwich Albion, and the club encouraged him to continue in his chosen profession, as a schoolteacher in the Manchester area.{{cite news |title=Arthur Gale |newspaper=Sports Argus |location=Birmingham |date=2 April 1932 |page=1}} He did however play a major role in their progress to the [1935 FA Cup Final](/source/1935_FA_Cup_Final). He came into the team in place of the injured [Tommy Glidden](/source/Tommy_Glidden), and scored in each round from third to sixth, but was dropped in favour of Glidden and the previously injured [Joe Carter](/source/Joe_Carter_(footballer)) for the final against [Sheffield Wednesday](/source/Sheffield_Wednesday). Carter was injured early on,{{efn|Tony Matthews' 1987 ''Albion! A Complete Record of West Bromwich Albion 1879–1987'' mistakenly suggests that it was Glidden who was injured.{{cite book |title=Albion! A Complete Record of West Bromwich Albion 1879–1987 |first=Tony |last=Matthews |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |date=1987 |page=263 |isbn=0-907969-23-2 |url=https://archive.org/details/albioncompletere0000matt/page/262/mode/2up?q=gale |url-access=registration |via=Archive.org}}}} so Albion played much of the match with effectively ten men, and lost 4–2.{{cite web |url=https://www.wba.co.uk/news/2015/december/stars-in-stripes-193435/ |title=Stars in stripes: 1934/35 |publisher=West Bromwich Albion F.C. |date=7 December 2015 |access-date=4 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504225539/https://www.wba.co.uk/news/2015/december/stars-in-stripes-193435/ |archive-date=4 May 2018}}{{cite book |title=West Bromwich Albion The First Hundred Years |first=G. A. |last=Willmore |publisher=Robert Hale |location=London |date=1979 |pages=102–103 |isbn=0-7091-7865-4 |url=https://archive.org/details/westbromwichalbi0000will/page/102/mode/2up?q=gale&view=theater |url-access=registration |via=Archive.org}} In light of the circumstances, the [Football Association](/source/Football_Association) agreed to award Gale a losers' medal.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-mirror-arthur-gale-1935-fa-cup-fi/146914306/ |title=Life in the old lion yet. Gale gets consolation |author=Rolling Stone |newspaper=Sunday Pictorial |location=London |date=21 July 1935 |page=37 |quote=This is no precedent. The F.A. has acted in a similarly thoughtful manner on previous worthy occasions. |via=Newspapers.com}} After five and a half seasons during which he made 23 league appearances and scored 18 league goals, he returned to Chester.{{cite web |url=http://www.silkmenarchives.org.uk/manager_and_player_profiles/manager_and_player_profiles/g.html |title=Manager and player profiles: G |website=The Silkmen Archives |publisher=Geoffrey Knights and Macclesfield Town FC |access-date=9 May 2024}} Less prolific and less of a regular in the side than before, Gale still produced 16 goals from 35 matches in the [Third Division North](/source/Football_League_Third_Division_North){{snd}}11 from 16 in the 1937–38 season{{snd}}before moving back to the Cheshire League with [Macclesfield](/source/Macclesfield_Town_F.C.) in October 1938. He finished as their top scorer for 1938–39, and earned himself a return to the Football League with [Accrington Stanley](/source/Accrington_Stanley_F.C._(1891)), but did not play a league game before competitive football was abandoned for the duration of the war. He played and scored in the wartime competitions for [Altrincham](/source/Altrincham_F.C.), and went on to act as the club's reserve team manager, first-team coach, assistant first-team manager and scout.{{cite web |url=http://www.lusoweb.co.uk/legend30.htm |title=Alty Legends section 28 |first=Terry |last=Rowley |publisher=Altrincham F.C. |accessdate=1 May 2018}} Gale became head of Lower Kersal Council School in Salford, where one of his pupils was the mountaineer [Don Whillans](/source/Don_Whillans).{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rT19_3nVBt4C&pg=PA24 |title=The Villain: The Life of Don Whillans |first=Jim |last=Perrin |page=24 |publisher=Arrow Books |location=London |date=2006 |isbn=978-0099416722}} Gale died on 13 May 1976 at his home in [Ashton upon Mersey](/source/Ashton_upon_Mersey), [Greater Manchester](/source/Greater_Manchester), at the age of 71.{{cite web |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=257006375:3346&d=bmd_1713787724 |title=Index entry |website=FreeBMD |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=9 May 2024}}
{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/manchester-evening-news-arthur-gale-deat/146924302/ |title='Goal ace Gale' dies aged 72 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=14 May 1976 |page=22 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{efn|Although the newspaper headline gave his age at death as 72, the vital dates make him 71.}} ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gale, Arthur}} Category:1904 births Category:1976 deaths Category:Footballers from Salford Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Bury F.C. players Category:Chester City F.C. players Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Category:Macclesfield Town F.C. players Category:Accrington Stanley F.C. (1891) players Category:Altrincham F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:20th-century English sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Arthur Gale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Gale) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Gale?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.