# Hope Robertson

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**Hope Ramsey Robertson** (17 January 1868 – 27 September 1927) was a Scottish [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played in the [English Football League](/source/English_Football_League) for [Bootle](/source/Bootle_F.C._(1879)), [Everton](/source/Everton_F.C.) and [Walsall Town Swifts](/source/Walsall_F.C.), and in the [Scottish Football League](/source/Scottish_Football_League) for [Partick Thistle](/source/Partick_Thistle_F.C.).[2] He played in the first ever competitive match at [Goodison Park](/source/Goodison_Park) in front of 14,000 spectators,[3] a short time before leaving Everton.

## References

1. *Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950*

1. [The Hope of Everton](https://www.toffeeweb.com/season/16-17/comment/history/34510.html), ToffeeWeb, 22 February 2017

1. Michael Joyce. *The Football League player's records 1888 to 1939*. ISBN 1899468676.

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