Players - Dick Edmed

Dick Edmed
Born: 14 February 1904
Born in: Gillingham
Died: 14 February 1984
Other clubs: Chatham Central (1919-21), Rochester Sports (1921-23), Gillingham (1923-26), Bolton Wanderers (1932-33)
Signed from: Gillingham
Joined Liverpool: £1,800, 20.01.1926
Debut: 28 Aug 1926
Final appearance: 01 Nov 1930
Debut goal: 04 Sep 1926
Last goal: 04 Oct 1930
Contract until: 05.05.1932
League: Apps / Goals: 160 / 44
All Competitions: Apps / Goals: 170 / 46

Player Profile

Edmed was a stylish right-winger who arrived at Anfield in the summer of 1926, hardly missing working at the Chatham Dockyards as he had done while at Gillingham. He went straight into the first team, missing only four of the 42 first division games in his debut season. He was one of two ever-presents, the other being Tom Bromilow, the following season and netted 14 times in the League, a high total for a winger, although he had also taken on the role of the club's penalty-taker by this time, scoring three times from the spot. Fair-haired Edmed was rather short and light in weight, but "speedy, clever and direct." He only missed three League games in 1928/29 and added a further 16 goals, a very impressive total considering that Robert Done was now taking the penalties. Although Edmed figured in two-thirds of the club's League fixtures in 1929/30, a cartilage injury curtailed his availability for the team and he was no longer sure of his place by the end of that season.

He made just 12 appearances in his final season before being replaced by Harold Barton. Edmed spent a season with Bolton Wanderers before returning to his native Kent. He died on his 80th birthday, 14th February 1984. 

Appearances per season

Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
1926-1927 38 4 0 0 0 42
1927-1928 42 2 0 0 0 44
1928-1929 39 3 0 0 0 42
1929-1930 29 1 0 0 0 30
1930-1931 12 0 0 0 0 12
Totals 160 10 0 0 0 170

A more detailed look at the player's appearances

Total Started/substitutions
170 Started
0 Substituted
0 Substitute
0 On bench
Total Venue
83 Home
87 Away
Total Competition
160 League
10 FA Cup
Total W D L Win% Manager
96 38 19 39 39.6% George Patterson (2nd term)
72 29 16 27 40.3% Matt McQueen
2 1 1 0 50.0% Caretaker Manager

Goals per season

Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
1926-1927 6 1 0 0 0 7
1927-1928 14 1 0 0 0 15
1928-1929 16 0 0 0 0 16
1929-1930 4 0 0 0 0 4
1930-1931 4 0 0 0 0 4
Totals 44 2 0 0 0 46

A more detailed look at the player's goals

Total Opponent
6 Bolton Wanderers
4 Aston Villa
4 Burnley
4 Derby County
4 Huddersfield Town
4 West Ham United
3 Sheffield United
2 Arsenal
2 Cardiff City
2 Everton
2 Middlesbrough
2 Newcastle United
2 Tottenham Hotspur
1 Blackburn Rovers
1 Leicester City
1 Manchester United
1 Southport
1 West Bromwich Albion
Total Started/substitutions
46 Started
Total Competition
44 League
2 FA Cup
Total Goal minute period
8 1-15 minutes
8 16-30 minutes
9 31-45 minutes
7 46-60 minutes
4 61-75 minutes
6 76-90 minutes
Total Goal origin
43 Open play
3 Penalty