Born: 24 June 1899

Born in: Kew, Surrey

Died: 3 June 1966

Other clubs: Richmond Wednesday (1914-15), Isleworth Town (1915-21), Brentford (1921-22), Millwall (1922-24), Bristol Rovers (1924-25), Torquay United (1925-26), Merthyr Town (1926), Crewe Alexandra (1928-29), New Brighton (1929-31), Tunbridge Wells Rangers (1931-32), Margate (1932-34)

Signed from: Merthyr Town

Joined Liverpool: £500, 24.11.1926

Debut: 01 Jan 1927

Final appearance: 25 Apr 1928

Debut goal: 01 Oct 1927

Last goal: 01 Oct 1927

Contract until: 26.05.1928

League: Apps / Goals: 12 / 1

All Competitions: Apps / Goals: 12 / 1

Player Profile

Pither had played 16 League matches and scored six goals for Merthyr Town in Third Division South when he joined Liverpool in the first part of the 1926/27 season. He played a dozen matches exclusively as replacement left-winger for the established Fred Hopkin, in the 1926/27 season and 1927/28. Pither's only goal for the club came on the first day of October 1927 when Portsmouth were crushed 8-2 at Anfield with the other scorers being William Devlin with four and Gordon Hodgson who scored a hat-trick. After 18 months at Anfield Pither returned to the third tier of League football with Crewe Alexandra, playing 38 League games and scoring 11 before joining New Brighton in 1929.