Harry Linacre

James Henry Linacre (20 June 1880 – 11 May 1957) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was also one of three members of the same family who started his professional career with Derby County before joining Nottingham Forest and going on to play for England. He took part in the first foreign tour by Nottingham Forest to South America where the red shirts are said to have given inspiration to Club Atlético Independiente. The tour started at Montevideo and then had a number of matches against Argentinian teams, firstly at Santa Fe and then in Buenos Aires.

Linacre went on to make over 330 appearances for Nottingham Forest, in all competitions.

International career Linacre was chosen to play for his country and he played twice for England in 1905. However, his England career lasted just five days. On 27 March 1905, when Linacre was aged 24 years, he was the goalie for 279 days against Wales. His last cap was against Scotland on 1 April 1905. During those two matches, he only conceded one goal to Wales in the first match. Both matches were England victories.

Later career After retiring from football in 1909, Linacre went into business as a building contractor with his uncle Frank Forman. Frank had followed a similar career to Linacre, but he continued his association with the club after he stopped playing. Linacre died in Nottingham in 1957.