Harry Roberts

Henry Roberts (1 September 1907 – October 1984) was an England international footballer who played at inside-right for Barrow, Chesterfield, Lincoln City, Port Vale, Millwall, Peterborough United, and Spalding United. He was capped by England despite never playing top-flight football and scored in his only international game, in a 4–1 win over Belgium on 16 May 1931.

Early and personal life Henry Roberts was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire on 1 September 1907. He was Lincoln's top-scorer in the 1929–30 season with 21 goals. He played on the losing side of the Lincolnshire Senior Cup final in 1929 and 1930. He was a first-team regular at the Old Recreation Ground from December 1930, and managed a tally of 11 goals in 26 games as the "Valiants" finished a club record high of fifth in the Second Division in the 1930–31 season. He signed for Spalding United in the United Counties League on 17 August 1938. He scored one of the goals, whilst Eric Houghton and Harry Burgess (2) bagged the other three.

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Honours Lincoln City Lincolnshire Senior Cup runner-up: 1929, 1930