Jack Holliday

John William Holliday (19 December 1908 – 1987) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Brentford and Middlesbrough. In 2013, Holliday was voted by the Brentford supporters as the club's fourth-greatest ever player and he holds the club record for most goals in a season. He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in 2015.

Playing career

Middlesbrough A forward, Holliday joined hometown club Middlesbrough in March 1930. Behind George Camsell in the pecking order, he spent most of his time in the club's reserve team. records which have not been surpassed as of . The Bees narrowly missed out on a second successive promotion during the 1933–34 season and finished fourth in the Second Division,

Holliday's goalscoring form in the First Division failed to meet the heights of previous seasons, but he still managed 13 goals from 38 appearances during the 1935–36 season, He played his last professional game for the club on the final day of the 1938–39 season, a 2–0 defeat to Arsenal at Highbury.

Chelmsford City Following World War II, Holliday had a brief spell at Southern League side Chelmsford City. On 25 August 1945, Holliday made his debut for Chelmsford, scoring in a 2–1 loss against Essex rivals Colchester United, before making his second, and final, appearance for the club, against the same opposition a week later, in a 4–3 win.

International career Holliday's form during the 1934–35 season saw him called up to represent an England XI in a friendly versus an Anglo-Scots team at Highbury on 8 May 1935. His England team suffered a 1–0 defeat. Holliday was a member of the West Ealing bowling club between 1950 and 1980. He represented Middlesex at the sport and won the West Ealing Championship 10 times. First Division 3 3 0 0 3 3 1931–32