Jock Simpson

Club career Simpson's footballing career began with Laurieston Villa, and after a trial with Rangers, he signed for Falkirk in 1905.

In January 1911, Simpson moved to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £1800, a record fee received by a Scottish club. He made a total of 151 Football League appearances for Blackburn, scoring 16 goals. At Falkirk he played a total of 269 Scottish League matches, including the wartime as a 'guest player', scoring 116 goals.

He made his full international debut for England on 11 February 1911 against Ireland, weeks after joining Blackburn (the Football Association had been aware of him at Falkirk but did not want to select a player based in Scotland, and only his birthplace came into consideration at that time, so he was ineligible for Scotland despite his upbringing and parentage). Simpson made a total of eight appearances for England, participating in victorious British Home Championship tournaments of 1910–11 and 1912–13, with his last cap coming on 16 March 1914 against Wales.

He also appeared for the Football League XI, played for the 'Anglo-Scots' in a wartime fundraising match in 1917, and featured for England against Scotland in a 1918 charity match.

Personal life Simpson was born in Pendleton, Lancashire,