Wilfred Bartrop

Wilf Bartrop (22 November 1887 – 7 November 1918) was a professional footballer, who played as a forward for several English sides prior to the First World War. He was killed in action, days before the end of the war.

Club career

He started his career at home side Worksop before transferring to Barnsley on 21 June 1909. He played in both FA Cup finals that Barnsley reached in 1910 and 1912. In the 1910 FA Cup, Bartrop scored a 'wonder goal' in a 1–0 quarter-final win over Queen's Park Rangers. In the final, Barnsley lost the replay 2–0 to Newcastle, after a 1–1 draw in the first tie. The 1912 cup final went again to a replay but Barnsley won, defeating West Bromwich Albion 1–0 in extra time, after a 0–0 draw in the first encounter. Many newspapers, including the Manchester Guardian, praised his play in the replay.

At the end of the 1913–14 season he transferred to Liverpool where he played a total of 3 games before his career was interrupted by the First World War.

Honours Barnsley FA Cup: Winners 1912

Military service He joined the Royal Field Artillery as a Gunner in a Trench Mortar Battery.

The opening display in an exhibition on Football and the Great War at the National Football Museum, Manchester, UK (2014 to 2015) focused on Wilfred Bartrop. The display included photographs, archive film footage and memorabilia including Bartrop's FA Cup winner's medal.