[2] He spent a hugely successful two years with the club, scoring 46 goals in all competitions from just 89 appearances, including two hat-tricks in three games in October 1904 against New Brompton and Tottenham Hotspur,[3] as Plymouth won the Western League title in 1904–05.

That year, he finished as top scorer, with 20 league goals and another five in the FA Cup, helping Manchester United earn promotion back to the First Division for the first time since 1894.

[1] Picken was totally out of the picture at Manchester United by the start of the 1911–12 season, and in December 1911, he left the club after six and a half years to join Burnley in the Second Division.

[4] Despite going unbeaten at home and scoring the most goals in the entire Football League, Burnley narrowly missed out on promotion, a feat Picken had managed in his first seasons at both Bolton and Manchester United.

Picken chose to remain in the Second Division, however, and joined Bristol City in October 1913, where he spent the final two seasons of his career.