William Cunningham (footballer)

Cunningham made his Liverpool debut in the first division fixture with Middlesbrough F.C as a left-winger at Anfield on 12 March 1921 and then figured on the right wing in the penultimate game of the season, away to Arsenal on 2 May.

His third and final appearance for the Reds was as a replacement for left-half Tom Bromilow in a home match with Bolton Wanderers on 18 March 1922, which Liverpool lost 2-0 in their Championship-winning season.

William played for the reserves at Exeter in the Southern and Western leagues in 1925/26, making his debut for City in the final practice game on Wedenesday 26 August 1925, in front of 3500 fans, and his Southern League debut 4 days later at home to Ebbw Vale.

[2] The first fatal accident at Shilbottle Colliery in ten years, during which time it has lifted 2,000,000 tons of coal, occurred yesterday.

The victim was William Cunningham (40), a hewer, of Front Street, Alnmouth, and a former professional footballer, who was killed by a fall of stone.