Harry Simpson was a Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 association football Player who played for East Stirlingshire

East Stirlingshire F.C.

East Stirlingshire Football Club is a Scottish football club originating in Falkirk. Founded in 1880, originally as Bainsford Britannia, the club changed to their current name a year later in 1881...

, Stoke

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

 and Forfar Athletic

Forfar Athletic F.C.

Forfar Athletic Football Club are a Scottish semi-professional football club from the town of Forfar, Angus. They are members of the Scottish Football League and currently play in the Second Division...

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Career

Simpson played for his local club East Stirlingshire when in 1889 he moved down to England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 to play for Stoke along with fellow team mate Billy Dunn

Billy Dunn

William Dunn was a Scottish association football Player who played for East Stirlingshire, Stoke and Hednesford Town.-Career:William Dunn was one of East Stirlingshire's all time greatest goalscorers. In an era when many goalscorers were left unrecorded Dunn scored a known 128 goals for East...

. Simpson played in 12 competitive games and scored 3 goals before Returning to Scotland in 1890 to play for Forfar.

Harry Simpson was the uncle of Falkirk F.C.

Falkirk F.C.

Falkirk Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in Falkirk. It is one of two professional football teams from the town, the other being East Stirlingshire...

 & Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

 footballer Jock Simpson

Jock Simpson

John 'Jock' Simpson was an English international footballer, who played as an outside right in the 1900s and 1910s. He was born in Pendleton, Lancashire, but he moved to Scotland as a child....

, father of John Simpson who played with Stenhousemuir F.C.

Stenhousemuir F.C.

Stenhousemuir FC is a Scottish football club located in Stenhousemuir. The club is a member of the Scottish Football League and currently plays in the Scottish Second Division....

, and the Grandfather of Australia Cricket Captain Bobby Simpson

Bobby Simpson

Roberta "Bobby" Marshall is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Nicolle Dickson. She was introduced in the pilot episode by executive producer Alan Bateman. Nearly four hundred actresses auditioned to play Bobby, with Dickson taking the role...

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Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...	1889–90	10	3	2	0	12	3
Career Total		10	3	2	0	12	3