Hope Ramsey Robertson (17 January 1868 – 27 September 1927) was a Scottish footballer who played in the English Football League for Bootle, Everton and Walsall Town Swifts, and in the Scottish Football League for Partick Thistle.[2] He played in the first ever competitive match at Goodison Park in front of 14,000 spectators,[3] a short time before leaving Everton.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hope Ramsey Robertson | ||
| Date of birth | 17 January 1868[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Whiteinch, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 27 September 1947 (aged 79)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Goole, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder/Right Back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1888-1890 | Morton | ||
| Minerva | |||
| 1889–1890 | Partick Thistle | 3 | (0) |
| 1889–1890 | Woolwich Arsenal | 4 | (4) |
| 1890–1892 | Everton | 32 | (1) |
| 1892 | Bootle | 10 | (1) |
| 1893–1894 | Partick Thistle | 29 | (2) |
| 1894 | Walsall Town Swifts | 12 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||