Fred Massey


Frederick James Massey was an English footballer who played for Leyton, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United.

Football career

Massey, an inside right who began his career at Leyton around 1905 and moved to Tottenham Hotspur in the summer of 1907. In his whole time at Spurs he is only recorded as playing five games with his debut on the 14 October 1907 in the Western League against Reading which Tottenham lost 2-0. Massey was retained for the 1908–09 season when Tottenham entered the football league however he only played one game on 27 March 1909 against Gainsborough Trinity which finished as a 1–1 draw. At the end of the season in 1909 Messey was allowed to leave Tottenham and was transferred to West Ham United where he spent three seasons.

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