NAIRN COUNTY ARCHIVENairn County FC History

Fred Knowles

Biography

A highly decorated Royal Air Force corporal before he played for County, Fred served a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. He served in No. 111 Squadron in Palestine, part of 40th (Army) Wing, in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. Between 12 December 1917 and 18 January 1918 while flying as observer/gunner to a number of pilots, he accounted for seven enemy aircraft, all but one destroyed. Air Mechanic 2nd Class Knowles' award of the Military Medal was gazetted on 10 April 1918. Fred was one of the first players to…Read moreRead less
A highly decorated Royal Air Force corporal before he played for County, Fred served a World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. He served in No. 111 Squadron in Palestine, part of 40th (Army) Wing, in the Egyptian Expeditionary Force during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. Between 12 December 1917 and 18 January 1918 while flying as observer/gunner to a number of pilots, he accounted for seven enemy aircraft, all but one destroyed. Air Mechanic 2nd Class Knowles' award of the Military Medal was gazetted on 10 April 1918.

Fred was one of the first players to play for Nairn County during their inaugural season in 1919-20.

Statistics

Apps
31
Goals
4
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
-
Goals/game
0.13
Minutes
2790
Seasons
4
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1924-254100
1923-241000
1920-2111100
1919-2015200

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Sandy Strachan18 Oct 191922 Jan 192126
George Mackay8 Nov 192421 Mar 19254

Timeline

  1. Born

    Nairn

Appearances (31)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
21 Mar 1925 Elgin City 5–1 Nairn County SHFL1924-25 L
2 Jan 1925 Fraserburgh 5–2 Nairn County SHFL1924-25 L
15 Nov 1924 Keith 2–2 Nairn County SHFL1924-25 D
8 Nov 1924 Clachnacuddin 4–1 Nairn County SHFL1924-25 L
10 Nov 1923 Fraserburgh 4–1 Nairn County SHFL1923-24 L
22 Jan 1921 Inverness Thistle 5–1 Nairn County SHFL1920-21 L
27 Nov 1920 Nairn County 0–1 Forres Mechanics SHFL1920-21 L
13 Nov 1920 Caledonian 3–0 Nairn County SHFL1920-21 L
6 Nov 1920 Buckie Thistle 4–1 Nairn County SHFL1920-21 L
30 Oct 1920 Nairn County 1–1 Elgin City SHFL1920-21 D
23 Oct 1920 Nairn County 2–0 Citadel SHFL1920-21 W
16 Oct 1920 Forres Mechanics 2–3 Nairn County SHFL1920-21 W
2 Oct 1920 Nairn County 1–0 Inverness Thistle SHFL1920-21 W
11 Sep 1920 Citadel 4–2 Nairn County SHFL1920-21 L
4 Sep 1920 Nairn County 1–2 Elgin City Scottish Qualifying Cup1920-21 L
28 Aug 1920 Nairn County 2–3 Clachnacuddin SHFL1920-21 L
14 Feb 1920 Forres Mechanics 1–1 Nairn County North of Scotland Cup1919-20 D
31 Jan 1920 Nairn County 1–0 Camerons SHFL1919-20 W
24 Jan 1920 Nairn County 2–3 Elgin City SHFL1919-20 L
17 Jan 1920 Nairn County 1–1 Camerons SHFL1919-20 D
10 Jan 1920 Nairn County 2–5 Seaforths SHFL1919-20 L
27 Dec 1919 Clachnacuddin 5–1 Nairn County SHFL1919-20 L
13 Dec 1919 Elgin City 2–2 Nairn County SHFL1919-20 D
6 Dec 1919 Forres Mechanics 0–0 Nairn County SHFL1919-20 D
29 Nov 1919 Nairn County 1–3 Caledonian SHFL1919-20 L
22 Nov 1919 Citadel 1–0 Nairn County SHFL1919-20 L
15 Nov 1919 Inverness Thistle 6–3 Nairn County SHFL1919-20 L
8 Nov 1919 Nairn County 2–1 Clachnacuddin SHFL1919-20 W
1 Nov 1919 Buckie Thistle 2–0 Nairn County SHFL1919-20 L
25 Oct 1919 Nairn County 1–3 Seaforths SHFL1919-20 L

Goals scored (4)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResultMinute
8 Nov 1924 Clachnacuddin 4–1 Nairn County SHFL1924-25 L ?
6 Nov 1920 Buckie Thistle 4–1 Nairn County SHFL1920-21 L 3′
24 Jan 1920 Nairn County 2–3 Elgin City SHFL1919-20 L ?
18 Oct 1919 Nairn County 4–2 Forres Mechanics SHFL1919-20 W 46′