18-562: CAPES or Capes may refer to: People [ edit ] Adrian Capes (1873–1955), English footballer Arthur Capes (1875–1945), English footballer Bernard Capes (1854–1918), English author Geoff Capes (born 1949), British strongman and shot putter Jack Capes (1898–1933), English hockey player and cricketer Peter Capes (born 1962), Australian businessman and former cricketer CAPES [ edit ] Certificat d'aptitude au professorat de l'enseignement du second degré ,
36-561: A trainer from 1911 to 1919 and remained in the Vale back-room team until his full retirement in May 1934. His younger brother, Arthur , won the FA Cup in 1898 with Nottingham Forest , and also played for Stoke, as well as playing once for England in 1903. Source: Port Vale Football League Second Division The Football League Second Division was the second level division in
54-629: A diploma in France Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior , a major research funding agency in Brazil Other uses [ edit ] Capes (role-playing game) , a pen-and-paper role-playing game Capes Lake , British Columbia, Canada See also [ edit ] Cape (disambiguation) The Capes (disambiguation) Kapes , 9th century BC wife of Pharaoh Takelot I Kapes (genus) , an extinct genus of parareptiles Topics referred to by
72-446: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Adrian Capes Adrian Capes (18 April 1873 – 29 September 1955), was an English footballer . A forward , he scored a total of 135 goals in 340 league and FA Cup games in a 17-year career with Nottingham Forest , Burton Wanderers , Burton Swifts , Burslem Port Vale , and Stoke . He also played cricket for Staffordshire in
90-729: The 1905–06 season with just two goals (both against Chesterfield ) in 12 league games and was transferred to nearby Stoke in November 1905, after receiving a recommendation from his brother who had a good two-year spell at the Victoria Ground . Capes played six First Division matches for Stoke without scoring in the 1905–06 season. He played 13 matches in the 1906–07 campaign and claimed goals against Everton and Notts County , but left in February 1907 with Stoke heading towards relegation . After almost two years out of
108-799: The English football league system between 1892 and 1992 . Following the foundation of the FA Premier League , the Football League divisions were renumbered and the third tier became known as the Football League Second Division, while the second level was branded "First Division," below the Premiership. After the rebranding of the Football League in 2003–04 , the second tier became known as
126-742: The Irish Land League . But this name still won by a majority vote and was selected. The competition guaranteed fixtures for all of its member clubs. Geographically, these were split equally between the North and the Midlands. A rival English league called the Football Alliance operated from 1889 to 1892. In 1892 it was decided to formally merge the two leagues, and so the Football League Second Division
144-525: The 1900 Minor Counties Cricket Championship . After retiring in 1911, he worked behind the scenes at Port Vale from 1911 to 1934. His brother, Arthur , was also a professional footballer. Capes was born in Burton upon Trent and began his career at Second Division club Burton Wanderers , along with his brother Arthur . He and his brother formed a formidable partnership in two seasons with Burton, scoring 66 goals between them. Their efforts helped to bring
162-591: The Championship, and the third tier became known as Football League One . In 1888, Scotsman William McGregor a director of Aston Villa , was the main force between meetings held in London and Manchester involving 12 football clubs, with an eye to a league competition. These 12 clubs would later become the Football League 's 12 founder members. The meetings were held in London on 22 March 1888. The main concern
180-561: The Second Division. He made little impact for the Swifts and featured once in the 1898–99 season. Capes signed with Burslem Port Vale in November 1900. He scored 11 goals in 25 matches in the 1900–01 season, ending as the club's top-scorer . He played every league game in the 1901–02 campaign, claiming 14 league and three FA Cup goals. He missed just the one league game in the 1902–03 season, claiming 18 goals throughout
198-509: The campaign. He bagged two hat-tricks in a 4–0 win over Stockport County at Edgeley Park on 13 December, and in a 5–1 win over Lincoln City at the Athletic Ground on 24 January. Capes scored 17 goals in the 1903–04 campaign to finish as the club's top-scorer for the fourth season in a row. However, he found the net just four times in his 30 league games in the 1904–05 season, as the Vale struggled in front of goal. He opened
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#1732783725387216-481: The club to within four points of champions Liverpool in 1895–96 . This brought the attention of bigger clubs, and they both signed for First Division side Nottingham Forest in August 1896. Only Arthur made any impact at the club, whilst Adrian fell out of the first-team picture. He scored seven goals in 29 top-flight games in 1896–97 before returning to his hometown the next season with Burton Swifts , back in
234-645: The first team to win promotion to the First Division. Test matches were abolished in 1898 after Burnley and Stoke conspired to deliberately draw their test match 0–0, which resulted in Burnley being promoted and Stoke being saved from relegation. Relegation to the Football League Third Division was in place in the season before the latter even started, as Grimsby Town (last place in 1919–20) made way for Cardiff City and formed
252-671: The game, he rejoined phoenix club Port Vale, who were competing in the North Staffordshire & District League, in December 1908. He suffered a knee injury in March 1910 and never fully recovered, retiring in the summer of 1911. He had scored 15 goals in 33 league games in his second spell at the club and won the Staffordshire Junior Cup in 1910. Upon his retirement from playing, Capes served Port Vale as
270-666: The record for most second tier championships (8). It expanded over the years to its final total of 24 clubs, as follows: For the first few years, there was no automatic promotion to the First Division. Instead, the top few teams in Division Two, including the winners, contested a series of test matches against the bottom teams in Division One. Small Heath , Second Division champions in 1892–93 , were denied promotion after losing in test matches to Newton Heath . However, runners-up Sheffield United beat Accrington to become
288-461: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CAPES . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CAPES&oldid=1240822638 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
306-655: Was formed, consisting mostly of Football Alliance clubs. The existing League clubs, plus three of the strongest Alliance clubs, comprised the Football League First Division . The Second Division was formed in 1892 with 12 clubs, most of which had previously played in the Football Alliance . The original members were: Ardwick (now Manchester City ), Bootle , Burton Swifts , Crewe Alexandra , Darwen , Grimsby Town , Lincoln City , Northwich Victoria , Port Vale , Sheffield United , Small Heath (now Birmingham City ), and Walsall . Leicester City hold
324-460: Was that an early exit in the knockout format of the FA Cup could leave clubs with no matches for almost a year; not only could they suffer heavy financial losses, but fans did not wait long without a game, when other teams were playing. Matters were finalised on 17 April in Manchester. McGregor had voted against the name The Football League, as he was concerned that it would be associated with
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