Example sentences of "had play for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Croydon-born Ted Harding had played for the Palace first team as early as October 1942 and he became the longest-playing survivor of our 1946–47 Football League side , for he was still appearing for us in April 1953 . |
| 2 | Martin netted a peach of a goal within 17 minutes of his debut at Walsall on January 2 , but he only managed one more goal in the following seven appearances and failed to live up to his Hammers pedigree — he had played for the West ham first team on three occasions . |
| 3 | Security guard Fred had played for the Scholes club near Rotherham , South Yorks , since he was only 12 . |
| 4 | A Notts member from 1949–50 , he set himself the task of tracing every man who either had played for the county or gone from there to play for another county : ‘ I had no particular idea of being a historian or publishing anything , and I was n't particularly worried about the Hardstaffs , the Larwoods and the other famous players . |
| 5 | By the way Batty was merely a promising youngster when Wilko arrived , and I do n't think Speed had played for the first team . |
| 6 | Linfield 's board , alarmed by the adverse publicity , released an unprecedented statement outlining their position and policy , and revealing that over 70 Catholics had played for the club in the past . |
| 7 | If we had played for the whole 90 minutes as we did for the first hour we would have beaten Rangers . ’ |