Background
Maxwell was born in Glasgow and played for Cambuslang before joining English club Everton in 1891.
Maxwell was born in Glasgow and played for Cambuslang before joining English club Everton in 1891.
He joined Darwen in 1893 and spent another three years with the struggling Lancashire club before he was subject to a bizarre transfer to Stoke. Instead of requesting an amount of money for Maxwell, Darwen instead wanted Stoke to provided them with a new set of wrought iron gates. He spent two season with Stoke making 37 appearances scoring six goals before returning to Scotland with Street Bernard"son