Robert Holmes

Career

Holmes played in the victorious 1889 F A Cup-winning side which also completed the first League and Cup double that year.

Achievements

• After retirement from playing, Holmes became a football trainer, and was the trainer/manager when Blackburn Rovers won their first league title in 1912. Holmes went on to become known as the "last of the Invincibles" when he was the only surviving member of the 1889 FA Cup final team by the time Preston reached the 1954 final.