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Which team did the player Lewis Botto belong to from 1925 to 1926?
Lewis Botto Lewis Anthony Botto ( 12 July 1898 – 4 June 1953 ) , also written Louis Botto , was an English professional footballer who made 100 appearances in the Football League in the 1920s playing as a goalkeeper for Durham City , Wolverhampton Wanderers , Norwich City and Nelson . He also played non-league football for Jarrow Rangers , Hebburn Colliery , Shildon and Jarrow . Life and career . Botto was born in 1898 in Jarrow , County Durham , a son of William Botto and his wife Sarah , who kept a common lodging-house in Stanley Street . William Botto died in 1910 , and the 1911 Census shows the 12-year-old Lewis resident in the Chadwick Memorial Industrial School in Carlisle . Sarah Botto died in 1911 . Botto played football for Jarrow Rangers and Hebburn Colliery before signing amateur form with Football League Third Division North club Durham City in October 1923 . He made his debut in the 1923–24 FA Cup first qualifying round match against Dipton United on 6 October , which Durham lost 1–0 . Because Durham had a league match on the same day , they fielded a reserve side in the FA Cup , an offence for which the club was fined £5 by the Football Association and required to pay the Dipton club £10 compensation for loss of gate money . Botto made seven league appearances that season , standing in for Jimmy Hugall when the player-manager decided not to pick himself . In 1924–25 , Botto was undisputed first choice in goal , ever-present in both league and FA Cup as Durham City finished in mid-table . He was included in Durhams retained list for the next season , but Harry Harrison was brought in from Darlington as first choice and Botto spent the season with Shildon of the North-Eastern League . Harrison moved on and Botto returned for the 1926–27 season , initially as an amateur but signing professional forms in October 1926 . He made 32 league appearances , and was transfer-listed by the financially struggling club at the end of the season . On application to the Football League , he was given a free transfer , and in August he signed for Second Division club Wolverhampton Wanderers , whose backup goalkeeper Jack Hampton had left for Derby County . Botto began the season with the reserve team playing in the Central League , and came into the league side in November when Noel Georges health worsened . He played three matches before Alf Canavon took his place , but came back into the team in March when Canavon was injured and kept the position to the end of the season . He was initially included in Wolves retained list , but in mid-September was one of five players unexpectedly listed for transfer . He joined Norwich City , but played just twice in the Third Division South and was released on a free transfer . After a single appearance for Nelson in the Third Division North , his contract was cancelled in December 1929 and he returned home to play North-Eastern League football for Jarrow . Botto died in Jarrow in 1953 at the age of 54 . References . General Specific