Airdrieonians A native of
Larkhall, Fotheringham joined
Airdrieonians in 1919 from hometown
junior club
Larkhall Thistle. He played 81 matches for Airdrie before departing in summer 1921.
Dundee Fotheringham joined
Dundee in summer 1921 where in his three-year spell he only missed three out of 118 matches. Fotheringham provided correspondence on that tour for the
Dundee Evening Telegraph.
Morton Fotheringham joined
Morton in 1924. They reached the
1925–26 Scottish Cup quarter-finals, losing to
Rangers. He made another 105 appearances at
Cappielow before departing in June 1927 for £275.
St Mirren He joined
St Mirren, playing 183 times for the
Buddies. including a highly successful
first season in the top division finishing fourth – their highest finish to date.
Queens also made it to the quarter-finals of the
Scottish Cup for the second time. He was at the club for the
elimination of Rangers from the Scottish Cup in 1937. In one game away to
Arbroath, Fotheringham left behind his false teeth in the goalmouth at the ground in error. The teeth were returned to Fotheringham via a fish delivery lorry from Arbroath. Although he played for 17 seasons in Scotland's top division, Fotheringham was never selected for the
national team, nor the
League Select team; the closest he came to international recognition was an appearance in the
Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial match in 1923 during his Dundee spell. ==Managerial career==