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Gordon
Astall |
Birmingham City FC
2 appearances, 1 debut goal
P 2 W 2 D 0 L 0 F 8:
A 2
100% successful
1956
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Gordon Astall |
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Birth |
Thursday, 22 September
1927 in Horwich, Lancashire [registered in Bolton, December 1927]. |
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Death |
Wednesday, 21 October 2020 in a care home
in Ipplepen, near Newton Abbot,
Devon, aged 93 years 29 days |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Played
schoolboy football in Horwich, earning a trial with Bolton Wanderers FC,
which was not acted upon. Joined the Royal Marines, and while playing for
them against the Plymouth 'A' side,
he
subsequently joined Plymouth Argyle FC, firstly as an amateur on 23
September 1947, then signed
professional forms after he was demobilised in November 1947. Astall joined Birmingham City FC
on 16 October 1953, for around
£14,000. On 12 August 1958, the City directors rejected an
offer from Argyle to take Astall back to the south coast. Then after City
decided not to retain him, with offers from Exeter City FC, Crystal Palace
FC and Cambridge City FC, Astall signed for Torquay United FC
on 13 May 1961. Astall retired at the end of the 1962-63 season. |
League History
456 appearances,
112 goals |
Plymouth Argyle FC 1948-53
188 appearances,
42 goals.
debut (division two): 14 February 1948 Plymouth Argyle FC 1
Luton Town FC 3
Birmingham City FC 1953-61 235 appearances,
sixty goals.
debut (division two): 17 October 1953 Bristol Rovers FC 1
Birmingham City FC 1.
Torquay United FC 1961-63 33 appearances, ten goals.
debut
(division three): 19 August 1961 Torquay United FC 1 Crystal Palace FC 2. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Division Three South fourth place 1950-51 (30ᵃ 7ᵍ), winners 1951-52
(45, 18ᵍ); Division Two
fourth place 1952-53 (39, 10ᵍ), winners
1954-55 (33, 11ᵍ);
FA Cup runners-up 1955-56 (6, 3ᵍ);
Inter-Cities Fair-Cup
runners-up 1959-60; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(one appearance, 1952). |
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Distinctions |
None. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 11st.
2lbs [1947], 5' 9", 11st.
13lbs [1957] |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
756th player to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-right,
also played at outside-left at club level. |
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First match |
No. 305, 20 May 1956, Finland 1 England 5, an
end-of-season tour match at
Olympiastadion,
Helsinki,
aged 28 years 241 days. |
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Last match |
No. 306, 26 May 1956, West Germany 1 England
5, an end-of-season tour match at Olympiastadion, Westend, Berlin,
aged 28 years 247 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England B
(one appearance) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Employed in the insurance industry in
Torbay after leaving football, for a time spending part of his leisure
coaching a minor Devonshire side, Upton Vale FC. Astall lived in retirement in Frobisher
Green, Torquay. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming
(1990). Hatton Press, p.15./Complete
Birmingham City Record. Tony
Matthews (1995). |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
unused |
minutes |
| goals ave.min |
captain |
| 3 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
180 |
1 |
180
min |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
+6 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
100 |
+2 |
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both his matches were played at an away venue, and were friendly
matches |
Shirt Record
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Colour |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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White |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
+4 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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Red |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Match History
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Club: Plymouth
Argyle F.C. - no full appearances |
manager:
Walter
Winterbottom - two
full appearances (180 min) x
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