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Jeff
Astle |
West Bromwich Albion
FC
5 caps, 0 goals
P 5 W 3 D 1 L 1 F 4:
A 2
*(actual F 4: A 2)
70% successful
1969-70
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 358 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Jeffrey Astle |
(*Actual
for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.) |
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nicknames |
'The King',
given to him by the West Bromwich Albion supporters. |
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Born |
13 May 1942 in
Eastwood, Nottinghamshire. |
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Died |
19 January
2002, at Queens Hospital, Burton-on-Trent, of a degenerative brain
disease, aged 59 years. |
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Height/Weight |
5' 11½", 11st.
6lbs [1969]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Biographies |
Striker!
Jeff Astle, edited by Philip Osborne. Pelham, London: 1970. |
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Although
playing for Notts County from 1959 to 1964, Astle's name is synonymous
with West Bromwich Albion, for whom he scored the winning goal against
Everton in the 1968 FA Cup Final. This centre-forward had a short and
inglorious England career and retired from league football in 1973 to
pursue a life away from the game. Jeff has now become a cult figure
following his wonderfully surreal singing appearances on TV's Fantasy
Football League. Such was his popularity that during 1995 he began
performing on the university circuit as one of football's most unlikely,
but zaniest, personalities.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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King of the
Hawthorns!: The
Jeff Astle Story, Glenn Willmore & John Homer. Perspective Publishing, London:
2002. |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
schoolboy football in Nottingham, particularly West Notts Schools and Holy
Trinity Youth Club in Kimberley. Picked up by Notts County as an
amateur in 1958, assisting John Player FC in Nottingham until he turned
professional in October 1959. Joined West Bromwich
Albion FC in September 1964 for £25,000 (393/2 league apps & 169
goals). Hellenic FC from South Africa in 1974. Joined non-league
Dunstable Town FC in July 1974, Weymouth FC in 1975 and Atherstone Town
late in 1976. Joined Hillingdon Borough FC on loan in February 1977,
before retiring in late 1977. |
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Club honours |
Football League
Cup winner 1965-66, runner-up 1966-67, 1969-70; FA Cup winners
1967-68; |
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Individual honours |
Football League
(2 appearances); Midlands' 'Player of the Year' 1967-68.
Football League Division One Top Scorer 1969-70 (25); |
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Distinctions |
The Astle Gates
at The Hawthorns were unveiled in Astle's honour in 2003. |
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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 |
860th player to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward,
inside-forward. |
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First match |
No. 431, 7 May 1969,
England 2
Wales 1,
a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, aged 26 years
359 days. |
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Last match |
No. 447, 11 June 1970, Czechoslovakia 0
England 1, a World Cup Finals match at Brazil, aged 28 years 34 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup
Finals 1970; British Championships 1968-69, 1969-70; |
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Team honours |
British Championships
winners 1968-69, 1969-70 (shared); |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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After retirement, launched an industrial
(window) cleaning business, and became a media star on BBC2's Fantasy Football.
Lived in Manor Drive, Netherseal, Derbyshire. -
BBC Sport/The Guardian |
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Jeff Astle - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
|
13 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
358 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
0 |
None |
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Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
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Jeff Astle
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.333 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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Neutral |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
2 |
3 |
0.80 |
0.40 |
70.0 |
+2 |
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Jeff Astle
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
|
WCF |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| World Cup |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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British Championship |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| Friendly |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
5 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
2 |
3 |
0.80 |
0.40 |
70.0 |
+2 |
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Jeff Astle
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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World Cup Final Competitions |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCF 1970 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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WCF All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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British Championship Competitions |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1968-69 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1969-70 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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All
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WC |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| All |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
2 |
2 |
0.75 |
0.50 |
62.5 |
+1 |
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Jeff Astle
- Match History |
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Age 26 |
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- |
430 |
3 May 1969 - Northern Ireland 1 England
3, Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
squad member |
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1 |
431 |
7 May 1969 - England 2 Wales 1,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
Start |
9 |
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- |
432 |
10 May 1969 - England 4 Scotland 1,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
squad member |
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Age 27 |
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2 |
437 |
10 December 1969 -
England 1 Portugal 0,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
9 |
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- |
440 |
18 April 1970 - Wales 1 England 1,
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff |
BC |
HW |
squad member |
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- |
441 |
21 April 1970 - England 3 Northern
Ireland 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
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3 |
442 |
25 April 1970 - Scotland 0
England 0,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
HW |
Start |
9 |
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Age 28 |
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- |
443 |
20 May 1970 - Colombia 0 England 4,
Estadio Nemesio Camacho,
Bogotá |
Fr |
AW |
squad member |
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- |
444 |
24 May 1970 - Ecuador 0 England 2, Empire
Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
AW |
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- |
445 |
2 June 1970 - England 1 Romania 0,
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara |
WCF |
NW |
squad member |
22 |
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4 |
446 |
7 June 1970 -
Brazil
1
England 0,
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara |
NL |
Sub 65 |
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5 |
447 |
11 June 1970 -
Czechoslovakia
0
England 1,
Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara |
NW |
Start - off 63 |
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1-0
when substituted |
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- |
448 |
14 June 1970 - West Germany 3 England 2,
Estado de Guanajuato, León |
WCF |
NL |
squad member |
22 |
Notes
The centre-forward Jeff
Astle, who has died suddenly aged 59 after collapsing at his daughter's home,
was famously remembered for an important goal and a cataclysmic miss.
The first came two and a half minutes into extra time at Wembley, and won the
1968 Cup Final for West Bromwich Albion against Everton. The second was two
years later in Guadalajara, when he blazed an easy chance over the the
Brazilian bar in the World Cup, robbing England of an equaliser. "How did Jeff
miss that chance?" agonised Alan Ball, as he sat by the pool next morning at
the Guadalajara Hilton.
Five times capped for England,
once as a substitute, Astle turned professional at 17 with his local team,
Notts County. Standing 5ft 11in, weighing some 11 stone, he was hardly a
giant, though he was celebrated for his heading abilities.
West Bromwich took him from the
third division to the first in 1964, and he would go on to score 137 times for
them in 292 games. Much the most celebrated of his goals was that which won
the 1968 final. Faced with a robust Everton defence, marked by centre-back
Brian Labone, who would be a teammate in the 1970 World Cup, and without a
fellow striker, Astle spent much of the game working on the wings. He might
have scored soon after half-time when, for once eluding Labone, he sent in a
powerful header from Bobby Hope's cross that flew just wide of a post. His
winning goal came when, stumbling through an attempted foul by Everton's
Howard Kendall, Astle raced on for a right-footed shot, which was blocked.
When the ball came back to him, a fine left-footed drive tore past the Everton
keeper, Gordon West, and into the righthand top corner of the goal.
In Guadalajara, he came on
against Brazil, eventual winners of the World Cup, as a substitute, with
England a goal down. He immediately began to trouble a none too solid defence
with his power in the air. Heading down a high cross, he gave Ball a clear
opportunity, but Ball threw it away. Later, when a panic-stricken Brazilian
defender headed the ball to Astle's feet, he shot over the top.
Astle was first capped for
England against Wales in 1968. His next four international appearances came
the following season, against Scotland, Portugal, and in the 1970 World Cup
against Brazil and Czechoslovakia.
Astle was well known for his
wry sense of humour, and from 1995 appeared on Baddiel and Skinner's Fantasy
Football League television show. Off screen, his speciality was imaginary
postcards, which he would suddenly declaim. Arriving in Rio airport with the
English party in 1969, he "sent" one to the England trainer Harold Shepherdson.
"Dear mother: No injuries yet, so I've not been seen on television. PS: Have
still not carried a bag. Love Harold."
Astle later worked as window
cleaner with a sign saying "misses no corners".
·Jeff Astle, footballer,
born May 13 1942; died January 19 2002 - Obitituary in The Guardian.
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