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Cliff
Bastin |
Arsenal
FC
21 appearances, 12 goals, 2 penalties
P 21 W 10 D 2 L 9 F
42:
A
29
52% successful
1931-38
captain: none
minutes played: 1890 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Clifford Sydney Bastin |
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Born |
14 March 1912 at 12
Bonnington Grove, Heavitree, Exeter, Devonshire [registered in
Exeter, June 1912].
To Sidney Harry and Eliza Maud (née
Butt). One older sister, Lilian. Attended Ladysmith Road School,
Exeter. |
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census notes |
According to the 1939 register, Clifford, a
professional footballer, is married to Joan, and they are living
at 73 Broadfields Avenue in Enfield, with his mother-in-law,
Lillian Shaul. |
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Married:
to Joan Lillian Shaul
(b.17 January 1916),
at St. Mary's Church on 24 June 1939
(left)
[registered in Hendon, June 1939]. They had two daughters, Patricia
and Barbara.
"The ceremony was
attended, in addition to members of the family, by Mr. George Yeoman, the
bridgroom's old schoolmaster at Ladysmith-road, Exeter, and Mr. Arch
Matthews, of St. Thomas." - Friday, 30 June 1939, Devon and
Exeter Gazette. |
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Died: 4 December 1991
in Exeter, Devon, aged
79 years 265 days
[registered in Exeter, December 1991]. |
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Height/Weight:
5'
8½", 11st.
2lbs [1936]. 5'
7¾", 10st.
8lbs [1938]. |
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Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Biographies |
Cliff Bastin Remembers - Brian Glanville
(Ettrick Press, London & Edinburgh 1950; reprinted GCR Books, 15 October 2010) |
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Spotted playing for Exeter City by the
legendary Herbert Chapman, Bastin signed for Arsenal in 1929 and became a
classic footballing forward of the 1930s, winning cup and championship
medals as a matter of routine. 229 wartime appearances and 21 appearances
for England preceded his 1947 retirement.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
schoolboy football within Exeter, and represented Devon County boys, and also helped
with the two local junior sides, St. Mark's FC and St. James' FC,
during which, he
joined Exeter City FC as an amateur in 1926. Signing professional forms on 31 October 1928. He scored six goals in seventeen league matches,
then, after Exeter City FC quashed rumours on 22 May, Bastin
joined Arsenal FC on 3 June 1929 for a £2000 transfer fee. In
September 1938, he was given a month's leave to regain his passion for the
game after he 'lost his enthusiasm', despite this, he
played in 395 Division One matches, and scored 150 goals, a
record for Arsenal held until 1998. He played his last game for the
Gunners in a Manchester United FC defeat on 28 September 1946. He was
linked with becoming a player-coach at Ilfracombe FC. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
winners 1929-30, 1935-36, runners-up 1931-32; FA Charity
Shield winners 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1938; Football
League Champions 1930-31, 1932-33, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1937-38,
runners-up 1931-32; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (four appearances). |
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Distinctions |
Became the
youngest FA Cup finalist in 1930, a record held for 34 years. English
Football Hall of Fame 2009; |
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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 |
One of two who became the 566th
players (567) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside/inside-left |
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First match |
No. 179, 18 November 1931,
England 3
Wales
1,
a British Championship match at Anfield
Road, Anfield, Liverpool, aged 19 years
249 days. |
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Last match |
No. 218, 26 May 1938,
France
2 England 4, an end-of-season tour match at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes, Paris, aged
26 years 73 days.
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1931-32, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1936-37,
1937-38; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1931-32, 1937-38, shared 1934-35; |
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Individual honours |
England Schoolboy
(one appearance, 1926).
England's Top Goalscorer 1932-33 (3), 1935 (3), Joint Topscorer
1933 (3); |
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Distinctions |
Only the fifth
Devonshire-born player to represent England. |
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Beyond England |
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Increasingly troubled by deafness,
especially when he left football. He was later employed as a Devon
licensee. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.28. |
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Cliff Bastin - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
 |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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23 |
21 |
11 |
1890 |
12 |
158
min |
5 |
none |
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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Cliff Bastin
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
10 |
6 |
1 |
3 |
20 |
11 |
+9 |
1 |
2 |
2.00 |
1.10 |
65.0 |
+3 |
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Away |
11 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
22 |
18 |
+4 |
1 |
2 |
2.00 |
1.636 |
40.9 |
-2 |
| All |
21 |
10 |
2 |
9 |
42 |
29 |
+13 |
2 |
4 |
2.00 |
1.381 |
52.4 |
+1 |
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Cliff Bastin
- Match Record - By Colour of Shirt |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
White |
20 |
9 |
2 |
9 |
39 |
29 |
+10 |
2 |
3 |
1.95 |
1.45 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Blue |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
21 |
10 |
2 |
9 |
42 |
29 |
+13 |
2 |
4 |
2.00 |
1.381 |
52.4 |
+1 |
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Cliff Bastin
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
11 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
17 |
13 |
+4 |
2 |
2 |
1.545 |
1.182 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| Friendly |
10 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
25 |
16 |
+9 |
0 |
2 |
2.50 |
1.60 |
55.0 |
+1 |
| All |
21 |
10 |
2 |
9 |
42 |
29 |
+13 |
2 |
4 |
2.00 |
1.381 |
52.4 |
+1 |
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Cliff Bastin
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC 1931-32 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| BC 1933-34 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
3.50 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
| BC 1934-35 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| BC 1935-36 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.50 |
25.0 |
-1 |
| BC 1936-37 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| BC 1937-38 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC
All |
11 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
17 |
13 |
+4 |
2 |
2 |
1.545 |
1.182 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC |
11 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
17 |
13 |
+4 |
2 |
2 |
1.545 |
1.182 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All |
11 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
17 |
13 |
+4 |
2 |
2 |
1.545 |
1.182 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Match History
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Club:
Arsenal F.C.
- 21 full appearances (1890 min), 12ᵍ |
F.A. International Selection Committee - 21 full appearances
(1890 min), 12ᵍx |
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