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Tommy
Boyle |
Burnley
FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 1:
A 2
0% successful
1910-13
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Thomas William Boyle |
Birth |
Friday, 29 January 1886
in Platts Common, Hoyland, near Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire |
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registered in Barnsley January-March 1886 |
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According to the 1891 census,
Thomas is the youngest of five children to Irish-born Patrick (Peter) and Ellen
(née St.John). They all live,
alongside four lodgers (three coalminers and a blacksmith), on Wentworth
Road in Nether Hoyland. His father is a coal miner. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Thomas, alongside his sister Mary, and their parents, are boarding with
the Penton's at 5 Royal Oak Yard in Nether Hoyland. His father is a coal
miner hewer, as is George Penton, head of the household. |
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His mother died in early 1910 Thomas cannot be found on the
1911 census. But his widower father, Peter, is living with his married
daughter, Catherine and her family, at Blacksmiths Yard in Platts Common,
Hoyland. His father died in 1913. |
Marriage |
to Annie
Elizabeth Varley, on Thursday, 1 March 1917 at St. James'
Church in Burnley, Lancashire, both living at 10 Rectory Road in
Burnley |
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registered in Burnley January-March 1917 |
Children |
Tommy and Annie
Boyle have one daughter together. Decima Betty (b.summer 1921) |
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According to the 1921
census, Thomas William, a professional footballer (for Burnley FC) is now
married to Annie Elizabeth, and with his mother-in-law, they live at 68
Rectory Road in Burnley. Their daughter, Decima, died in early
1922, approx. six months old. |
"The
appeal by Thomas William Boyle, licensee of the Pedestrian Inn,
Parker-lane, and ex-captain of the Burnley Football Club, against a
conviction and a fine of £10 imposed by the borough magistrates for
selling drink during prohibited hours, came before the Recorder, Mr. T.B.
Leigh, at the Burnley Quarter Sessions on Monday. After a long and careful
hearing, the Recorder upheld the magistrates' decision, and dismissed the
appeal." - The Burnley News, Wednesday, 23 October 1923.
"Tom
Boyle, the former Burnley centre-half and captain, and English
International, now described as a labourer, of Peter Street, Blackpool,
appeared before Blackpool magistrates yesterday on a charge of being drunk
and disorderly. Sergeant
Richmond said that two men, the other being William Hammond (28) of Kent
Road, were fighting together. Hammond appeared to be the aggressor. Hammond
in evidence, stated that he was in the Palastine Hotel lounge last night,
when Boyle came across to him and said he had won £50. They had several
drinks together, and when they got outside Boyle adopted a fighting
attitude. Boyle
began to use foul language to him, and they closed and began to fight. Boyle was fined 20s., and Hammond 10s. in the
first case, and costs in the second."
- The Burnley News, Saturday, 23 May 1931.
"Councillor John R.F. Hill, of Bispham, summoned Thomas
Boyle, the Burnley ex-International footballer, of no settled address, at
Blackpool Police Court, on Monday, for refusing to pay a taxi fare. The
amount claimed was £4, 19s. An order for payment was made. The
driver of the taxi cab said that Boyle got in with a woman, and instructed
him to go to Accrington. They called at two hotels in Accrington, and then
Boyle ordered him to go to Burnley, where they again called at hotels. At
Burnley he told Boyle that the amount was running up, and he said, "That's
all right. Who's paying?" Later, he was told that by the time he returned
to Blackpool the fare would be about £5, and Boyle replied: "£5?
You'll be lucky if you get £1." Subsequently the driver had to wait
outside an hotel for half an hour, and as Boyle did not return, he left
him. Boyle, in evidence, said he did not order the taxi, and that another
man did. He could not pay, as he was on the dole. The Bench orderd Boyle
to pay the £4 19s. owing, at the rate of £1 per month."
- The Burnley News, Saturday, 27 June 1931. |
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According to the 1939 register, Thomas,
'formerly a professional footballer' is an inmate on Ward 17 at
County Mental Hospital in Whittingham. |
Death |
Tuesday, 2
January 1940 of 'General Paralysis of the Insane' in Whittingham
Mental Hospital, Lancashire |
Notes: |
It was his death
certificate that we can ascertain certain information, that is to say, he
is not the Thomas Wilkinson Boyle previously thought. Although his death
certificate states he was 51, he was in fact, 53, and the error stems from
him being of an unknown age inside a Mental Hospital. |
aged 53 years 338 days |
registered in Amounderness January-March 1940 |
Obituary |
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Funeral |
Friday, 19
January 1940,
was buried in an unmarked grave at St Helen's Churchyard, Hoyland.
A headstone (above left)
was erected and dedicated in May 2010. The dedication ceremony was
attended by members of Tommy Boyle's family and by representatives of both
Barnsley FC and Burnley FC. |
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His wife, Annie, died on 5 August 1971 in Cardiff |
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Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Biographies |
Tommy
Boyle Broken Hero: Story of a Football Legend - Mike Smith
(Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd - 5 July 2011) |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Tommy
started his footballing career with Hoyland Star FC and then Elsecar FC in
the Barnsley League. Barnsley FC signed Boyle in May 1906 and then Burnley FC signed him on 23 September 1911 for a club record
transfer fee of £1150.
He became a club captain after only a months service. He remained for the war period and beyond, becoming the club's
player-coach in 1922. He was released and he signed with
Wrexham AFC in 1923. |
League honours 376 appearances, 53 goals |
Barnsley FC
1906-11 159 appearances, seventeen goals
debut (division two): 24 November 1906 Chelsea FC 2 Barnsley FC 1.
Burnley FC 1911-21 210
appearances, 36 goals debut (division two): 30 September 1911 Barnsley
FC 1 Burnley FC 1.
Wrexham AFC 1923 seven appearances debut (division three north): 25
August 1923 Wrexham AFC 4 Ashington FC 0. last (division three north):
19 September 1923 Wrexham AFC 0 Wigan Borough FC 0. |
Club honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1909-10 (9ᵃ 1ᵍ), winners
1913-14 (8ᵃ 1ᵍ); Football League Division Two
third place 1911-12 (29ᵃ 4ᵍ), runners-up 1912-13
(23ᵃ 6ᵍ); Division One runners-up 1919-20
(29ᵃ 5ᵍ), Champions
1920-21 (38ᵃ 7ᵍ), third place (26ᵃ 3ᵍ); |
Individual honours |
Football League
(four appearances) |
Distinctions |
Became the first captain
to receive the FA Cup from a reigning monarch, King George V. |
Height/Weight |
5'
7½", 11st.
4lbs [1914]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of seven who became
the 361st players (363)
to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Centre-half |
Only match |
No. 114, 15 February 1913,
Ireland
2 England
1,
a British Championship
match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 27 years
17 days. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship 1912-13; |
Team honours |
British Championship winners 1912-13; |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
Could Tommy
Boyle be the first substitute to be used by England? On 21 January 1914,
in an England verses The North match in Sunderland, Boyle was the reserve.
However, Joe McCall, the England centre-half was injured and could not
resume after half-time. Boyle took his place. |
Beyond England |
Was landlord of the Pedestrian Inn in
Burnley since 2 January 1922, until 25 December 1923. Coached in Germany for a spell from
1924. Became very successful at Bowling.
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An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.41. He experienced the First
World War, a bombardier with the Royal Field Artillery and was badly
wounded. Despite being told he would never play again, he captained
Burnley FC to the Championship. Following the end of his career and his
reemergence in Burnley, Boyle's personal life descended into chaos as he
depended more and more on alcohol and gambling. He lost his home and
his family and livelihood. He ultimately got committed and
died in a mental hospital. |
Tommy Boyle - Career Statistics |
Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
1 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
Tommy Boyle
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
Away
-
British Championship |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
Tommy Boyle
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1912-13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
BC
All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
Notes
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CG
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