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Alf
Common |
Sheffield United FC,
Middlesbrough FC
3 caps, 3 goals
P 3 W 2 D 1 L 0 F 6:
A 3
83% successful
1904-06
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 270 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Alfred Common |
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Born |
25 May 1880
at 27 North Milburn Street, Millfield, Sunderland, county Durham [registered in
Sunderland, June 1880]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1881 census,
Alfred is the youngest of five children to Robert and Sarah A., living at
27 North Milburn Street in Bishop Wearmouth. His father is a ship riveter. |
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According to the 1891 census,
Alfred now has three younger siblings, and with their parents, they all
still live at 27 North Milburn Street. His father still an iron ship
riveter. |
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According to the 1901 census,
Alfred is now an apprentice riveter at the shipyard, still living with his
parents, still at 27 North Milburn Street. Alfred is one of the
seven children at home. |
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According to the 1911 census,
Alfred, now married and a professional footballer, employed by Woolwich
Arsenal FC, is visiting his hometown, but staying with the Reed family at
246 High Street West in Sunderland. |
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Married |
to Ann Cook
[registered in Sunderland, county Durham, September 1902]. Ann died
1945. |
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Died |
3 April 1946 at his home at 326 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, aged
65 years x days
[registered in Darlington, county Durham, June 1946]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 13st.
0lbs [1903]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Playing initially for South Hylton
Juniors, he was soon playing for Jarrow FC. After a brief stay
there, in 1900 he joined Sunderland AFC. But in November 1901 he was
transferred to Sheffield United for �325. He completed 79 appearances
and scored 24 goals. In May 1904, Common decided he wanted to play for
Sunderland again, and he returned in the summer of 1904, for a record �520
fee plus Sheffield United's reserve goalkeeper, Albert Lewis. After
twenty-one games, in February 1905, Common moved to Middlesbrough
FC and its new stadium, Ayresome Park, for another record fee �1000.
Common made his debut on 25 February 1905 against Sheffield United and
scored a penalty. Common captained Middlesbrough, but after some
drunken disorderly conduct, he was removed from this privilege. He
moved on to Woolwich Arsenal FC in 1910 for �250. Common was sold
for �250 to Preston North End FC in December 1912 for �250. Retired in
1914 at the age of 33. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winner 1901-02; Football
League Division One winner 1912-13; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (1 appearance). |
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Distinctions |
First to achieve a �500 transfer fee and
first to achieve a �1000 transfer fee. |
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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 |
xth
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside forward, centre-forward. |
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First match |
No. 80, 29
February 1904, Wales 2 England 2, a British Championship
match at
The Racecourse, Wrexham, aged 23 years
280 days. |
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Last match |
No. 87, 19 March 1906,
Wales 0 England 1, a British
Championship match at The
Arms Park, Cardiff, aged 25 years 299 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1903-04, 1905-06; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winner 1903-04,
(shared) 1905-06; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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MOST of the rest of Common's life was
spent in the victualling trade, first as licensee of the Cleaver Hotel, in
Darlington's Skinnergate, for 11 years, followed by a further 18 at the
Alma Hotel (more recently known as the Beer Engine and the Brown Trout) in
Cockerton, from which he retired in 1943. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.71./Darlington Northern Echo
article 18 August 2007 |
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Alf Common - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 3 |
3 |
3 |
270 |
3 |
90 min |
3 |
None |
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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Alf Common
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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Away-
British Championship |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
| All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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Alf Common
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1903-04 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
2.50 |
1.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1905-06 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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All
Tournaments |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
Notes
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