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Johnny
Fantham |
Sheffield Wednesday FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1
W 1 D
0 L 0 F 4:
A 1
100%
successful
1961
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played:
90 |
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Profile |
|
Full name |
John Fantham |
|
Born |
6 February 1939 in Sheffield, Yorkshire [registered in
Sheffield, March 1939].
Lived on the Pitsmoor Road in Sheffield and attended Burngreave School. |
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Married |
to Carole Andron [registered in
Sheffield, March 1964]. |
|
Height/Weight |
5'
7¼", 11st.
2½lbs [1962]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
|
Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Played
junior football for Sheffield Schools and Yorkshire Schools, and Sheffield
YMCA. He signed amateur forms with Sheffield Wednesday FC in 1954,
turning professional in October 1956. After
playing 388 league
appearances, scoring 147 league goals, he joined Rotherham United
FC in October 1969 for £5000. Joined Macclesfield Town FC in the 1971
close season. |
|
Club honours |
Football
League Division Two winners 1958-59, FA
Cup runners-up 1965-66; |
|
Individual honours |
Football
League (3 appearances) |
|
Distinctions |
None |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
|
Player number |
798th
player to appear for England. |
|
Position(s) |
Inside-right |
|
Only match |
No. 351, 28 September 1961, England 4
Luxembourg 1, a World Cup qualification match at Arsenal Stadium,
Highbury, London, aged 22 years
243 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
|
Team honours |
None |
|
Individual honours |
England U23
(1 appearance) |
|
Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
|
A successful businessman after
leaving football, and according to many forums, Fantham owned two
hairdressing shops, one was on Division Street in Sheffield. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.96. |
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Johnny Fantham - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
None |
None |
|
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. |
|
Johnny Fantham
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home
- White - World Cup |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
Johnny Fantham
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
World Cup Preliminary Competitions |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP
1960-62 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
All
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
World Cup |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
Johnny Fantham
- Match History |
|
Club: Sheffield
Wednesday F.C. - 1 full cap |
Coach: Walter
Winterbottom - 1
full capx
|
|
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Age 21 |
|
1 |
u23 |
2 November 1960 - England U23 1 Italy U23 1,
St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Fr |
HD |
Start |
6 |
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Age 22 |
|
1 |
351 |
28 September 1961 - England 4 Luxembourg
1, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London |
HW |
WCP |
Start |
8 |
Notes
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