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Bert Gosnell

Newcastle United FC

 1 appearance, 0 goals

P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 5: A 0
100% successful
1906

captain: none
minutes played: 90

Timeline
  Albert Arthur Gosnell
Birth Tuesday, 10 February 1880 at 5 St. John's Street in Colchester, Essex
  registered in Colchester January-March 1880

 

According to the 1881 census, the young Albert is the youngest of nine children (five sons and four daughters) to Edward John and Annie Maria (née Hyam). They live at 5 St Johns Street in Colchester. His father is a harness maker.

 

According to the 1891 census, Albert A. has two more siblings, and along with his parents and seven older siblings, they live at 17 Chapel Street, in the St Giles area of Colchester. His father remains a harness maker.
 

According to the 1901 census, the 21 year-old Engine maker fitter, Albert A. is just one of the three children still living with their parents at 17 Chapel Street. His father is a saddler.
Marriage to Margaret Helen Brownlow, on Sunday, 17 October 1909 at St. Nicholas Church in Newcastle upon Tyne
  registered in Newcastle upon Tyne October-December 1909
Children Bert and Margaret Gosnell have two sons together. Albert Leslie (b.15 May 1912) and John Watson (b.2 January 1918)
"The residence of Albert Gosnell, the well-known Newcastle United forward, situated in the west end of Newcastle, has been broken into, and part of the stolen booty included the English International's League Championship, F.A. Cup, and other gold medals he has won in football competitions." - The Citizen, Tuesday, 7 December 1909

Newcastle upon Tyne Electoral Registers confirm Arthur's address at 45 Auburn Gardens since at least 1910.
According to the 1911 census, Albert is now married to Margaret. They live at 45 Auburn Gardens in Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne. He has one stepson, George Watson Brownlow. Albert is not on this return. He is an engine fitter boarding with the Daly's at 77 Northumberland Park in Tottenham. In the shadow of White Hart Lane, where Albert is playing his football.
"BIRTHS.
GOSNELL—.At 45, Auburn Gardens, Fenham, Newcastle-on-Tyne, on January 2nd, the wife of Albert Gosnell, a son." - Newcastle Journal, Thursday, 3 January 1918

His father died on 20 April 1920 in Colchester.
According to the 1921 census, Albert, a football club manager & secretary for Norwich City FC, is still married and now with two sons, Leslie and John, living at 45 Auburn Gardens in the Fenham area of Newcastle upon Tyne.
His mother died on 19 February 1929 in Colchester.
According to the 1939 register, Albert A. and Margaret H. remain married. He is the licensed victualler of The Raven (left), at 1 St. Giles Street in Norwich. They have one son, John W.
According to Kent Electoral Registers, Albert and Margaret are living at 109 Bexley Lane in Chislehurst since at least 1946. Albert lived their until at least 1959.
His wife died on 24 November 1953 in Sidcup.
"When Bert Gosnell left Newcastle to return to Norwich he took over a hotel and found a new interest in angling. Shortly after I last recalled in Norwich the Newcastle United of the long ago with Mr. Gosnell his hotel was hit by a bomb, and he moved to Sidcup in Kent, where he now resides and presumably fishes to his heart's content." - The Sunday Sun, 10 February 1952
Death Thursday, 6 January 1972 at 498 Dereham Road in Norwich, Norfolk
aged 91 years 330 days registered in Norwich January-March 1972

Obituary
"LAST LINK
"FORMER Newcastle United winger Bert Gosnell has died in Norwich at the age of 91. He was a member of United's losing teams in the 1905 and 1906 Cup finals. Mr. Gosnell spent a lifetime in football and following his playing days was manager of Norwich City for five years." - Evening Chronicle, Friday, 7 January 1972.
Probate "GOSNELL Albert Arthur of 498 Dreham Rd Norwich died 6 January 1972 Probate London 22 March. £2782" [2025 equivalent: £32,848].
 

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Playing Career

Club(s)		 Began his junior football career in Colchester with Abbeygate Star FC, who changed their name to Colchester Albion FC when they entered that Colchester Borough Football League. He joined Colchester Town FC in 1899. Joined the ranks of New Brompton FC in 1901.
"All of Newcastle United's players have arrived for the commencement of training. Included in the lot is Albert Gosnell, a new outside left, who belongs to New Brompton, and played last season for Chatham. He arrived in Newcastle on Sunday night [7 August 1904]." - Sporting Life, Wednesday, 10 August 1904.
Transferred to Tottenham Hotspur FC on 7 July 1910. Returned north when Darlington FC signed him in 1911. Burslem Port Vale FC took him on in 1912, making 23 appearances, scoring once.

League honours
111 appearances 5 goals		 Newcastle United FC 1904-10 106 appearances, fifteen goals
debut: 5 November 1904 Newcastle United FC 3 Middlesbrough FC 0.
Tottenham Hotspur FC 1910-11 five appearances
debut: 1 October 1910 Middlesbrough FC 2 Tottenham Hotspur FC 0.
last: 25 February 1911 Aston Villa FC 4 Tottenham Hotspur FC 0.

Club honours		 Colchester Borough League runners-up 1896-97, winners 1897-98;
North Essex League winners 1898-99, 1899-1900;
Pearson's Charity Cup winners 1899, 1900;
Football League Division One Champions 1904-05 (25ᵃ 4ᵍ), 1906-07 (26ᵃ 3ᵍ), 1908-09 (5ᵃ);
FA Cup runners-up 1904-05 (8ᵃ 2ᵍ), 1905-06 (8ᵃ 1ᵍ), 1907-08 (0ᵃ), winners 1909-10 (1ᵃ);
Sheriff of London Charity Shield winners 1907; FA Charity Shield winners 1909;
Individual honours Essex FA (c.1900);
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 5' 10", 12st. 0lbs [1910].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Management Career
Club(s) Worked in Newcastle upon Tyne during WW1, running a successful works side, then, upon cessations of hostilities, Gosnell was employed by Newcastle United FC, until 1921. He was then appointed manager at Norwich City FC on 10 January 1921 until he announced his retirement on 10 February 1926, effective at the seasons end—although he relinquished the position on 6 March to Bert Stansfield. Later in the year, he returned to his hometown to become coach of Colchester United FC.
League honours
P 216 W 69 W 57 L 90.		 Norwich City FC 1921-26
Football League best; Division Three South 11th 1923-24;
FA Cup best; second round 1924-25;

England Career
Player number One of five who became the 312th players (316) to appear for England.
Position(s) Outside-left
Only match No. 86, 17 February 1906, Ireland 0 England 5, a British Championship match at Solitude Ground, Cliftonville, Belfast, aged 26 years 7 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1905-06;
Team honours British Championship shared 1905-06;
Individual honours The North (one appearance, January 1906);
Distinctions None

Beyond England
Was a licensee after leaving the game. The Raven in St. Giles Street in Norwich. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.109.


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps minutes captain
1 1 1 90 0 none
The minutes here given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an approximation.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 0 1 5 0 100 +1
His only match was in the British Championship competition and at an away venue

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1905-06 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 0 1 5.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC All 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 0 1 5.00 0.00 100.0 +1

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 0 1 5.00 0.00 100.0 +1
1 1 0 0 5 0 +5 0 1 5 0 100 +1

Match History

 Club: Newcastle United F.C. - one full appearance (90 min) F.A. International Select Committee - one full appearance (90 min)x

Age 26 trial  
one appearance - The North vs. The South, 22 January 1906;

apps match match details comp res. rundown pos
1 86 17 February 1906 - Ireland 0 England 5
Solitude Ground, Belfast		 BC AW 32 ol
 

one of five who became the 312th player (316) to appear for England
one of two who became the fourth Newcastle United FC player to represent England

  
 
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