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Harold
Gough |
Sheffield United FC
1 cap,
3 goals against
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 0:
A 3
0% successful
1921
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Harold Gough |
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Name notes |
Not Harry, not Harold C. In fact, in a 1920 Autograph
sheet of the FA Tour of South Africa, his signature is clearly legible,
and reads as 'Harold Gough'. |
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Born |
31 December 1890 in Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire [registered in
Chesterfield, March 1891]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1891
census, the three month-old Harold was the youngest of eight children to
Samuel and Sarah Ann. They live at 11 Wharf Lane in Newbold, Chesterfield.
His father is a collier. |
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According to the 1901
census, Harold is still the youngest of the seven children remaining with
their parents at 2 Driver's Houses in Chesterfield. His father, now a
hewer. |
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According to the 1911
census, Harold, now a professional footballer, is boarding with the
Sneath's at 24 Clive Place, Great Horton in Bradford. |
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Married |
to Annie Beckett
[registered in Pontefract, June 1912] |
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Died |
16 June 1970, aged
79 years 167 days
[registered in Pontefract, June 1970]. He had a leg amputated in
1963. |
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death notes |
Date
of death is taken from Footballdatabase.eu and WorldFootball.net.
Although the date falls directly into the correct quarter, the same
website claims his name is Harold C. Gough. Caution is required. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10", 12st.
6lbs [1921]. |
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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) |
In the summer of 1924, 33 year old
Gough decided to take steps to set himself up in his retirement by buying
the Railway Hotel in Castleford. As licensed premises this was anathema to
the tee total Charles Clegg who ordered him to get rid of the property.
Gough admitted that he had “acted in ignorance” and offered to repay the
wages he had received over the summer, but refused to give the hotel up as
he wouldn’t actually be living there. The Sheffield United board dug their
heels in and destroyed Gough’s career. In September 1924 Gough was
suspended by the FA and October brought the cancellation of his FA
registration. The coup de grace was delivered the following August when
Gough was told that United were demanding a fee for him of £2,400, enough
to put off any potential buyers. Gough’s appeal to the Football League for
a reduction was turned down and he was told he could not even re-register
as an amateur to play for local clubs. He resumed his career in 1927 when
United, their point made, sold him to Oldham for £500. |
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Club honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]/Triumphanddisastersufc. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
409th player to appear for England. 42nd goalkeeper to appear. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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Only match |
No. x, aged 30 years
99 days. |
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Major tournaments |
x |
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Team honours |
x |
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Individual honours |
x |
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Distinctions |
x |
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Beyond England |
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An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x. |
England
Football Online