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Harold
Gough |
Sheffield United FC
1 appearance,
3 goals against
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 0:
A 3
0% successful
1921
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Harold Gough |
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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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Birth |
21 December 1890 in Newbold, Chesterfield, Derbyshire [registered in
Chesterfield, March 1891]. Birthdate confirmed by the 1939
register. |
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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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Marriage |
to Annie Beckett
[registered in Pontefract, June 1912]. Three children, Lena
(b.1914), Freda (b.1920) and Peter
(b.1927). |
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According to the
1921 census, Harold, a professional footballer (for Sheffield United FC)
is now married to Annie and they have two daughters, Lena and Freda,
living at 57 Welbeck Street in Castleford. |
"Mr. Arthur Robins, captain and team manager of the Castleford
Town Football Club, has died at his home, the Railway Hotel, Castleford,
after an illness lasting nearly three months." - Wednesday,
19 March 1924, The Yorkshire Evening Post
"Gough, the
Sheffield United goalkeeper, has taken over the license of the Railway
Hotel at Castleford. This will probably mean the end of his career with
the Sheffield team." - Saturday, 23 August 1924, The
Derbyshire Times.
"It is understood that Harold Gough, the
Sheffield United custodian, met the directors again yesterday, and that
their differences have been adjusted. It is understood that Gough has
undertaken to repay the sum of £84 summer wages which was claimed
from him, and that the club have agreed to place Gough on the transfer
list." - Thursday, 11 September 1924, The Yorkshire Post.
"The breach between Sheffield United and Harold Gough has widened so
considerably that I doubt if all the oil in the world would smoothen out
the troubled waters. You will know that the United have cancelled Gough's
agreement, asked for a return of £84 summer wages, and written to
the F.A. asking them to debar Gough from taking part in football in the
future, either as player or manager. And all because Gough has taken over
a licensed house in Castleford.
"I know Gough rather well, and I have
realised that he is a player who will always put club before self. He has
done this often enough, and I cannot think that Gough took any unfair
advantage last May when he accepted another year's engagement. In fact, I
am assured that he did not know anything about a licensed house coming his
way until the middle of July, and then he had to act quickly or not at
all. When a man is past thirty his mind turns to other things besides
football as a means of a livelihood. Gough merely put in a formal
application for the position and then reported the matter to his
directors.
"Why, then, have the United taken such drastic and - a good
word this - revengeful steps? Why despoil a fine player and club servant
of a fine reputation and take measures to hound him out of the game?
Bolton Wanderers didn't hound Frank Roberts out of football. They simply
placed him on the transfer list, and kept inviolate their club rule." -
Saturday, 13 September 1924, The Derby Daily Telegraph.
"The Sheffield United Football Club have taken the important step of
placing before the Football Association and the Football League the whole
matter between themselves and Harold Gough, their international
goalkeeper. It is fairly generally known that the trouble between the
Sheffield United club and the player arose over the fact that Gough took
over the business of a licensed victualler. This action meant that the
player had broken one of the clauses of his agreement, which stipulates
that a player shall not live on premises or take part in a business which
the club think unsuitable." - The Nottingham Evening Post,
Friday, 19 September 1924.
Was ever a more piquant
situation created than that which has arisen through the acceptance by
Harold Gough of a licensed house at Castleford? You know what has happened
to the player. He has been told that he must repay wages paid him during
the summer, and that he will not, if the Sheffield United club can help
it, be allowed to take part in future football either as a manager or
player. Now, 'tis whispered, Sheffield United mean to seek compensation
from Gough for a breach of contract.
"As for this latest rumoured
development, I can hardly believe that the United will carry the case to
the Law Courts, for that is what it would mean. The F.A., and the League
have never set clubs an example in this way. They are a law unto
themselves, and never have recourse to the other and more costly law."
- Saturday, 11 October 1924, The Derby Daily Telegraph
"The Sheffield United Club complained that H. Gough had broken his
agreement, thus placing the club in a very difficult position. The Council
approved the determination of the agreement, and decided to cancel the
registration of Gough as a professional, and to suspend him until January
1 next. The Chairman intimated that as this was the first case of the kind
the punishment was lenient, but any similar future case would be more
severely dealt with. Mr. Clegg did not adjudicate in this matter."
- Tuesday, 28 October 1924, The Yorkshire Post.
"The
penalty which the F.A. has imposed upon Harold Gough, who is now a licensee
in Castleford, is regarded with general satisfaction, because the general
opinion seemed to be that the old Castleford Town goalkeeper would
get at least 12 months' suspension." - Saturday, 8 November
1924, The Lancashire Daily Post |
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According to the 1939 register, Harold, a general labourer at the sewage
works, and Annie are still married, and are living at 31 Middle Oxford
Street, Castleford, with their daughter, Lena. |
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Death |
16 June 1970, aged
79 years 177 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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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
,%20Harold.jpg) Club(s) |
Gough (left) spent his junior career
with Spital Olympic FC and Castleford Town FC. Joined Bradford FC in March
1910, made three Midland League appearances, before
returning to Castleford in August 1911. Sheffield United FC spent £30 on him in 31 April 1913. Joined the Navy in 1917 and guested for
Hearts of Midlothian FC during the war. Gough was suspended by his club
and Football Association (both headed by Charlie Clegg) in May 1924 for
six months for breaking club rules. He was placed on the transfer list
with an almost three thousand pounds asking fee, he would never play for
United again, he had made 242 league appearances. The FA
cancelled his professional registration and he was allowed to return to
Castleford Town FC of the Midland League again in January 1925 until the
end of the season and was rumoured to be joining Newcastle United FC in
July 1925. The United Directors reduced their asking price for Gough in
November 1925, with The Arsenal FC showing an interest. Then while Gough
was playing at Harrogate FC of Yorkshire League, Oldham Athletic FC paid
United £750 on 26 January 1927 for the goalkeeper, they also had to
compensate Harrogate. He made four league appearances before
being sold to Bolton Wanderers FC on 30 November 1927 as cover for Dick
Pym, who had broken his arm, Gough made just four league
appearances, before joining Torquay United FC on 13 June 1928, he
retired through injury, playing his last match against Fulham on 29 March
1930, where he tore a knee ligament, after 56 league appearances.
From the 1931-31, he was on the referee's list for the
West Riding Football Association. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winner 1914-15 |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10 ", 11st.
12lbs [1910].
5'
10", 12st.
0lbs [1915].
5'
10", 12st.
6lbs [1921].
5'
11", 11st. 0lbs [1928]. |
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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 |
One of five who became the 409th
players (409) to appear for England. 42nd goalkeeper to appear. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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Only match |
No. 125, 9 April 1921,
Scotland
3 England 0,
a British Championship match at Hampden Park,
Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 30 years 109 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1920-21; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
FA XI tour
of South Africa (1920) |
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Distinctions |
The 500th
England player to die |
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Beyond England |
,%20Harold.jpg) In the summer of 1924, 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.
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An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.109/110.
The Railway Hotel
today is now known as the Charlotte Hotel (left) on Station Road in
Castleford. |
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Harry Gough - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
Comp
Apps |
Mins. |
GA |
GA Av.
min |
Comp GA |
Clean
Sheets |
Cln
Sht Av |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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1 |
1 |
90 |
3 |
30 min |
3 |
0 |
0% |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Harry Gough
- Match Record - All Matches |
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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 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.0 |
-1 |
| All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.0 |
-1 |
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Harry Gough
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1920-21 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.0 |
-1 |
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BC
All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.0 |
-1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.0 |
-1 |
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All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.0 |
-1 |
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Harry Gough
- Match History |
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Club: Sheffield
United F.C. - 1 full cap |
F.A. International
Select Committee - 1
full capx
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Age 30 |
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1 |
125 |
9 April 1921 - Scotland 3 England 0,
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
BC |
AL |
Start |
gk |
Notes
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