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Tosh Johnson

Manchester City FC, Everton FC

 5 appearances, 5 goals

P 5 W 5 D 0 L 0 F 22: A 4
100% successful
1926-36

captain: none
minutes played: 450

Timeline
  Thomas Clark Fisher Johnson
Birth 19 August 1901 in Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire [registered in Ulverston, September 1901] To John Robert and Margaret (née Clark).
Birth date confirmed by his death registration.
 

According to the 1911 census, Thomas Clark Fisher is living with his grandmother, Eleanor Clark, and his uncle, John Clark. They live at 60 Queen Street in Dalton-in-Furness. His grandmother is a charwoman.

  According to the 1921 census, TCF is now a professional footballer (for Manchester City FC) and is boarding at the home of SR Stennett, at 7 Cromwell Street in West Gorton.
Marriage to Hannah Smith, on 4 November 1924 at Manchester Cathedral [registered in Manchester, December 1924]. They had one son, Thomas Alan Johnson (b.1925)
  According to the 1939 register, Thomas, a licensee, is now married to Hannah and  are living at 202/204 Clowes Street in West Gorton area of Manchester.
Death 28 January 1973 in Monsall Hospital, Manchester, aged 71 years 162 days [registered in Manchester, March 1973].
Funeral 3 February 1973 in Gorton Cemetery, Manchester, buried with his wife.

Source

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

Playing Career
Club(s) Began with Dalton Athletic FC and Dalton Casuals FC. He signed as an amateur for Manchester City FC in February 1919, and shortly thereafter, as a professional, playing 328 league matches and scoring 158 goals. He signed for Everton FC in March 1930 for a £6,000 fee, going on to play 146 league matches, scoring 56. Became one of a few to cross Stanley Park when he joined Liverpool FC on 3 March 1934. After 36 league matches, scoring another eight, he then joined Darwen FC as their player-manager in August 1936, retiring through the war.
Club honours FA Cup runners-up 1925-26, winner 1932-33; Football League Division Two winners 1927-28, 1930-31; Football League Champions 1931-32; 
Individual honours Football League (three appearances)
Distinctions One of only handful of players who have a road named after him.  Tommy Johnson Walk is in Moss Side, Manchester. The estate includes Fred Tilson Close, Sammy Cookson Close, Sam Cowan Close and Horace Barnes Close.
Height/Weight 5' 9", 11st. 7lbs [1928]. 5' 9¾", 11st. 11lbs [1929 & 1932].

Source

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

England Career
Player number One of six who became 504th players (509) to appear for England.
Position(s) Inside-left
First match No. 150, 24 May 1926, Belgium 3 England 5, an end-of-season friendly match at Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen, aged 24 years 278 days.
Last match No. 182, 17 October 1932, England 1 Ireland 0, a British Championship match at Bloomfield Road, Revoe, Blackpool, aged 31 years 59 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1929-30, 1931-32, 1932-33;
Team honours British Championship winners 1929-30, 1931-32;
Individual honours None
Distinctions None

Beyond England
Nothing regarding his vocation, but Lamming acknowledges that Johnson was still a holder of Manchester City's seasonal and aggregate League goal total records. From February 1939, Johnson ran the Crown Inn, a public house in Gorton, and lived in the area for the remainder of his life. He had been running the Woodman Inn in Stockport before then. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.145.

 

Tosh Johnson - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Mins. goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
7 5 3 450 5 90 min 2 none none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

 

Tosh Johnson - Match Record - All Matches
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 4 4 0 0 17 1 +16 0 3 4.25 0.25 100.0 +4
Away 1 1 0 0 5 3 +2 0 0 5.00 3.00 100.0 +1
All 5 5 0 0 22 4 +18 0 3 4.40 0.80 100.0 +5

 

Tosh Johnson - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
British Championship 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 0 3 3.333 0.00 100.0 +3
Friendly 2 2 0 0 12 4 +8 0 0 6.00 2.00 100.0 +2
All 5 5 0 0 22 4 +18 0 3 4.40 0.80 100.0 +5

 

Tosh Johnson - Match Record - Tournament Matches
British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1929-30 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6 0 1 6.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC 1931-32 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 0 1 3.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC 1932-33 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 0 1 1.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC All 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 0 3 3.333 0.00 100.0 +3
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 0 3 3.333 0.00 100.0 +3
All 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 0 3 3.333 0.00 100.0 +3

 

Tosh Johnson - Match History
  
 Club: Manchester City F.C. - two full appearances (180 min), 3 goals

F.A. International Selection Committee - five full appearances (540 min)x

Age 24
1 150 24 May 1926 - Belgium 3 England 5, Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen tour AW Start 52 il
151 27 May 1926 - France vs. England, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris - match postponed App squad member
  

Age 28
2 169 20 November 1929 - England 6 Wales 0, Stamford Bridge, Fulham BC HW Start
12,65		 il
  

 Club: Everton F.C. - three full appearances (270 min), two goals  

Age 30
179 18 November 1931 - England 3 Wales 1, Anfield Road, Liverpool BC HW reserve
3 180 9 December 1931 - England 7 Spain 1, Arsenal Stadium, Highbury Fr HW Start
8,76		 il
4 181 9 April 1932 - England 3 Scotland 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley BC HW Start il

Age 31
5 182 17 October 1932 - England 1 Ireland 0, Bloomfield Road, Blackpool BC HW Start il
  

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