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Bernard
Joy |
Arsenal FC &
Casuals FC & Corinthians FC
1 cap, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F
2:
A 3
0% successful
1936
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Bernard Joy |
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Born |
29 October 1911 at 29 Mablethorpe Road,
Fulham, London [registered in
Fulham, December 1911]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911
census, Bernard's family were living at 29 Mablethorpe Road in Fulham. His
mother, Annie, had already borne a child, Edward. Their father, Michael,
was a Police Constable in the Metropolitan Police. His parents were from
Yorkshire. |
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Married |
to Eadie L. Greenland
[registered in Ware, Hertfordshire, September 1934]. Three
children, Christopher, Margaret and Karen. |
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Died |
18 July 1984 in Kenton, aged
72 years 263 days
[registered in Brent, London, July 1984] of cancer. |
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Height/Weight |
6'
1", 12st.
6lbs [1938]. |
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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) |
Played
football at London University and also played with the Casuals club.
At the same time, he signed as amateur for Southend United FC and Fulham
FC, making one league appearance for the Cottagers in
1933-34. Started playing for the Corinthians club from the mid-1930's, as
he joined Arsenal FC from May 1935. He appeared in 86 league
matches for The Gunners until his retirement at the end of 1946.
He also turned out for Southampton FC and West Ham United FC during the
war. However, straight after the war, Joy was found to be playing for the
Casuals clubs for a season until his full retirement in 1948. |
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Club honours |
FA Amateur
Cup winners 1935-36, Football League Champions
1937-38; FA Charity Shield winners 1938; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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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 |
621st
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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Only match |
No. 204,
9 May 1936, Belgium 3 England
2, and end-of-season tour match at
Stade
du Centenaire, Bruxelles, aged
24 years
193 days. |
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Major tournaments |
Great
Britain Olympics 1936 as Captain |
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Team honours |
England
Wartime (one appearance), England amateur
(twelve appearances) |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Generally regarded
as the last amateur to win a full cap for England. |
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Beyond England |
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Originally employed as a
schoolmaster, Joy became a football writer with the London newspapers,
Star and Evening Standard,
retiring in October 1976 after 31 years in journalism. Also author of
Forward, Arsenal!, a club history that is a model of its kind. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.147. |
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Bernard Joy - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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2 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
None |
None |
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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. |
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Bernard Joy
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Colour of Shirt - By Type of Match |
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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
- White - Friendly |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Bernard Joy
- Match History |
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Club: Arsenal
FC & Casuals FC & Corinthians FC - 1 full cap |
Coach: F.A. Select
Committee - 1
full capx
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Age 24 |
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203 |
6 May 1936 - Austria 2 England 1,
Praterstadion,
Wien |
tour |
AL |
squad/reserve? |
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1 |
204 |
9 May 1936 - Belgium 3
England 2,
Stade
du Centenaire, Bruxelles |
AL |
Start |
ch |
Notes
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CG
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