|
Wilf
Mannion |
Middlesbrough FC
26 appearances, 11 goals (3
on debut), one penalty missed
P 26 W 18 D
4 L 4 F 84: A 31
77% successful
1946-51
captain: none
minutes played: 2261 |
 |
Profile |
Full name |
Wilfred James Mannion |
Born |
16 May 1918, at
31 Napier Street, South Bank,
Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire [registered in
Middlesbrough, North Riding, June 1918]. To Thomas and Mary (née
Duffy), Seventh of nine children. Attended St. Peter's School, South
Bank |
Married |
to
Bernadette Kathleen Murray
[registered in Middlesbrough, March 1948]. |
Died |
14 April 2000
at South Cleveland hospital,
Marton Road, Middlesbrough, aged
81 years 334 days
[registered in Redcar & Cleveland, April 2000]. Cremated at
Teesside Crematorium. |
Height/Weight |
5'
5", 11st.
0lbs [1950]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancestry.com |
Biographies |
Golden Boy: A Biography of Wilf Mannion - Nick Varley (Aurum
Press, 2002) |
|
x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
Club Career |
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When Mannion left school at 14, he became an
apprentice welder at Smith's Dock and then worked in a rolling mill. He
had become a regular with Smith's Dock's FC (Teesside League) before
moving on to South Bank St Peters FC. Wilf then signed amateur forms, then
professional forms with Middlesbrough FC in September 1936. He continued
to play for the team in the early years of the war while serving in the
Auxiliary Fire Service before being called up, he appeared as a guest for
both Tottenham Hotspur FC and AFC Bournemouth. He also appeared with the
South African club Peninsular of Johannesburg whilst serving in that
country. After returning from the war, Mannion clashed
with Boro in 1948 over the contract system which he said chained players
to their clubs, often for a pittance. Despite Arsenal FC wanting him, he
demanded a move to Oldham Athletic FC, but bosses at the Teesside club put
a record £25,000 price tag on him. So Mannion went on strike. He returned
to the Middlesbrough side six months later. Wilf announced his retirement
from football on 27 June 1954,
having played 341 league matches, scoring 99
times.
In December that year he returned to the game when he signed for Hull City
AFC who paid Middlesbrough, who still held his registration, the then
considerable sum of £4,500. He played sixteen
league matches, scoring once. After some hard-hitting articles that
Mannion wrote in his Sunday newspaper columns,
he was suspended by the Football
League who sought to make an example of him but, undeterred, Mannion took
his talents into non league football with Poole Town FC in the summer of
1955. He later joined Cambridge United FC
(Eastern Counties League) where
his presence doubled attendances and before moving on to serve Kings Lynn
FC and Haverhill Rovers FC.
|
Club honours |
None |
Individual honours |
Football League
(seven appearances) |
Distinctions |
He was awarded the
Freedom of Redcar and Cleveland. The South Bank FC ground in
Normanby Road is now a Community facility aptly named Golden Boy Green.
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of nine who
became the 655th
player (662) to appear for England. |
Position(s) |
Inside
left/right |
First match |
No. 227, 28 September 1946, Ireland 2 England
7, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 28 years
135 days.
   |
Last match |
No. 265, 3 October 1951, England 2 France 2,
a Festival of Britain Celebration match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury,
Islington, London, aged 33 years 140 days. |
Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1950; |
Team honours |
None |
Individual honours |
England war-time (four
appearances), England B (four appearances, 1947-50), Great
Britain (one appearance) |
Distinctions |
Wilf's parents
were Irish, so Wilf could have played for the Ireland national team.
The most capped Englishman at Middlesbrough FC. |
Beyond England |
The Second World War interrupted his
career and he went to serve with the Green Howards 7th Battalion in
Africa, Italy, Palestine, and then evacuated from Dunkirk. He took
employment as a sales representative in Oldham during his strike in 1948.
On his retirement in 1954, Boro held on to his registration, Wilf took
employment as a columnist with a Sunday newspaper and penned a series of
hard hitting articles in which he criticised the England selectors, the
Football Association and club directors, opinions which were totally
unheard of in the game at that time and, in the view of officialdom, gave
more fuel to his rebellious reputation. He later ran the The
Pied Piper pub in Stevenage and worked on an assembly line at
Vauxhall Motors plant at Luton, he returned to the game as player manager
of Lancashire Combination club Earlestown FC on October 15th 1960. He
returned to Teesside a year later who became the a lbourer for ICI. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.167. |
Wilf Mannion - Career Statistics |
Parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Pens |
Capt. |
Disc. |
28+ |
26 |
11 |
26 |
0 |
1 |
2261 |
11 |
206
min |
8 |
1
 |
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. |
Wilf Mannion
- Match Record - All Matches |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
Home |
11 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
31 |
18 |
+13 |
1 |
2 |
2.818 |
1.636 |
63.6 |
+3 |
Away |
13 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
51 |
12 |
+39 |
1 |
5 |
3.923 |
0.923 |
92.3 |
+11 |
Neutral |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
+2 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
All |
26 |
18 |
4 |
4 |
84 |
31 |
+53 |
3 |
8 |
3.231 |
1.192 |
76.9 |
+14 |
Wilf Mannion
- Match Record - By Colour of Shirt |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
White |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Blue |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
All |
26 |
18 |
4 |
4 |
84 |
31 |
+53 |
3 |
8 |
3.231 |
1.192 |
76.9 |
+14 |
Wilf Mannion
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
WCP
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
WCF |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
World Cup |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
British Championship |
9 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
27 |
11 |
+16 |
0 |
3 |
3.00 |
1.222 |
77.8 |
+5 |
Note that the 1949-50
records of the World Cup Preliminaries and British Championships are
duplicated, and one set is therefore deducted from the grand total. |
Friendly |
15 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
55 |
19 |
+36 |
2 |
4 |
3.667 |
1.267 |
80.0 |
+9 |
All |
26 |
18 |
4 |
4 |
84 |
31 |
+53 |
3 |
8 |
3.231 |
1.192 |
76.9 |
+14 |
Wilf Mannion
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
World Cup Preliminary Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
WCP/BC 1949-50 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
WCP
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
World Cup Final Tournaments |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
WCF 1950 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
WCF
All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
World Cup |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
WC/BC 1949-50 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
WC
All |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1946-47 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
3.667 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
BC 1947-48 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.50 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
BC/WCP 1949-50 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC 1950-51 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
10 |
6 |
+4 |
0 |
0 |
3.333 |
2.00 |
66.7 |
+1 |
BC
All |
9 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
27 |
11 |
+16 |
0 |
3 |
3.00 |
1.222 |
77.8 |
+5 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
WC |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
BC |
9 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
27 |
11 |
+16 |
0 |
3 |
3.00 |
1.222 |
77.8 |
+5 |
Note that the 1949-50
records of the World Cup Preliminaries and British Championships are
duplicated, and one set is therefore deducted from the grand total. |
All |
11 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
29 |
12 |
+17 |
1 |
4 |
2.636 |
1.091 |
77.3 |
+5 |
Match History
Club:
Middlesbrough F.C. - 26 full appearances (2261 min),
11 goals |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - 26 full appearances (2261 min),
11 goalsx
|
Age 28 |
1 |
227 |
28 September 1946 - Ireland 2 England 7,
Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
Start
 
7,28,61 |
10 |
2 |
228 |
30 September 1946
- Ireland 0 England 1, Dalymount Park, Dublin |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
10 |
3 |
229 |
13 November 1946 - England 3 Wales 0,
Maine
Road, Manchester |
BC |
HW |
Start
 8,65 |
10 |
4 |
230 |
27 November 1946 -
England 8
Netherlands 2,
Leeds Road, Huddersfield |
Fr |
HW |
Start
34 |
10 |
5 |
231 |
12 April 1947 - England 1 Scotland 1,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HD |
Start |
10 |
6 |
232 |
3 May 1947 - England 3
France
0,
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury |
Fr |
HW |
Start
64 |
10 |
Age 29 |
7 |
233 |
18 May 1947 - Switzerland
1 England 0,
Hardturm
Stadion, Zürich |
tour |
AL |
Start |
10 |
1 |
b |
21 May 1947 - Switzerland 0 England 0,
Genève |
AD |
Start |
10 |
8 |
234 |
25 May 1947 - Portugal 0
England 10,
Estádio Nacional, Lisboa |
AW |
Start |
10 |
9 |
235 |
21 September 1947 -
Belgium
2 England 5,
Stade
du Heysel, Bruxelles |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
10 |
10 |
236 |
18 October 1947 - Wales 0 England 3,
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
BC |
AW |
Start |
10 |
11 |
237 |
5 November 1947 - England 2 Ireland 2,
Goodison Park, Liverpool |
BC |
HD |
Start
70
84 |
10 |
12 |
238 |
19 November 1947 - England 4 Sweden 2,
Arsenal Stadium,
Highbury |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
10 |
Age 31 |
14 |
247 |
18 May 1949 - Norway 1 England 4,
Ullevål Stadion, Oslo |
tour |
AW |
Start |
10 |
b |
18 May 1949 - Netherlands A 1 England 4,
Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam |
AW |
party member |
15 |
248 |
22 May 1949 - France 1 England 3, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris |
AW |
Start |
10 |
16 |
249 |
21 September 1949 - England 0 Republic of Ireland 2,
Goodison Park, Liverpool |
Fr |
HL |
Start |
10 |
4 |
b |
22 February 1950 - England 1 Netherlands
A 0, St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
8 |
17 |
253 |
15 April 1950 - Scotland 0 England 1,
Hampden Park,
Glasgow |
WCP /BC |
AW |
Start |
8 |
b |
11 May 1950 - Italy 5 England 0,
Stadio San Siro, Milano |
tour |
AL |
party member |
18 |
254 |
14 May 1950 - Portugal 3 England 5,
Estadio Nacional,
Lisboa |
AW |
Start |
10 |
Notes
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