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Billy
Marsden |
Sheffield
Wednesday FC
3 caps, 0 goals
P 3 W 2 D
1 L 0 F 14: A 5
83% successful
1929-30
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 225 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
William Marsden |
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Born |
10 November 1901
at 8 Stewart Street, Silksworth, Sunderland, county Durham [registered in
Sunderland, December 1901]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1901
census, Susannah (née Fogg) is pregnant with a child, soon to
become William. His father is Joseph, a coal mine hewer. John, Jane and
Ethel are his older siblings, and they live at 8 Stewart Street in
Silksworth area of Sunderland. They have one servant. |
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According to the 1911
census, nine-year old William has joined the family along with Vera. they
now live at 29 Lord Street in Silksworth. His father remains a coal miner. |
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Married |
to Annie
Creighton
[registered in Sunderland, June 1926]. One daughter, Norma |
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Died |
19
September 1983 in Sheffield, aged
81 years 313 days
[registered in Sheffield, September 1983]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9", 11st.
3lbs [1930]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & Ancestry.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Played for
Silksworth Colliery FC before signing for Sunderland AFC in October
1920. The Wednesday FC brought him to Sheffield in May 1924. He retired
through a spinal injury received in his final England appearance in 1930.
Although he turned out for five Sheffield Wednesday reserve matches the
following season, he never played first-class football again. He
played 205 league matches, scoring nine times. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Divsion Two winners 1925-26; Football League
Champions 1928-29, 1929-30; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (one appearance) |
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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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Management Career |
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Club(s) |
Had a
short spell as coach of Gateshead FC from the 1934 close season. He went
to Netherlands as a club coach until the war, including HBS Craeyenhout
FC, Be Quick 1887 FC and Hermes-DVS, also assisting the coaching at
Netherlands FA. Became the manager at Doncaster Rovers FC from April 1944
until January 1946. Also had a spell as manager of Worksop Town FC from
May 1953. |
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Club honours |
None |
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England Career |
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Player number |
548th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-back |
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First match |
No. 169, 20 November
1929,
England 6
Wales
0, a British Championship match
at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London, aged 28 years
10 days. |
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Last match |
No. 171, 10 May 1930,
Germany
3 England 3,
an end of season tour match at Grunewald
Stadion, Berlin,
withdrawn injured (ht), aged 28 years 181 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1929-30; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1929-30; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
The spinal injury
Marsden received followed a first-half collision with his own player, Roy
Goodall. The FA dutifully paid compensation. £750 to Marsden, £2000 to his
club.... |
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Beyond England |
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No additional information to
what is staed above. He later became a
publican in Sheffield, including at The Robin Hood Inn in Millhouses, The
White Lion and the Crosspool Tavern. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.167/8. |
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Billy Marsden - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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4 |
3 |
2 |
270 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
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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Billy Marsden
- Match Record - All Matches - 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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Home
-
British Championship |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Away
- Friendly |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
5 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
4.667 |
1.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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Billy Marsden
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championship |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC 1929-30 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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All
Tournaments |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
+9 |
0 |
1 |
5.50 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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Billy Marsden
- Match History |
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Club: Sheffield
Wednesday F.C. - 3 full caps |
Coach: F.A. Select
Committee - 3
full capsx
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Age 28 |
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1 |
169 |
20 November 1929 -
England 6
Wales
0, Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, London |
BC |
HW |
Start |
lf |
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2 |
170 |
5 April 1930 -
England 5 Scotland
2, Empire Stadium, Wembley, London |
BC |
HW |
Start |
lf |
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3 |
171 |
10 May 1930 -
Germany
3 England 3, Grunewald
Stadion, Berlin |
Tour |
AD |
Start off inj. ht |
lf |
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- |
172 |
14 May 1930 -
Austria
0 England 0, Hohe
Warte Stadion, Wien |
AD |
injured squad member |
Notes
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