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Ernest
Needham |
Sheffield United FC
16 appearances, 3 goals
one penalty, two penalties missed
P 16
W 11 D 3 L 2 F
55: A 14
78% successful
1894-1902
captain:
one
minutes played: 1440 |
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Timeline |
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Ernest Needham |
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Birth |
Tuesday, 21 January 1873 in Sheffield Road, Newbold,
Chesterfield, Derbyshire
[registered in
Chesterfield, March 1873]. |
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Baptism |
Sunday, 23 March 1873 in Great Barlow, Derbyshire |
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According to the 1871
census, George and Mary (née Wright) are living at Sheffield Road
in Newbold. They already have four children, Sarah Alice, Emily Florence,
Wright and John. George is a butcher. |
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According to the 1881
census, to George and Mary are now living at Chesterfield Road in
Staveley. George is now a coalminer, and although Sarah and Emily have
moved on, Wright, John and now Ernest and Herbert live with their parents.
What is clear is that this is the Needham family, but their name in
the census is stated as Crook(e)s. |
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According to the 1891
census, the Needham family, that is, parents George and Mary, daughter
Sarah Alice and three sons, John, Ernest and Herbert, all live at
Barnfield Villas in Staveley. His father remains a coalminer, a vocation
Ernest has also taken up. |
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Marriage |
to May
Jones, Tuesday, 31 January 1893 at St John the Baptist Church, Staveley
[registered in Chesterfield, March 1893]. Two daughters,
Minnie and Florence. |
"SERIOUS ILLNESS OF ERNEST NEEDHAM
"Followers of football all
over the country will regret to learn that Ernest Needham, the popular and
well known International half-back, and member of the Sheffield United
team, is lying at his home in Staveley seriously ill with inflammation of
the bowels. He should have gone to Bolton on Saturday with the team to
meet the Wanderers at Pike's Lane, and to journey thence to Scotland.
However, he failed to put in an appearance, and this, in the case of so
reliable a man as Needham, was felt to presage something out of the
common. As a matter of fact a telegram was sent to the club office in
Sheffield, but through an oversight none was sent to Bolton. Two
representatives of the United Committee (Mr Stones and Mr T A Tomlinson)
visited him at Staveley on Sunday, and reported somewhat seriously as to
his condition. Dr Court, who has been called in, states that the illness
arises evidently from severe exposure or chill, and on being reminded of
the blizzard at Birmingham when Needham, with others, became unconscious
through exposure stated that the present seizure was quite likely to arise
from that As a matter of fact Needham has never ceased to speak of his
experience in that match, and has many times expressed his belief that he
had not fully recovered. The doctor, we may add, has enjoined perfect rest
for the present. We are pleased to learn that Needham is improving."
- The Derbyshire Times, Wednesday, 2 January 1895 |
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According to the 1901
census, Ernest is now married to May and they have two children, Minnie
and Florence. They live with his in-laws, the Jones' family, parents
William and Lucy, sons George and Arthur. They all live at 6 Hartington
Cottages in Staveley. Ernest is stated as a professional footballer. |
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According to the 1911
census, Ernest is a professional cricketer, as well as footballer. He and
May still have Minnie and Florence, but also a six year old nephew lives
with them. Frank Jones. They live at Edge Mount on Chesterfield Road in
Staveley. |
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According to the 1921
census, Ernest is a fitters labourer (for the Staveley Coal & Iron
Company). He and
May still have Minnie and Florence, but also a four year old granddaughter lives
with them. Kathleen Dorothy. They live at The Mount (same as Edge Mount?) on Chesterfield Road in Staveley. |
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Death |
Sunday, 8 March 1936
at The Royal Hospital, Chesterfield,
aged
63 years 47 days
[registered in Chesterfield, March 1936].
He was living at Chesterfield Road in Staveley. He left £4,489 10s.
8d. to his widow. |
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Death notes |
"Admitted
into hospital ten days [before his death], suffering from an internal
complaint which developed after an attack of bronchitis and pleurisy." |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Biographies |
Association Football -
Ernest Needham (1901)
Association
Football - Ernest Needham and Michael Robinson
(reprint, Soccer Books, 4 November 2003) |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his
career playing with Waverley FC, and then joined neighbours Staveley
Wanderers FC in 1889. In the 1890-91 season, Needham was playing with
Staveley Town FC, joining Sheffield United FC in April 1891, where he
remained until his retirement in 1909. |
League History
464 appearances,
52 goals |
Sheffield United FC 1892-1910 225 appearances,
three goals.
debut: 3 September 1892 Sheffield United FC 4 Lincoln City
AFC 2.
last: 22 January 1910 Bolton Wanderers FC 1 Sheffield United FC 0. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division Two runners-up 1892-93 (20 apps, 5gls);
Football League Division One
runners-up 1896-97 (29, 6gls), 1899-1900 (25), Champions 1897-98
(29, 8gls), fourth place 1902-03 (26, 1gl), 1906-07 (33, 4gls).
FA Cup winners 1898-99
(9, 3gls), 1901-02 (8, 1gl), runners-up 1900-01 (7); |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (ten appearances); Sheffield FA; |
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Distinctions |
Had a brother and
nephew, George Wright Needham, who were also professionals.
Also played
cricket for Derbyshire between 1901 and 1912
(scored two centuries in a match vs. Essex, 1908). |
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Height/Weight |
5'
5¾", 11st.
5lbs [1899],
5'
5½", 10st.
8lbs [1901]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & ENFA. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
217th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Left-half |
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First match |
No. 52,
7 April 1894, Scotland 2 England 2, a British Championship at Celtic Park,
Kerrydale Street, Parkhead, Glasgow, aged 21 years
76 days. |
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Last match |
No. 74, 3 March 1902, Wales 0 England 0,
a British Championship match
at
The
Racecourse, Mold Road, Wrexham, aged
29 years 41 days.
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Major tournaments |
British Championship
1893-94, 1894-95, 1896-97, 1897-98, 1898-99, 1899-1900, 1900-01, 1901-02; |
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Team honours |
British
Championship winners 1894-95, 1897-98, 1898-99,
1900-01; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
most appearanced Englishman at Sheffield United FC. |
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Beyond England |
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Later a steel worker. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.184. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
minutes |
 | goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
penalties |
captain |
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17 |
16 |
16 |
1440 |
3 |
480
min |
3 |
1
2 |
one |
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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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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
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16 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
55 |
14 |
+41 |
1 |
9 |
3.438 |
0.875 |
78.1 |
+9 |
Match Record
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Venue &
Competition |
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 |
10 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
11 |
7 |
+4 |
0 |
6 |
1.10 |
0.70 |
85.0 |
+7 |
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Away |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
44 |
7 |
+37 |
1 |
3 |
7.333 |
1.167 |
66.7 |
+2 |
Tournament Record
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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 1893-94 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC 1894-95 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1895-96 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
00.0 |
=0 |
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BC 1896-97 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
+9 |
0 |
2 |
2.667 |
0.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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BC 1897-98 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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BC 1898-99 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
3 |
+16 |
0 |
1 |
6.333 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
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BC 1899-1900 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
1.50 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC 1900-01 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
+9 |
0 |
2 |
2.667 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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BC 1901-02 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
1 |
1 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
16 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
55 |
14 |
+41 |
1 |
9 |
3.438 |
0.875 |
78.1 |
+9 |
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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 |
16 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
55 |
14 |
+41 |
1 |
9 |
3.438 |
0.875 |
78.1 |
+9 |
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16 |
11 |
3 |
2 |
55 |
14 |
+41 |
1 |
9 |
3.438 |
0.875 |
78.1 |
+9 |
Match History
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Club: Sheffield
United F.C. - sixteen
full appearances (1440 min), 3 goals |
F.A. International
Select Committee - sixteen
full appearance (1440 min)x
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