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Jackie
Sewell |
Notts County FC, Sheffield
Wednesday FC
6 appearances, 3 goals
P 6 W 3 D
1 L 2 F 13: A 17
58% successful
1951-54
captain: none
minutes played: 540 |
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Timeline |
| |
John Sewell |
|
Birth |
24 January 1927 in Kells, Whitehaven,
Cumbria [registered in
Whitehaven, March 1927]. |
|
|
According to Passenger Lists, John Sewell was one of numerous
professional footballers (The FA Tourists of Canada) returning to the Port
of Liverpool on 30 June 1950 from Montréal, Québec. He is aboard the
Empress of Canada. His address is stated as 20 South Row in Whitehaven. |
|
Marriage |
to Barbara
Bentley
[registered in Nottingham, December 1957]. One son, Paul J.
(b. 1958). They lived at 113 The Downs in Nottingham in the last 35 years
of his life. |
|
Death |
26 September
2016, in Nottingham, aged 89 years 246 days. |
|
Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
|
Biographies |
Jackie Sewell -
Keith Dixon (September 2010) |
| |
x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Played his
junior football with Whitehaven Schools and onto his local side, Kells
Miners' Welfare FC under-18's. Sewell was playing for Whitehaven Town FC
when war broke out, during which he guested for Workington FC and Carlisle
United FC. It was also through the war that he signed amateur forms with
Notts County FC, in 1942, turning professional in October 1944. Despite
intense interest from Aston Villa FC, he transferred from County to Sheffield Wednesday FC on transfer deadline day, 15 March 1951, for
£34,500, which made him the world's costliest footballer. The transfer
came about after the Wednesday secretary-manager, Eric Taylor, failed to
obtain the signautre of Wolves'
Jesse Pye
earlier in the day. Villa did get their man, in December 1955, for
£18,000. Hull City FC signed Sewell in October 1959 for a £5000 transfer
fee. In September 1961, Lusaka City FC in Zambia took Sewell as their
player-coach, and he even became the national team coach of Zambia, until
he returned to England in May 1973. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Three (South) winners 1949-50; Division Two winners 1951-52, 1955-56,
1959-60; FA Cup winners 1956-57; FA Charity Shield runners-up 1957; |
|
Individual honours |
Football
League (five appearances) |
|
Distinctions |
None |
|
Height/Weight |
5'
8", 11st.
4lbs [1957]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
|
Player number |
One of three who became the 710th
players (711)
to appear for England. |
|
Position(s) |
Inside-right/left |
|
First match |
No. 267, 14
November 1951,
England 2
Ireland
0, a British
Championship match at Villa Park, Trinity Road, Aston, Birmingham, aged
24 years
294 days. |
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Last match |
No. 287, 23 May 1954,
Hungary 7 England 1, an end-of-season tour match at
Népstadion, Budapest, aged 27 years
119 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1954 (provisional);
British Championship 1951-52, 1952-53; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared 1951-52, 1952-53; |
|
Individual honours |
Zambia (ten
appearances, 1964-65) |
|
Distinctions |
The fifth
Cumbrian to represent England. |
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Beyond England |
No further information. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.219.
Sewell did spend the
1960's and early 1970's in Zambia, turning out and coaching the national
side. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
unused |
minutes |
 |
goals ave.min |
 |
captain |
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6 |
6 |
2 |
two |
540 |
3 |
180
min |
two |
none |
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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
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
14 |
17 |
-3 |
0 |
2 |
2.333 |
2.833 |
58.3 |
+1 |
Venue Record
|
Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
-1 |
0 |
1 |
2.50 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
Away |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
11 |
-2 |
0 |
1 |
2.25 |
2.75 |
62.5 |
+1 |
Shirt Record
|
Colour |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
White |
5 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
15 |
-4 |
0 |
2 |
2.20 |
3.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
Red |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Competition Record
|
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
| Friendly |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
15 |
-5 |
0 |
1 |
2.50 |
3.75 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Tournament Record
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1951-52 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
BC 1952-53 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
|
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
75.0 |
+1 |
Match History
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Club:
Notts County F.C. -
no full appearances |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - six full appearances (540 min) 3ᵍx
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apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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May 1st 1954 was the date set by FIFA for
a list of forty names to be submitted, from which the final 22 could be
selected for each country's World Cup party. England's list appeared on April 22
1954, nine days ahead of the deadline. Then five of these players, including Jackie
Sewell, were still with the party when it was first reduced to 27 names on
May 31. Three days later, when a party of seventeen was announced, it
excluded Jackie Sewell. |
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