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Vic
Woodley |
Chelsea FC
19 appearances,
26 goals against
7 clean sheets,
one penalty missed
P 19 W 13 D
1 L 5 F 65: A
26
71% successful
1937-39
captain: none
minutes played: 1710 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Victor Robert Woodley |
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Born |
26 February 1910 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire
[registered in Eton, June 1910]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911
census, one year old victor is the youngest of twelve children, of which
ten of them are at home with George and Thirza, living in Chippenham. His
father, and eldest brother, works with the Great Western Railways. His
next eldest brothers work on the local dairy farm. |
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According to the 1939
register, victor R, a professional footballer and a war reserve for the
Metropolitan Police Force, is married to Betty, and they live at 17 Lammas
Road in Slough. |
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Married |
to
Betty Merrin
[registered in Eton, December 1933]. Two children, Raymond
and Sylvia.
While he was Bath City FC manager, they were living at
Charlotte Street in Bath. |
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Died |
23 October 1978
in Bradford-on-Avon, aged
68 years 239 days
[registered in Trowbridge, October 1978]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11½", 11st.
10lbs [1937]. |
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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) |
Started
his career playing junior football in the Buckinghamshire area, and played with Chippenham FC,
before joining Windsor & Eton FC of the Spartan League as an amateur.
Had trials with Chelsea FC and Aldershot FC, but joined Chelsea in May 1931.
He made one appearance for Tottenham Hotspur FC during the war. He
remained with Chelsea, making 252 league appearances,
until he joined Bath City AFC on 22 December 1945, joined Derby County FC
three months later during their injury crisis, he made another
thirty league appearances and his last game for County was when he was
winning the FA Cup with them. Returned to Bath City AFC in May
1947, as player-manager. He remained until he resigned on 13 December
1949.
In February 1950, Melksham Town FC approached Woodley to sign him
as an amateur. An opportunity Woodley turned down. |
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Club honours |
Spartan
League winners 1929-30; FA Cup winners 1945-46; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (four appearances) |
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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 |
632nd
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
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First match |
No.
208, 17 April 1937,
Scotland
3
England 1, a British Championship match at
Hampden Park,
Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 27 years
50 days. |
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Last match |
No.
226, 24 May 1939,
Romania
0 England 2,
an end-of-season tour match at Stadionul Agenţia Naţională de Educaţie Fizică, Bucureşti, aged
29 years 87 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1936-37, 1937-38, 1938-39; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1937-38, shared 1938-39; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Only the fourth
Buckinghamshire-born player to represent England.
Died twenty days
after Alf Strange. |
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England Disgrace |
"Victor Robert Woodley,
former England and Chelsea goalkeeper, manager of Bath City FC, and living
at Bath, was at Windsor on Thursday [26 August 1948] committed to prison
for 14 days for failing to pay £11 2s. War Damage contributions.
Committal was made failing payment forthwith.
"A tax inspector stated that
the contributions owed by Woodley were in respect of property he formerly
lived in at Slough. They had given him every chance to pay, but he had
refused and there was no alternative but to ask for his committal.
"Vic Woodley was not in court
during the hearing of the case-actually he was in Bath. Mr Arthur
Mortimer, chairman of the Batch City Football Club, being apprised by this
newspaper of what had happened, immediately sought out Woodley and had a
talk with him.
"Soon after their conversation, a
representative of this newspaper interviewed Mr. Mortimer, who said:;
" "It is perfectly true that
Vic is the man involved in this case. Proceedings, it appears, have been
protracted and there has been an amount in dispute relating to War Damage
Contributions which he has persistently refused to acknowledge.
"Woodley still denies that he
is responsible for this amount, which concerns a dispute between a former
owner of the property and himself. The War Damage people have put it on
Woodley, and he was summoned to appear in court. He did not appear to the
summons and now that a committal order has been made there is clearly only
one thing for him to do-he is obviously going to pay. Otherwise he
couldn't be in goal on Saturday.
"Woodley tells me" Mr.
Mortimer went on, "that he is quite adamant in his contention that he is
not responsible for this debt and would prefer to go to prison rather than
pay it. In fact, he would do this but for his obligation to Bath City
football team. He is now going to get in touch immediately with the
Windsor Police with a view to clearing the matter up." " -
Bath Weekly Chronicle & Herald, Saturday, 28 August 1938 |
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Beyond England |
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Formerly an engineer. In February
1950, he became a licensee of The Barge Inn, on Frome Road in
Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, which was where he died. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.275/6. |
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Vic Woodley - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
Comp
Apps |
Mins. |
GA |
GA Av.
min |
Comp GA |
Clean
Sheets |
Cln
Sht Av |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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19 |
19 |
7 |
1710 |
26 |
66 min |
11 |
7 |
37% |
none |
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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Vic Woodley
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
21 |
6 |
+15 |
1 |
3 |
3.50 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+4 |
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Away |
13 |
8 |
1 |
4 |
44 |
20 |
+24 |
0 |
4 |
3.385 |
1.538 |
65.4 |
+4 |
| All |
19 |
13 |
1 |
5 |
65 |
26 |
+39 |
1 |
7 |
3.421 |
1.368 |
71.1 |
+8 |
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Vic Woodley
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
19 |
11 |
+8 |
1 |
1 |
2.714 |
1.571 |
57.1 |
+1 |
| Friendly |
12 |
9 |
1 |
2 |
46 |
15 |
+31 |
0 |
6 |
3.833 |
0.625 |
79.2 |
+7 |
| All |
19 |
13 |
1 |
5 |
65 |
26 |
+39 |
1 |
7 |
3.421 |
1.368 |
71.1 |
+8 |
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Vic Woodley
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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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 |
| BC 1936-37 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC 1937-38 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
+4 |
1 |
0 |
2.333 |
1.00 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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BC 1938-39 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
5 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
3.67 |
1.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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BC All |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
19 |
11 |
+8 |
1 |
1 |
2.714 |
1.571 |
57.1 |
+1 |
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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 |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
19 |
11 |
+8 |
1 |
1 |
2.714 |
1.571 |
57.1 |
+1 |
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All |
7 |
4 |
0 |
3 |
19 |
11 |
+8 |
1 |
1 |
2.714 |
1.571 |
57.1 |
+1 |
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Vic Woodley
- Match History |
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Club: Chelsea F.C. -
19 full appearances |
F.A. International
Select Committee - 19 full capsx
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Age 27 |
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1 |
208 |
17 April 1937 -
Scotland
3
England 1,
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
BC |
AL |
Start |
gk |
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2 |
209 |
14 May 1937 -
Norway
0 England 6,
Ullevål Stadion, Oslo |
tour |
AW |
Start |
1 |
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3 |
210 |
17 May 1937 -
Sweden
0 England 4,
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna |
AW |
Start |
1 |
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4 |
211 |
20 May 1937 -
Finland
0 England 8,
Töölön pallokenttä, Helsinki |
AW |
Start |
1 |
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5 |
212 |
23 October 1937 -
Ireland
1 England
5,
Windsor Park, Belfast |
BC |
AW |
Start |
1 |
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6 |
213 |
17 November 1937 -
England 2
Wales
1,
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough |
HW |
Start |
1 |
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7 |
214 |
1 December 1937 -
England 5
Czechoslovakia
4,
White
Hart Lane, Tottenham |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
1 |
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Age 28 |
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8 |
215 |
9 April 1938 -
England 0
Scotland
1,
Empire Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HL |
Start |
gk |
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9 |
216 |
14 May 1938 -
Germany
3
England 6,
Olympiastadion, Berlin |
tour |
AW |
Start |
gk |
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10 |
217 |
21 May 1938 -
Switzerland
2 England 1,
Hardturm Stadion, Zürich |
AL |
Start
 73 |
gk |
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11 |
218 |
26 May 1938 -
France
2 England 4,
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris |
AW |
Start |
gk |
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12 |
219 |
22 October 1938 -
Wales
4 England 2,
Ninian Park, Cardiff |
BC |
AL |
Start |
1 |
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13 |
220 |
26 October 1938 -
England 3
Rest
of Europe 0,
Arsenal
Stadium, Highbury |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
1 |
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14 |
221 |
9 November 1938 -
England 4
Norway
0,
St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
1 |
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15 |
222 |
16 November 1938 -
England 7 Ireland 0,
Old Trafford, Manchester |
BC |
HW |
Start |
1 |
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Age 29 |
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16 |
223 |
15 April 1939 -
Scotland
1
England 2,
Hampden Park,
Glasgow |
BC |
AW |
Start |
1 |
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17 |
224 |
13 May 1939 -
Italy 2
England 2,
Stadio Civico San Siro, Milano |
tour |
AD |
Start |
1 |
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18 |
225 |
18 May 1939 -
Yugoslavia
2 England 1,
Stadion Beogradski
SK, Beograd |
AL |
Start |
1 |
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19 |
226 |
24 May 1939 -
Romania
0 England 2,
Stadionul
ANEF, Bucureşti |
AW |
Start |
1 |
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