Vivian Woodward	Tottenham Hotspur FC, Chelsea FC 23 appearances, 28 goals (2 on his debut) P 23 W 18 D 4 L 1 F 86: A 18 87% successful 1903-14 captain: 14 minutes played: 2070
Timeline
	captain Vivian John Woodward
Birth	3 June 1879 at 10 Crown Villa, Kennington, Surrey [registered in Lamberth, September 1879]. He is the seventh of eight children. notes: Lambeth was in the Surrey County Registration until 1889.
Baptism	17 June 1880 at St. Mark's Church in Kennington. Seven of the Woodward children were all Baptism on the same date by H.H. Montgomery.
	According to the 1881 census, Vivian J. is the youngest of six children to John Alexander James and Anne Margaret (née Stephens). Living at 10 Crown Villas in Kennington with one servant. His father is an architect and district surveyor.
	According to the 1891 census, Vivian J. is the youngest of four siblings living together at 'Engelfield', Ellis Road in Great Clacton. Annie is the oldest, followed by Isabella Evangeline and Alaxander.
	According to the 1901 census, Vivian J. is one of four siblings living at 69 Kennington Road. The others being head of the house Alice, also Isabella and Egbert. They are all architects and surveyors.
	According to the 1911 census, Vivian John, still an architect, is living with his sister, Ethel and her husband, William Frederick Davall (m.1902). They live at Moss Rose Villa, on St Osyth Road in Clacton-on-Sea.
	According to the 1921 census, Vivian John, now a farmer, is living with his older sister, Isabella (now aa Sergant, widowed), who is a manager of her dairy farm in The Towers in Weeley, along with her four children and a servant.
	According to the 1939 register, Vivian J. is living at 30 Elm Grove in Camberwell. He is a retailer of farm produce.
Death	31 January 1954 Castlebar Road Nursing Home in Ealing, aged 74 years 269 days [registered in Ealing, March 1954].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Biographies	Vivian Woodward: Football's Gentleman - Norman Jacob (Tempus, 1 August 2005)
Playing Career
Club(s)	Attended and played for Ascham College XI in Clacton. He played with Clacton Town FC, of the North Essex League, and Harwich & Parkeston FC as well as representing Essex FA and Old Clactonians AFC. Woodward also featured for Chelmsford FC and at the same time, from 1901, played with and made his name for, Tottenham Hotspur FC, he retired from the game on 31 July 1909. However Woodward signed amateur forms with Chelsea FC on 22 November 1909 and remained until the outbreak of war. Also captained the Footballers Battallion during war games. He retired during the hostilities, probably due to his wounding in January 1916.
Club honours	World Championship runners-up 1901-02; Southern League runners-up 1901-02, 1903-04; The Sheriff of London's Charity Shield winners 1902; Football League Division Two runners-up 1911-12; FA Cup runners-up 1914-15;
Individual honours	Football League (three appearances)
Distinctions	Assisted Essex CCC Second XI in 1902-03; Scored Tottenham Hotspur FC's first ever League goal, against Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, 1 September 1908; FA Cup Final 1914-15 (Woodward was given permission to play by the army. He arrived at Old Trafford but his team mate Bob Thomson who had been injured had recovered and Vivian who was renowned for his sportsmanship refused to take his place as he not played in any of the rounds and felt his team mate who had, deserved the place).
Height/Weight	5' 10½", 11st. 0lbs [1903 & 1914].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of seven who became the 278th player (283) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Centre-forward, inside-right/left
First match	No. 77, 14 February 1903, England 4 Ireland 0, a British Championship match at Molineux, Waterloo Road North, St. Peter's, Wolverhampton, aged 23 years 256 days.
Last match	No. 109, 13 March 1911, England 3 Wales 0, a British Championship match at The Den, Cold Blow Lane, New Cross, London, aged 31 years 271 days. captain
Major tournaments	British Championship 1902-03, 1903-04, 1904-05, 1906-07, 1907-08, 1908-09, 1909-100, 1910-11;
Team honours	British Championship shared 1902-03, 1907-08, winners 1903-04, 1904-05, 1908-09, 1910-11;
Individual honours	England Amateur (44 appearances), England's Top Goalscorer (four 1903, two 1905, ten 1909 (capt), two 1911 (capt)), FA Tour of South Africa 1910 (including the three tests); Olympic Gold Medal 1908, 1912;
Distinctions	Top Scorer for England until 1958 (when Tom Finney scored his 29th), but fourteen of his goals were against weak emergent amateur teams, namely Hungary and Austria. He scored just once against Scotland.
Beyond England
An architect by trade. He was Director of Tottenham Hotspur FC 1908 until 31 July 1909. Accepted his commission to join the 17th Middlesex Regiment (The Footballers' Battalion) on 29 December 1914. Became captain on 19 October 1915. captain Woodward was wounded in France in January 1916, a fragment of a rifle grenade hit him behind the right knee. Chelsea FC Director July 1922 until 1930. He was then part of the Royal Artillery during the Second World War, serving as an Air Warden. In his later life, he was a farmer at Weeley Heath and a diary seller in Frinton-on-Sea. In fact, he was fined  £1 15s. for selling preserved cream without adequate labelling, on 19 October 1925. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.276.

Vivian Woodward - Match History
F.A. International Select Committee - 23 full appearances, 14 captainx
Club: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - 21 full appearances
Age 23
1	77	14 February 1903 - England 4 Ireland 0, Molineux, Wolverhampton	BC	HW	Start 19,52	cf
2	78	2 March 1903 - England 2 Wales 1, Fratton Park, Portsmouth		HW	Start 78	cf
3	79	4 April 1903 - England 1 Scotland 2, Bramall Lane, Sheffield		HL	Start 10	cf
Age 24
4	81	12 March 1904 - Ireland 1 England 3, Cliftonville Gardens, Belfast	BC	AW	Start	cf
5	82	9 April 1904 - Scotland 0 England 1, Celtic Park, Glasgow		AW	Start	cf
Age 25
6	83	25 February 1905 - England 1 Ireland 1, Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough	BC	HD	Start	cf
7	84	27 March 1905 - England 3 Wales 1, Anfield Road, Liverpool		HW	Start 55,88	cf
8	85	1 April 1905 - England 1 Scotland 0, Sports Arena, Crystal Palace		HW	Start	cf
Age 26
-	86	17 February 1906 - Ireland 0 England 5, Solitude Ground, Belfast	BC	AW	withdrawn
Age 27
-	90	18 March 1907 - England 1 Wales 1, Craven Cottage, Fulham	BC	HD	reserve
9	91	1 April 1907 - England 1 Scotland 1, St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne		HD	Start	cf
Age 28
10	92	15 February 1908 - Ireland 1 England 3, Solitude Ground, Belfast	BC	AW	captain 80	ir
11	93	16 March 1908 - Wales 1 England 7, Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff		AW	captain 18,80,85	ir
12	94	4 April 1908 - Scotland 1 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow		AD	captain	ir
Age 29
13	95	6 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 6, Cricketer Platz, Wien	tour	AW	captain 40	ir
14	96	8 June 1908 - Austria 1 England 11, Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien		AW	captain 4,41,55,84	ir
15	97	10 June 1908 - Hungary 0 England 7, Millenáris Sportpálya, Buda-Pesth		AW	captain 13	ir
16	98	13 June 1908 - Bohemia 0 England 4, Stadión Letná, Praha		AW	captain	ir
17	99	13 February 1909 - England 4 Ireland 0, Horton Park Avenue, Bradford	BC	HW	captain 60,80	ir
18	100	15 March 1909 - England 2 Wales 0, City Ground, Nottingham		HW	captain	ir
-	101	3 April 1909 - England 2 Scotland 0, Sports Arena, Crystal Palace		HW	withdrawn captain
19	102	29 May 1909 - Hungary 2 England 4, Millenáris Sportpálya, Buda-Pesth	tour	AW	captain	ir
				Weinber OG often creditted as Woodward's second
20	103	31 May 1909 - Hungary 2 England 8, Millenáris Sportpálya, Buda-Pesth		AW	captain	ir
21	104	1 June 1909 - Austria 1 England 8, Hohe Warte Stadion, Wien		AW	captain	ir
Age 30
Club: Chelsea F.C. - 2 full appearances
22	105	12 February 1910 - Ireland 1 England 1, Solitude Ground, Belfast	BC	AD	captain	ir
Age 31
FA Tour of South Africa		29 June 1910 - South Africa 0 England 3, Durban	tour	AW	captain	ir
		23 July 1910 - South Africa 2 England 6, Wanderers Ground, Johannesburg		AW	captain 35,70	cf
		30 July 1910 - South Africa 3 England 6, Cape Town		AW	captain 46,60	cf
23	109	13 March 1911 - England 3 Wales 0, The Den, New Cross	BC	HW	captain 64,82	il
Age 34
-	119	4 April 1914 - Scotland 3 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow	BC	AL	reserve

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