Description:Chapters: Wilf Grant, John Trewick, Daniel Gooch, Dave Walton, Billy Hardy, James E. Mcconnell, Dickie Stobbart, Billy Mcglen, Joe Richardson, Brian O'neil. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only.* Appearances (Goals) Wilfred Grant (3 August 1920 17 July 1990) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Southampton, Cardiff City and Ipswich Town. Grant was born in Bedlington and as a youth played for Morpeth Town before joining Newcastle United as a trainee in 1937. His career was interrupted by the Second World War when he joined the Royal Air Force. Towards the end of the war he signed professional papers with Manchester City, but continued with the RAF. Whilst stationed at Wareham he guested for Southampton; as he had a brother working for Southern Railway at Eastleigh he was keen to remain in Hampshire and after the cessation of hostilities Southampton bought him out of his Manchester City contract for 1,000. He made his debut for the "Saints" in a Second Division game away to West Bromwich Albion on 5 October 1946 on the left wing, where he soon became settled, scoring a brace in a 51 victory over Plymouth Argyle on 26 October. Manager Bill Dodgin preferred him on the right, however, (where he replaced Billy Bevis), teaming up with the ageing Bill Rochford. This role was not to Grant's liking and his form slumped. Although he was transfer-listed in August 1948, he remained with Southampton for the next two seasons, used occasionally as replacement for Eric Day. In 1948-49 he seemed settled back on the left before he lost his place to Bill Heaton. After a rather frustrating time, he joined Cardiff City in March 1950 with Ernie Stevenson coming to the s...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=15038386We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Bedlington: Wilf Grant, John Trewick, Daniel Gooch, Dave Walton, Billy Hardy, James E. McConnell, Dickie Stobbart, Billy McGlen. To get started finding People from Bedlington: Wilf Grant, John Trewick, Daniel Gooch, Dave Walton, Billy Hardy, James E. McConnell, Dickie Stobbart, Billy McGlen, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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38
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2010
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1156958415
People from Bedlington: Wilf Grant, John Trewick, Daniel Gooch, Dave Walton, Billy Hardy, James E. McConnell, Dickie Stobbart, Billy McGlen
Description: Chapters: Wilf Grant, John Trewick, Daniel Gooch, Dave Walton, Billy Hardy, James E. Mcconnell, Dickie Stobbart, Billy Mcglen, Joe Richardson, Brian O'neil. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 37. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only.* Appearances (Goals) Wilfred Grant (3 August 1920 17 July 1990) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward for Southampton, Cardiff City and Ipswich Town. Grant was born in Bedlington and as a youth played for Morpeth Town before joining Newcastle United as a trainee in 1937. His career was interrupted by the Second World War when he joined the Royal Air Force. Towards the end of the war he signed professional papers with Manchester City, but continued with the RAF. Whilst stationed at Wareham he guested for Southampton; as he had a brother working for Southern Railway at Eastleigh he was keen to remain in Hampshire and after the cessation of hostilities Southampton bought him out of his Manchester City contract for 1,000. He made his debut for the "Saints" in a Second Division game away to West Bromwich Albion on 5 October 1946 on the left wing, where he soon became settled, scoring a brace in a 51 victory over Plymouth Argyle on 26 October. Manager Bill Dodgin preferred him on the right, however, (where he replaced Billy Bevis), teaming up with the ageing Bill Rochford. This role was not to Grant's liking and his form slumped. Although he was transfer-listed in August 1948, he remained with Southampton for the next two seasons, used occasionally as replacement for Eric Day. In 1948-49 he seemed settled back on the left before he lost his place to Bill Heaton. After a rather frustrating time, he joined Cardiff City in March 1950 with Ernie Stevenson coming to the s...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=15038386We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Bedlington: Wilf Grant, John Trewick, Daniel Gooch, Dave Walton, Billy Hardy, James E. McConnell, Dickie Stobbart, Billy McGlen. To get started finding People from Bedlington: Wilf Grant, John Trewick, Daniel Gooch, Dave Walton, Billy Hardy, James E. McConnell, Dickie Stobbart, Billy McGlen, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.