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Fred Spiksley

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Personal information
Full name
Frederick Spiksley
Date of birth
(1870-01-25)25 January 1870
Place of birth
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
Date of death
28 July 1948(1948-07-28) (aged 78)
Place of death
Goodwood Racecourse, England
Playing position
Outside Left
Youth career
1883-c.1886
Holy Trinity School, Gainsborough
c. 1884
Eclipse
1887
Gainsborough Jubilee Swifts
Senior career*
Years
Team

Apps

(Gls)
1886
Gainsborough Working Men's Club

2

(0)
1886
Gainsborough Wednesday

6

(?)
1887–1891
Gainsborough Trinity

126

(131)
1891–1903
Sheffield Wednesday

293

(100)
1904
Glossop North End

3

(1)
1905
Leeds City

7

(0)
1905–1906
Southern United

?

(?)
1906
Watford

11

(5)
National team
1893–1898
England

7

(7)
Teams managed
1910
IFK Norrköping
1911
AIK Stockholm
1911
Sweden
1913
TSV 1860 Munich
1913–1914
1. FC Nürnberg
192x
Reforma AC
192x
Real Club España
1927
1. FC Nürnberg
1928
Lausanne Sports

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Fred Spiksley (25 January 1870 – 28 July 1948) was an English footballer and coach, who played as a forward for Sheffield Wednesday and England. He also played for Gainsborough Trinity, Glossop North End, Leeds City, Watford. After retiring as a player in 1906 he worked as a coach and won national league titles in Sweden, Mexico and Germany. During the First World War he was arrested but escaped from a German Police prison.


He died on Ladies' Day at Goodwood Racecourse in 1948.




Contents






  • 1 Sheffield Wednesday


  • 2 References


  • 3 Sources


  • 4 External links





Sheffield Wednesday


In January 1891 he almost signed for Accrington F.C. but asked for time to consider their offer before signing. However while travelling to Accrington he stopped in Sheffield and was persuaded by two directors, John Holmes and Fred Thompson, to sign for Sheffield Wednesday F.C.. He subsequently spent the next eleven seasons at Wednesday scoring 100 goals in 293 league appearances. He also scored a further 14 goals in 28 FA Cup appearances, starting with a brace in a memorable 4–1 victory over League side Bolton Wanderers in 1892.[1]



References





  1. ^ Giant Killers 1892




Sources




  • Mark Metcalf, Clive Nicholson, Ralph Nicholson: Flying Over An Olive Grove; The Remarkable Story Of Fred Spiksley, A Flawed Football Hero (2016)


  • Fred Spiksley: Fred Spiksley's Reminiscences (1907)


  • Fred Spiksley: Fred Spiksley's Autobiography (1920)


  • Sir Frederick Wall: 50 Years of Football 1895–1934 (2005)[1]


  • Richard Sparling: The Romance of the Wednesday (1926)


  • Kieth Farnsworth: Wednesday! (1982)


  • Percy Young: Football in Sheffield (1964)


  • Kieth Farnsworth: Sheffield Wednesday – A Complete Record (1987)


  • Kieth Farnsworth: Sheffield Football – A History Volume one 1857–1961 (1995)


  • Earnest Needham: Association Football (1901)


  • John Goodall: Association Football (1898)


  • Ambrose Langley: Tales of Ambrose Langley (1925)



External links



  • Profile on englandfootballonline

  • Spiksley at www.spiksley.com


Coach



  • Fred Spiksley on YouTube











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