Fred Spiksley
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frederick Spiksley | ||
Date of birth | 25 January 1870 | ||
Place of birth | Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England | ||
Date of death | 28 July 1948 78) | (aged||
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 | (5) |
Teams managed | |||
1911 | AIK Stockholm | ||
1911 | Sweden | ||
1913 | TSV 1860 München | ||
1913–1914 | 1. FC Nuremberg | ||
192x | Reforma AC | ||
192x | Real Club España | ||
1927 | 1. FC Nuremberg | ||
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 and in 1907 became the only professional footballer to play for the Corinthians. 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 interned at Ruhleben, a civilian detention camp in Germany.
He died on Ladies' Day at Goodwood Racecourse in 1948.
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
Sources
- Fred Spiksley: Fred Spiksley's Reminiscences (1907)
- Fred Spiksley: Fred Spiksley's Autobiography (1920)
- Sir Frederick Wall: 50 Years of Football 1895–1934 (2005)
- 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)
- Kieth Farnsworth: The Blades and The Owls (1995)
- Nick Johnson: Images of Sport – Sheffield Wednesday (2003)
- Jason Dickinson and John Brodie: The Wednesday Boys (2005)
- Jason Dickinson: One Hundred Years at Hillsborough (1999)
- Ian Bevan: To the palace for the Cup (1999)
- The Book of Football (1906)
- IFFHS: Sweden (1908–1940)
- Earnest Needham: Association Football (1901)
- John Goodall: Association Football (1898)
- Ambrose Langley: Tales of Ambrose Langley (1925)
External links
Biographies
Sheffield Wednesday
England
- Spiksley at www.englandfc.com
- England games during Spiksley era
- English League V Scottish League stats
- England stats
Leeds City
Ruhleben
- 1914 Ruhleben Cup Final
- Spiksley mentioned at Ruhleben in Wolstenholme bio
- Picture of Spiksley and his son as POW's. Fred Sr. is seated on the right and Fred Jr. is sat in front of him
Coach