Charlie Handley
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| Charlie Handley | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Harold James Handley | |
| Date of birth | 12 March 1899 | |
| Place of birth | Edmonton, England | |
| Date of death | 1957 | |
| Playing position | Winger | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Edmonton Juniors | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1921–1929 1929–1930 1930 1930–1931 1931–1932 1932 1932 1932–???? |
Tottenham Hotspur Swansea Town Sittingbourne Sheppey United Thames Sittingbourne Norwich City Berne |
121 (26) 19 (4) 29 (3) 0 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Charles Harold James Handley (12 March 1899 - 1957) was an English professional footballer who played most of his career with Tottenham Hotspur as a winger in the 1920s.
[edit] History
Handley was born in Edmonton, North London and, as a youngster, trained with his father in their back garden. After trying out at local team, Edmonton Juniors, Handley went onto play for other minor clubs but finally after enrolling in the Spurs Youth, Handley was called up by the current manager Peter McWilliam. From 1922 - 1928, Charlie "Tich" Handley played for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. He scored a goal almost every time and if he wasn't scoring, he was setting them up. He and Jimmy Dimmock another well known player were Tottenham's best strikers in that decade.
[edit] Birmingham City V.s. Tottenham Hotspur
05.01.1924 Spurs opened the scoring with Tich Handley setting up Andy Thompson, who took on two defenders and hit his shot past the keeper. Bill Harvey crossed for Joe Bradford to bring the scores level and a 20-yarder from Jimmy Cringan gave the Blues the lead.
Both Bradford and Ernie Islip hit the woodwork before Moses Lane put City 3-1 up, but Tottenham narrowed the gap with Jack Elkes scoring against his old club.
Birmingham City : Islip, Bradford, Lane, Cringan. Spurs: - Elkes, Handley, Thompson Crowd : - 25,000
