Peter Spooner

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Peter Spooner
Personal information
Full name Peter Goodwill Spooner
Date of birth August 30, 1910
Place of birth    Hepscott, England
Date of death    1987
Playing position Outside left
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*

1928-1929
1929-1930
1930-1931
1931-1933
1933-1935
1935-1939
1939		 Newbiggin United
Ashington
Newcastle United (trial)
Bradford Park Avenue
York City
Sheffield United
York City
Gateshead		 00? 0(?)
000 0(0)
000 0(0)
005 0(1)
057 (13)
017 0(2)
132 (29)
003 0(2)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Peter Goodwill Spooner (born August 30, 1910 in Hepscott, England - died 1987) was an English footballer.

[edit] Career

Spooner played for Newbiggin United before joining Ashington in 1928.[1] He had trials with Newcastle United in 1929.[2][1] He joined Bradford Park Avenue in 1930, making five appearances and scoring one goal in the league, before joining York City in the summer of 1931.[1][2] He impressed at the club and joined Sheffield United for a fee of £500 in May 1993 after making 57 appearances and scoring 13 goals in the league.[2][1] After making 17 appearances and scoring two goals in the league for the club,[1] he returned to York in 1935.[2] In the FA Cup in the 1937–38 season, he scored against Coventry City in the third round and the winner against Middlesbrough in the fifth round.[2] He left the club in May 1939, after making 132 appearances and scoring 29 goals in the league, and joined Gateshead, for whom he made three appearances and scored two goals in the league.[2][1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 - 1939. Tony Brown, p247. ISBN 1899468676. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f Batters, Dave (1990). "York City Stars", York City: A Complete Record 1922-1990. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited, p202. ISBN 0907969690.