Bert Gosnell

Bert Gosnell
Personal information
Full name Albert Arthur Gosnell
Date of birth 10 February 1880(1880-02-10)
Place of birth Colchester, England
Date of death 6 January 1972(1972-01-06) (aged 91)
Place of death Norwich, England
Playing position Outside left
Youth career
The Albion (Colchester)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
Colchester Town
New Brompton
Chatham
1904–1910 Newcastle United 106 (15)
1910 Tottenham Hotspur 5 (0)
Darlington
1912–1913 Port Vale 23 (1)
Total 134+ (16+)
National team
1906 England 1 (0)
Teams managed
1921–1926 Norwich City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Albert Arthur (Bert) Gosnell (10 February 1880 – 6 January 1972) was an English international footballer who played in two FA Cup finals for Newcastle United in the early 20th century and later managed Norwich City.

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Playing career

Gosnell played for The Albion (Colchester), Colchester Town, New Brompton and Chatham before joining Newcastle United in 1904, the outside left made 106 appearances and scored 15 goals between 1904 and 1910, which includes making appearances in the 1905 FA Cup Final and 1906 FA Cup Final where he collected runner's up medals on both occasions. After leaving St James' Park, Gosnell signed for Tottenham Hotspur where he featured in seven matches in all competitions.[1] After Spurs he went on to play at Darlington.[2]

In the summer of 1912 he signed with Port Vale, who at the time were plying their trade in the Central League. He appeared fairly regularly over the course of the 1912–13 season, though on 9 November 1912, in a match at Liverpool Reserves he was mistakenly sent off for kicking an opponent during the 1–0 defeat. He was a member of the side that took home the Birmingham Senior Cup in 1913, but left the club in the summer of that year.[3]

International career

Gosnell earned an England cap on 17 February 1906, in a 5–0 win over Ireland.[4]

Management career

Gosnell was Norwich City's seventh manager.

Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Norwich City[5] 1921 1926 &10000000000000233000000233 &1000000000000005900000059 &1000000000000007900000079 &1000000000000009500000095 &1000000000000002532000025.32

Honours

Newcastle United
Port Vale

References

  1. ^ A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players Retrieved 17 May 2009
  2. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 103. ISBN 1899468633. 
  3. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 114. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200. 
  4. ^ "England Player Profile". http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=406. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
  5. ^ "So just who was City's top boss?". Eastern Daily Press. Archived from the original on 4 May 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080504204315/http://www.edp24.co.uk/Content/Sport/CanaryCentenary/Managers.asp. Retrieved 13 February 2010. 

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