| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sidney Ernest Rowland Castle | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1892 | ||
| Place of birth | Basingstoke, England | ||
| Date of death | 27 January 1978 | ||
| Place of death | Basingstoke, England | ||
| Playing position | Outside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| ?–? | Basingstoke Town | ? | (?) |
| ?–? | Thornycroft Athletic | ? | (?) |
| ?–? | Guildford United | ? | (?) |
| 1919–1920 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | (0) |
| 1921–1922 | Charlton Athletic | 66 | (10) |
| 1923–1924 | Chelsea | 32 | (2) |
| ?–? | Guildford United | ? | (?) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1927–1928 | Ajax | ||
| 1928–1930 | ZAC | ||
| 1930–? | PEC | ||
| 1932 | Heerenveen | ||
| 1933–1935 | Meppeler Sport Club | ||
| 1936–1938 | Heerenveen | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Sidney Ernest Rowland 'Sid' Castle (born 12 March 1892 in Basingstoke–died 27 January 1978) was an English professional footballer who played for Basingstoke Town, Thornycroft Athletic, Guildford United, Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea.[1]
After playing for Basingstoke Town, Thorneycrofts and Guildford United, the outside right joined Tottenham Hotspur. Between 1919–20 Castle made five appearances for the Spurs.[2] He signed for Charlton Athletic in 1921 and went on to play in 66 matches and scoring 10 goals. In 1923, Castle signed for Chelsea where he featured in a further 32 games and finding the net twice. He re-joined Guldford United where he ended his playing career.
He coached in the Netherlands at Ajax between early 1927 and September 1928 [3] and two teams from Zwolle [4] before coaching Heerenveen in two spells and Meppel.[5][6]
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