Dickie Girling
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Howard Milton Girling[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1942–1947 | Crystal Palace | 27 | (6) |
| → Brentford (guest) | |||
| 1947–1951 | Brentford | 86 | (9) |
| 1951 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | ||
| 1951–1958 | Hastings United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Howard Milton "Dickie" Girling was an English professional football winger who played in the Football League for Brentford, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.[1]
Club career
Crystal Palace
A winger, Girling signed for Crystal Palace in 1942, during the Second World War.[2] After hostilities ceased in 1945, he made 27 Division Three South appearances and scored six goals before departing in February 1947.[1][2][3]
Brentford
Girling moved up the pyramid to rejoin Division One strugglers Brentford in February 1947, having earlier guested for the Bees during the Second World War.[1] He made 15 appearances in what remained of the 1946/47 season and was unable to help the club from relegation to Division Two.[4] He established himself in the team in the 1947/48 season, making 35 appearances.[4] His appearance-count reduced over the next two seasons, so much so that he spent the entire 1950/51 season in the reserves, before leaving Griffin Park.[1] Girling made 90 appearances and scored 10 goals in just over three years as a first team player with Brentford.[1]
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
Girling dropped down to the Division Three South side Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic for a short spell in 1951.[1]
Hastings United
Girling dropped into non-league football and saw his career out with Southern League side Hastings United.[1] A highlight of his time with the Us were two runs to the third round proper of the FA Cup.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 136. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.holmesdale.net/page.php?id=111&player=343
- ↑ http://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/article/appearances-363675.aspx?pageView=full#anchored
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.brentfordfchistory.co.uk/player.php?id=266