Eric Jones (footballer, born 1915)

Eric Jones
Personal information
Full name Eric Norman Jones[1]
Date of birth (1915-02-15)15 February 1915
Place of birth Aston, England
Date of death 2 October 1985(1985-10-02) (aged 70)[1]
Place of death Lincoln, England[1]
Playing position Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Kidderminster Harriers ? (?)
1936 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 (0)
1937 Portsmouth 1 (0)
1938 Stoke City 0 (0)
1939 West Bromwich Albion 0 (0)
1945 Brentford 0 (0)
1946–1947 Crewe Alexandra 53 (15)
Total 57+ (15+)
Teams managed
1949–1951 BSC Young Boys
1953–1955 Beerschot
1960–1962 De Graafschap
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Eric Norman Jones (5 February 1915 – 2 October 1985) was an English footballer who played for Kidderminster Harriers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Portsmouth, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Brentford, and Crewe Alexandra. After the war he managed BSC Young Boys (Switzerland), Beerschot (Belgium), and De Graafschap (Netherlands).

Playing career

Jones played for Kidderminster Harriers, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Portsmouth, Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion. During the war he guested for Portsmouth, Chelsea, Watford, Southend United, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Queens Park Rangers, Crystal Palace, Northampton Town, Fulham and Exeter City. After the war he continued his career with Brentford and then Crewe Alexandra.

Management career

Jones managed Swiss side BSC Young Boys, leading the club to a seventh-place finish in the Nationalliga A in 1950–51. After leaving the Wankdorf Stadium, he took charge at Belgian club Beerschot.[2] He later took charge at Dutch Tweede Divisie club De Graafschap.

He was appointed Port Vale's trainer-coach in June 1962, introducing revolutionary intensive training sessions for the players.[3] He had to be taken off the pitch during his first match with the club after being struck by a bottle thrown from the crowd at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground.[3] His approach of strict discipline was apparently not favoured by the board and he resigned his post at Vale Park for domestic reasons in October 1962.[3]

Statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other[A] Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1936–37 First Division 30000030
Portsmouth 1937–38 First Division 10000010
Stoke City 1938–39 First Division 00000000
West Bromwich Albion 1939–40 00003434
Brentford 1945–46 00400040
Crewe Alexandra 1946–47 Third Division North 391410004014
1947–48 Third Division North 1414100182
Total 531551005816
Career Total 571591346920
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League play-offs and Full Members Cup.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Eric Jones". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved {{{accessdate}}}. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. "Coaches". beerschot.wimmel.be (in Belgian). Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 156. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
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