Jack Astley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Astley[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 December 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Warrington, England | ||
| Date of death | 8 November 1984 (aged 74)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Whitley, England | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| St. Elfin's Parish Church | |||
| Chadwick Recreation | |||
| Warrington Bedouins | |||
| Elmwood Avenue Methodists | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930–1933 | Southport | 2 | (0) |
| 1932–1933 | → Shelbourne (loan) | ||
| 1933–1936 | Brentford | 49 | (0) |
| 1936–1939 | Coventry City | 140 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| League of Ireland XI | |||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
John "Jack" Astley (3 December 1909 – 8 November 1984) was an English professional football right back who played in the Football League for Southport, Brentford and Coventry City.[3]
Club career
Early years
A right back, Astley began his career in his native north west, playing for a number of amateur clubs before signing for Division Three North side Southport in 1930.[2] He made just two appearances for the club before joining League of Ireland side Shelbourne on loan for the 1932–33 season.[2] He left Southport at the end of the 1932–33 season.[2]
Brentford
Astley signed for Division Two side Brentford in May 1933.[3] He went straight into the team and made 41 appearances during the 1933–34 season, in which the Bees finished fourth in Division Two.[4] The arrival of full backs Arthur Bateman and George Poyser in the summer of 1934 and an injury saw Astley lose his place in the team,[2] making just one appearance during the 1934–35 season, in which Brentford secured promotion to Division One as champions.[4] He instead played for the reserves, winning the 1935 London Challenge Cup with the team.[5] Astley managed to make eight appearances in Division One during the first half of the 1935–36 season,[4] before departing Griffin Park in February 1936.[3] Astley made 50 appearances for Brentford.[3]
Coventry City
Astley joined Division Three South high-flyers Coventry City in February 1936.[3] He made 14 appearances in what remained of the 1935–36 season and helped the Sky Blues to the Division Three South title.[6] Astley displaced Vic Brown from the team and with former Brentford teammate Walter Metcalf on the other flank, was an ever-present until professional football was suspended in 1939 upon to the outbreak of the Second World War.[3] He made 148 appearances for the Sky Blues.[6]
Representative career
While with Shelbourne, Astley played for the League of Ireland representative team against their Welsh League counterparts.[3]
Personal life
Astley served in the British Army during and after the Second World War and rose to the rank of captain.[2] He married his wife, an Estonian, during five-and-a-half years stationed in Germany.[2] Astley later settled in Coventry in 1950 and began working for the General Electric Company, retiring in 1974.[2] He died of a heart attack in Whitley Hospital in November 1984.[2]
Honours
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Southport | 1931–32[2] | Third Division North | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brentford | 1933–34[4] | Second Division | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 1934–35[4] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1935–36[4] | First Division | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Coventry City | 1935–36[6] | Third Division South | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1936–37[6] | Second Division | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |
| 1937–38[6] | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 1938–39[6] | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Total | 140 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 148 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 191 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 200 | 0 | ||
References
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 12. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Jack Astley (Player Profile)". 2016-03-18. Retrieved 5 January 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 13. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 372–373. ISBN 0951526200.
- 1 2 Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 82. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jack Astley". 11v11.com. Retrieved 14 June 2015.