Franklin Twist

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Franklin Twist
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-11-02) 2 November 1940 (age 82)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Liverpool
Prescot Cables
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1961–1963 Bury 8 (0)
1963–1965 Halifax Town 64 (11)
1965–1966 Tranmere Rovers 7 (3)
1966-1967 New Brighton
1967-1968 Altrincham [1] 41 (4)
Total79(14)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Franklin Twist (born 2 November 1940) is an English footballer, who played as a winger in the Football League for Bury and Tranmere Rovers. [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Twist was a pupil of Roscoe Secondary Modern School as a child. [5]

Career

Youth

Twist began his career as a junior with Liverpool. After playing "several outstanding games" for his school which brought him prominence in the 1955 season, he made his debut for the Liverpool senior youth team in the sixth round of the English trophy. Liverpool played Swansea F.C. at Anfield, in what was considered among the most difficult debuts for a youth player, as Swansea had a record five international players. He helped his side go on to win the game 7-0 and kept his place in the team, ultimately winning a medal when Liverpool beat Brighton in the final 7-2. He was praised for his quick speed and ball control. [5]

Senior

Following his release from Liverpool, he signed for Prescot Cables [6] while training as an electrician. He joined Bury in 1961, making his debut against Walsall.

In 1963, he signed for Halifax Town, becoming one of four former Liverpool players then playing for the club. [7] In 1965, Twist joined Tranmere Rovers, where he made 7 league appearances, scoring 1 goal, along with an appearance in the League Cup.

After a spell with New Brighton, he joined Altrincham in 1967. He made his debut against Chester City, going on to make 60 appearances for the club, scoring 5 goals. During his time at Altrincham, the club won the Northwest Floodlit League and the Cheshire County League, the Cheshire Senior Cup. Twist left the club at the end of the season, rounding off his career with spells at New Brighton and Radcliffe Borough. [8]

International

His first international youth game was against Yugoslavia youth in 1958, where he played as an outside right. [5] In May 1958, during a youth international game against Switzerland, Twist scored in a 3-0 win. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Altrincham FC Legends".
  2. ↑ Brown, Neil (2 September 2012). "Tranmere Rovers: 1946/47 – 2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN   978-0-9518648-2-1.
  4. ↑ "Franklin Twist". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "Youth Cap". Liverpool Echo. 1 February 1958. p. 29.
  6. ↑ Michael Charters (7 July 1961). "League Clubs can now run their own pools" . Liverpool Echo. p. 22 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Soccer Stud Marks: Four ex-Merseysiders" . Liverpool Echo. 31 August 1963. p. 31 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Altrincham FC Legends".
  9. ↑ "England Youth Win" . Birmingham Daily Post. 27 May 1958. p. 18. (preview) – via British Newspaper Archive.
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