George Charlton

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George Charlton
Personal information
Full name George Charlton [1]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1933–1934 Darlington 6 (1)
1934–19?? Shildon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

George Charlton (active 1930s) was an English amateur footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Darlington and in non-league football for Shildon. [1]

Charlton made his Darlington debut in a 6–2 Third Division North defeat away to local rivals Hartlepools United on 23 September 1933, and did not appear again until the return fixture in February 1934, [2] when the "local product" filled the vacancy left by the transfer of Harry Brown to Chesterfield. [3] This time, he played what the Yorkshire Post described as a "very satisfactory game", scored as his team won 5–3, and played in four of the next five league matches before losing his place to Billy Eden. [4] [2] He moved on to Shildon. [1] In his first season, he scored the winning goal in the Northern League Challenge Cup final, and was a regular in the team that won the 1934–35 Northern League title and reached the first round proper of the FA Cup. [5] [6] He helped Shildon win the title in each of the next two seasons, and was still with the club in 1939. [7]

Charlton also played cricket as a batsman for Darlington Railway Athletic. [8]

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  2. 1 2 Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 35. ISBN   978-1-899468-15-7.
  3. ↑ M.C. (1 February 1934). "Football Topics". Northern Daily Mail. West Hartlepool. p. 7.
  4. ↑ "Exciting local 'derby'". Yorkshire Post. 5 February 1934. p. 3.
  5. ↑ "First round cup-ties". Nottingham Evening Post. 20 November 1934. p. 12.
  6. ↑ Hunt, Brian (1989). Northern Goalfields. Official Centenary History of the Northern League 1889–1989. Skol Northern League Management Committee. pp. 156–57. ISBN   0-9514597-1-6.
  7. ↑ Hunt, Brian. Northern Goalfields. pp. 161, 165, 171.
  8. ↑ Amos, Mike (12 December 2008). "Life of Brian is rewarded". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 11 January 2020.


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