Syd Goodfellow

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Syd Goodfellow
Personal information
Full name Sydney Goodfellow [1]
Date of birth(1915-07-06)6 July 1915
Place of birth Wolstanton, England
Date of death 1998 (aged 8283)
Position(s) Inside-left
Youth career
Hanley
Silverdale
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1936–1937 Port Vale 16 (1)
1937–1938 Glentoran
1938–1939 Rochdale 41 (2)
1946–1948 Chesterfield 80 (0)
1948–1950 Doncaster Rovers 66 (2)
1950–1952 Oldham Athletic 72 (2)
1952–1953 Accrington Stanley 28 (3)
Wellington Town
Stafford Rangers
Oswestry Town
Total303(10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sydney Goodfellow (6 July 1915 – 1998) was an English footballer. He made 303 league appearances in the Football League either side of World War II.

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He began his professional career with Port Vale in 1936, and also played for Glentoran and Rochdale before the outbreak of the war in 1939. He signed with Chesterfield after the war, before joining Doncaster Rovers in 1948. He helped the club to the Third Division North title in 1949–50. After this success he spent two years with Oldham Athletic, before seeing out his Football League career at Accrington Stanley in 1953. He later turned out for non-League sides Wellington Town, Stafford Rangers, and Oswestry Town, before emigrating to Australia in 1961.

Career

Goodfellow played for Staffordshire non-League sides Hanley and Silverdale before joining Port Vale as an amateur in October 1936, signing professional forms in November that year. [2] He played fourteen consecutive games, scoring just the one goal before losing his place in January 1937. [2] He played a further two games without scoring before leaving on a free transfer in April 1937, having scored one goal in sixteen Third Division North games in 1936–37. [2]

He moved on to Glentoran in Northern Ireland for the 1937–38 campaign, before returning to England to sign with Rochdale. He played 41 of "Dale's" 42 Third Division North games in 1938–39, before his career was interrupted by World War II. After the war, he joined Chesterfield, then a Second Division side led by Bob Brocklebank. The "Spireites" posted a fourth-place finish in 1946–47, before falling down the table in 1947–48. Goodfellow played 80 league games for the club, before he switched to Third Division North side Doncaster Rovers in May 1948. [3]

At Doncaster he was "part of formidable Half back line with Syd Bycroft and Dave Miller". [4] He played 33 games in 1948–49 and made 38 appearances in 1949–50, [4] as "Donny" won promotion as the division's champions. He then moved on to Oldham Athletic in the Third Division North, making 72 league appearances in the 1950–51 and 1951–52 campaigns. Following, this he played 28 games under Walter Crook at Accrington Stanley in 1952–53. Stanley finished bottom of the Football League, and Goodfellow left Peel Park for non-League Wellington Town. He later played for Stafford Rangers and Oswestry Town. He emigrated to Australia in 1961. [4]

Career statistics

Source: [5]

ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueFA CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 1936–37 Third Division North 1610000161
Rochdale 1938–39 Third Division North4121010432
Chesterfield 1945–4600200020
1946–47 Second Division 4202000440
1947–48 Second Division3801000390
Total8005000850
Doncaster Rovers 1948–49 Third Division North3211000331
1949–50 Third Division North3414000381
Total6626000712
Oldham Athletic 1950–51 Third Division North3704100411
1951–52 Third Division North3522000372
Total7226100783
Accrington Stanley 1952–53 Third Division North2832000303
Career total303101911032311

Honours

Doncaster Rovers

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References

  1. "Syd Goodfellow". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 113. ISBN   0-9529152-0-0.
  3. "Rover of the Day: Syd Goodfellow". www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "Syd Goodfellow". doncasterrovers.co.uk. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  5. Syd Goodfellow at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)