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Roy
Bentley |
Chelsea
FC
12 appearances, 9 goals
P 12 W 8 D 1 L 3 F 31:
A
17
71% successful
1949-55
captain: none
minutes played: 1080 |
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Timeline |
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Thomas Frank Roy Bentley |
|
Birth |
17 May 1924 in Shirehampton, Bristol, Gloucestershire
[registered as Thomas F.R. in
Bristol, June 1924].
Attended Portway Boys Secondary School, Bristol |
|
Marriage |
to Violet M. Upton
[registered in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, September 1946]. |
|
Death |
20 April 2018 in Reading, aged 93 years 338 days |
|
Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
|
Biographies |
Going For Goal: The Autobiography of Roy Bentley - Roy Bentley
(Museum Press, London 1955)
Roy Wonder: Roy
Bentley Chelsea Champion - Roy Bentley
with Jim Drury (The History Press Ltd, October 2005) |
| |
captaining Chelsea's 1955 championship
side as centre forward was inevitably a cue for this England international
to go into print.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
|
Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Played school football in Bristol and joined
Bristol Rovers FC as an amateur in 1937. He joined rivals Bristol City FC
a year later, joining their groundstaff. He turned professional in August
1941. After the war, Bentley joined Newcastle United FC on 14 June 1946 for £8500.
Joined Chelsea FC for £12,500 on 10 January 1948. He scored
128 goals in 324 league appearances. In September 1956, Chelsea
placed Bentley on the transfer list, West Ham United FC, Notts County FC
and Nottingham Forest FC all made attempts to sign him, but it was Bristol
City FC who agreed terms with the Stamford Bridge club. Bentley declined,
preferring to join rivals Fulham FC instead. He did so, in a £8600
deal, on 21 September. Signed for Queen's Park Rangers FC in May
1961, he retired from playing in January 1963 when he joined Reading FC. |
|
Club honours |
Football League Champions 1954-55; |
|
Individual honours |
Football League (three appearances) |
|
Distinctions |
None |
|
Height/Weight |
5'
10", 11st.
7lbs [1950]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
|
Management Career |
|
Club(s) |
Appointed manager of Reading FC in January
1963, a position held until February 1969. A month later, he was a scout
for Bradford City AFC. Appointed manager of Swansea City FC in August 1969
until October 1972. |
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England Career |
|
Player number |
One of two who became the 681st
player (682) to appear for England. |
|
Position(s) |
Centre-forward, inside-left/right. |
|
First match |
No. 246, 13 May 1949,
Sweden
3 England 1, an end-of-season
tour match at Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län, aged
24 years
361 days. |
|
Last match |
No. 297, 22 May 1955,
Portugal
3 England 1,
an end-of-season tour match at Estádio do FC Porto, Oporto, aged
31 years 5 days.
 |
|
Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1950, 1954
(provisional party);
British Championship 1949-50,
1952-53, 1954-55; |
|
Team honours |
British Championship winners 1949-50, 1954-55, shared
1952-53; |
|
Individual honours |
England B
(two appearances, one as a substitute, 1949-50);
England Top
Goalscorer 1954 (4), 1954-55 (6); |
|
Distinctions |
Bentley is the
first England player to be used as a substitute in a representative match
as he did so for the B team in 1950 against Switzerland.
The ninth
Gloucestershirian to represent England.
He was also
the last member of England's first ever World Cup Finals squad in 1950 to
die.
His three goals on 10 November 1954, when he was 30 years & 177
days old, makes him the second oldest to score a hattrick, until Gary
Lineker in 1991.
Died sixteen days after Ray Wilkins. |
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Beyond England |
|
Returned to Reading FC in 1977
as club secretary until January 1984. Took a similar position at Aldershot
FC from December 1984. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.31/32. |
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The Numbers |
|
parties |
Apps |
comp. apps |
unused/
reserve |
minutes |
|
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
 |
captain |
|
13 |
12 |
5 |
six |
1080 |
9 |
120
min |
5 |
two |
none |
|
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
12 |
8 |
1 |
3 |
31 |
17 |
+14 |
1 |
3 |
2.583 |
1.417 |
70.8 |
+5 |
Venue Record
|
Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
5 |
+11 |
0 |
1 |
4.00 |
1.25 |
100.0 |
+4 |
|
Away |
6 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
11 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.167 |
1.833 |
58.3 |
+1 |
|
Neutral |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
Shirt Record
|
Colour |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
White |
10 |
7 |
1 |
2 |
28 |
15 |
+13 |
0 |
3 |
2.80 |
1.50 |
75.0 |
+5 |
|
Blue |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
Red |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Competition Record
|
Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP
|
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
WCF |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| World Cup |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
|
British Championship |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
4 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
1.333 |
100.0 |
+3 |
|
The 1949-50 records
of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are
duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total. |
| Friendly |
7 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
20 |
12 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
2.857 |
1.714 |
64.3 |
+2 |
Tournament Record
|
World Cup Preliminary Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP/BC 1949-50 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
WCP
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
World Cup Final
Tournaments |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| WCF 1950 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
WCF
All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
+1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
World Cup |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| WC/BC
1949-50 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
|
WC
All |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC/WCP 1949-50 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
BC 1952-53 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
+3 |
0 |
0 |
5.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
BC 1954-55 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
BC
All |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
4 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
1.333 |
100.0 |
+3 |
|
All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| WC |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
1 |
2 |
1.00 |
0.333 |
66.7 |
+1 |
| BC |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
4 |
+5 |
0 |
1 |
3.00 |
1.333 |
100.0 |
+3 |
The 1949-50 records
of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are
duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
|
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
11 |
5 |
+6 |
1 |
2 |
2.20 |
1.00 |
80.0 |
+3 |
Match History
|
Club:
Chelsea F.C. - twelve full appearances (1080 min) 9ᵍ |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - twelve full appearances (1080 min) 9ᵍx
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apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
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May 1st 1954 was the date set by FIFA for
a list of forty names to be submitted, from which the final 22 could be
selected for each country's World Cup party. England's list appeared on April 22
1954, nine days ahead of the deadline. 18 were destined not to make the final
cut, including Roy Bentley. |
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