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Joe
Beresford |
Aston Villa FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D 0 L 1 F 1:
A 2
0% successful
1933-34
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Joseph Beresford |
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Born |
26 February 1906 in Shuttlewood, Derbyshire
[registered as Berresford in Chesterfield, March 1906]. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911 census,
five year old Joseph is the third child of four to Sarah Elizabeth (née
Lilley), They are visiiting her parents, the Lilley's, at 57 Neale Street
in Clowne. His father, Joseph Roper, is a stone ripper in the Bentley
Colliery, he is boarding with the Truman family at 31 Asquith Road in
Bentley. |
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According to the 1939 register, Joseph, a fish frier,
is married to Ivy. They live at 919 Queslett Road in the Great Barr area
of Birmingham. |
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Married |
to Ivy Palfreyman (b.24 March
1908),
on 16 May 1931, at St. John's Church, Perry Barr
[registered in West Bromwich, June 1931]. Joe was living at
66 Witton Leane in Aston. They had two children, Diana I. (b.5 August
1933) and Douglas. |
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Died |
26 February 1978
in Birmingham, aged
72 years 0 days
[registered in Birmingham, March 1978]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
5", 11st.
2lbs [1935],
5'
5", 10st.
13lbs [1937]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com
and
Facebook.com/JoeBeresford |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his football career with Doncaster School. He
went onto assist clubs within the Doncaster area, Bentley Toll Bar School
FC, Bentley New
Village Old Boys FC, Ashern Road Working Men's Club FC and Bartley Colliery
FC before joining Mexborough Athletic FC. Signed with
Mansfield Town FC in May 1926, and signed for Aston Villa FC on 20 May 1927 for £750. After
224 league appearances and 66 goals, Beresford signed for Preston
North End FC on 16 September 1935 for £1000. Joined Swansea Town FC
alongside Leslie Vernon on 21 December 1937 in part-exchange for George
Lowrie. Signed for Stourbridge FC of the Birmingham &
District League, in June 1938, for two seasons. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup runners-up 1936-37; Welsh Cup winners
1937-38; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Brother of Frank Beresford (Preston North End
FC) |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of two who became
598th
players (599) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-right |
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Only match |
No. 193, 16 May 1934,
Czechoslovakia
2 England 1, an
end-of-season tour match at Stadión Letná, Milady Horákové, Praha, aged
28 years
79 days. |
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Died sixteen days
after Maurice Webster |
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Beyond England |
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After leaving school he worked
at Bentley Colliery and in post-WW2 days ran a fish shop in Perry Barr.
Also a licensee in later years, namelt The New Inn in Newton Road, West
Bromwich. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.32. |
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Joe Beresford - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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5 |
1 |
0 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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Joe Beresford
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away
- Friendly |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
Joe
Beresford
- Match History
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Club:
Aston Villa F.C.
- one full appearance (90 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - one full appearance (90 min)x
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Notes
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