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Cliff
Britton |
Everton
FC
9 appearances, 1 goal
P 9 W 7 D 0 L 2 F
29:
A 11
78% successful
1934-37
captain: none
minutes played: 810 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Clifford Samuel Britton |
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Born |
27 August 1909
at Bush's Hill, Hanham, Gloucestershire [registered in
Keynsham, Somerset, December 1909]. The 1939 registers
states he was born on 29 August. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911 census,
Clifford is the only son to George and Beatrice. His father is a
bootmaker and they live at Bush's Hill in Hanham. |
According to passenger lists, Cliff was one of many footballers
arriving at Southampton on 21 July 1939 from South Africa on board the UCL
Athlone Castle. His address was stated as being 14 Chapel Road.
According to the 1939 register, Clifford, a joiner, is living with his
parents, shoemaker George, and Beatrice. They live at 14 Chapel Road in
Kingswood. |
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Married |
to Bridget G. Moores, on 27 May 1944 in
Ringmer
[registered in Lewes, June 1944]. |
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Died |
1 December 1975 in
Anlaby, Hull,
aged
66 years 96 days
[registered in Hull, December 1975]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
10½", 11st.
0lbs [1935, 1937]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Started his
career with local sides Jennings Ltd FC, in the Bristol Suburban League. Hanham Athletic FC and then Hanham United
Methodists FC and Bristol St George's FC. Britton joined Bristol Rovers FC
as an amateur in 1926, turning professional in the 1928 close season. After fifty league appearances, Everton FC paid a
four-figure sum for Britton on 3 June 1930. The Toffee's had intended to
buy Britton and his teammate,
Ronnie Dix,
for £3200, but Dix refused to leave Bristol. Blackburn Rovers FC also
offered £3000 for them both. Britton guested for the Western Command side,
in a match against the Czech army in September 1940, and rivals, Liverpool
FC, the same month. Britton represented the army on various occassions
during the war period, and also played for Northampton Town FC and Aldershot FC. After 221 league appearances, and two goals,
he retired after he was appointed a manager on 16 May 1945. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division Two winners 1930-31; FA Charity Shield
winners 1932, runners-up 1933; FA Cup winners
1932-33; Football League Champions 1938-39; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (four appearances) |
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Distinctions |
The 50th (Northumbrian) Division representative side, trained by Britton,
was unbeaten during WWII, and regarded as one of the best army teams on
the continent. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management Career |
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Club(s) |
An
appointment as Burnley FC's manager was made on 16 May 1945, and
effective from 17 October, when he was demobbed. He returned to Everton FC as their manager on 21 September 1948
for £60 per week - until his resignation
on 24 February 1956, following a disagreement with the Everton FC board of
directors. His self-exclusion from the footballing world ended when he became the manager
of Preston North End FC on 29 August 1956 until he resigned again, on 26 April 1961
after the club were relegated. Becoming the manager of Hull City AFC on 12 July 1961
with a ten-year contract, he
was then appointed as the club's general manager on 19 May 1970, when
Terry Neill was put in charge of coaching, until
his retirement on 30 October 1971, following the expiration of his
contract. |
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Club honours |
Football
League Division Two runners-up 1946-47, 1953-54; FA Cup
runners-up 1946-47; Football League runners-up
1956-57; Football League Division Three winners 1965-66; |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of six who became the 600th players (600) to appear
for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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First match |
No.
194,
29 September 1934,
Wales
0
England
4, a British Championship match at Ninian Park, Sloper
Road, Cardiff, aged 25 years
33 days. |
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Last match |
No. 210,
17 May 1937,
Sweden
0 England 4,
an end-of-season tour match at Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna kommun, Stockholms län, aged
27 years 263 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1934-35, 1936-37; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared 1934-35; |
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Individual honours |
England wartime
(ten appearances), FA tour of South Africa (1939) |
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Distinctions |
Only the fifth
Gloucestershiran to represent England |
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Beyond England |
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Turned out to have a talent for
management, cut his teeth by becoming an instructor sergeant-major in the 50th
(Northumbrian) Division. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.46. |
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Cliff Britton - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
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goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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9 |
8 |
5 |
810 |
1 |
810
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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Cliff Britton
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Home |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
6 |
+8 |
0 |
0 |
3.50 |
1.50 |
100.0 |
+4 |
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Away |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
15 |
5 |
+10 |
1 |
3 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
60.0 |
+1 |
| All |
9 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
29 |
11 |
+18 |
1 |
3 |
3.222 |
1.222 |
77.8 |
+5 |
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Cliff Britton
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.40 |
60.0 |
+1 |
| Friendly |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
19 |
4 |
+15 |
0 |
2 |
4.75 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+4 |
| All |
9 |
7 |
0 |
2 |
29 |
11 |
+18 |
1 |
3 |
3.222 |
1.222 |
77.8 |
+5 |
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Cliff Britton
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1934-35 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.00 |
66.7 |
+1 |
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BC 1936-37 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.40 |
60.0 |
+1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.40 |
60.0 |
+1 |
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All |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
7 |
+3 |
1 |
1 |
2.00 |
1.40 |
60.0 |
+1 |
Cliff Britton
- Match History
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Club:
Everton F.C.
- nine full appearances (810 min), one goal |
F.A. International Selection Committee - nine full appearances (810 min)x
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Age 27 |
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5 |
206 |
18 November 1936 -
England 3
Ireland
1,
Victoria Ground, Stoke-upon-Trent |
BC |
HW |
Start |
rh |
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6 |
207 |
2 December 1936 -
England 6
Hungary 2,
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury |
Fr |
HW |
Start
52 |
rh |
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7 |
208 |
17 April 1937 -
Scotland
3
England 1,
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
BC |
AL |
Start |
rh |
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8 |
209 |
14 May 1937 -
Norway
0 England 6,
Ullevål Stadion, Oslo |
tour |
AW |
Start |
5 |
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9 |
210 |
17 May 1937 -
Sweden
0 England 4,
Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna |
AW |
Start |
5 |
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211 |
20 May 1937 -
Finland
0 England 8,
Töölön pallokenttä,
Helsinki |
AW |
reserve |
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