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Johnny
Byrne |
Crystal Palace FC, West Ham
United
FC
11 appearances, 8 goals
P 11 W 5 D 3 L 3 F
24:
A
18
59% successful
1961-66
disciplined: none
captaincies: none
minutes played: 990 |
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Profile |
|
Full name |
John Joseph Byrne |
|
Born |
13 May 1939
in West Horsley, Surrey [registered in
Surrey South Western, September 1939].
Attended Howard of
Effingham School, Horsley |
|
Married |
to Margot
[registeration not found]. |
|
Died |
27 October 1999 in
Cape Town, South Africa,
aged
60 years 167 days
[not registered in England]. |
|
Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 11st.
7lbs [1964]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
|
Biographies |
The Strategy of Soccer - Johnny
Byrne (Pelham, London 1965) |
| |
The England international centre-forward
is most closely associated with Crystal Palace and West Ham in the fifties
and sixties. This is both autobiographical and instructional.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
|
Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Started
his career with Epsom Town FC and also Guildford City Youth FC. Joined
Crystal Palace FC as an amateur in 1955, turning professional in May 1956.
He played 220 league appearances, scoring 95 goals. West Ham United FC paid £58,000 and
Ron Brett for Byrne,
breaking the transfer record in March 1962. After 156 league appearances and 79
goals, he re-signed for Crystal Palace FC in
February 1967 for a £45,000 transfer fee, making another 39
league appearances, scoring six times. Fulham FC paid £18,000 for
Byrne in March 1968 and he made nineteen league appearances,
scoring twice. He ended his career making 69 appearances with Durban City FC in South
Africa from May 1969 unti 1971. |
|
Club honours |
FA Cup
winners 1963-64; Football League runners-up
1965-66; |
|
Individual honours |
Football
League (seven appearances) |
|
Distinctions |
None |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
|
England Career |
|
Player number |
One of two who became the 800th
players (800) to appear for England. |
|
Position(s) |
Inside-right,
centre-forward. |
|
First match |
No. 354,
22 November 1961,
England 1 Northern Ireland 1, a British
Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 22 years
193 days. |
|
Last match |
No. 387,
10 April 1965,
England 2 Scotland 2, a British Championship
match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 25 years
332 days. |
|
Major tournaments |
World Cup
Finals 1966 (provisional squad); British
Championships 1961-62, 1963-64, 1964-65; |
|
Team honours |
British
Championships shared 1963-64, winners 1964-65; |
|
Individual honours |
England U23
(seven appearances), England Youth |
|
Distinctions |
None |
|
Beyond England |
|
When he retired from playing in South
Africa, Byrne returned to England to manage Durham City FC, at the same
time, employed as a tyre company representative. He returned to South
Africa to coach Hellenic FC, even playing for them as a fifty year old in
an injury crisis. He also coached Michau Warriors and Cape Town Spurs,
until 1998. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.56. |
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Johnny Byrne - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
Comp.
Apps |
Starts |
Sub on |
Sub off |
Mins. |
Goals |
Goals
Av.min |
Comp.
Goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
|
18 |
11 |
4 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
990 |
8 |
124
min |
0 |
none |
none |
|
Due to the fact that
many matches rarely stuck to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time
for injuries, errors and substitutions. The minutes here
given can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only
an approximation. |
|
Johnny Byrne
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
Home |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
5 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
1.75 |
1.25 |
75.0 |
+2 |
|
Away |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
16 |
11 |
+5 |
1 |
0 |
3.20 |
2.20 |
60.0 |
+1 |
|
Neutral |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.50 |
1.00 |
25.0 |
-1 |
| All |
11 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
24 |
18 |
+6 |
2 |
0 |
2.182 |
1.636 |
59.1 |
+2 |
|
Johnny Byrne
- Match Record - By Colour of Shirt |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts
% |
W/L |
|
White |
8 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
19 |
13 |
+6 |
1 |
0 |
2.375 |
1.625 |
62.5 |
+2 |
|
Red |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
=0 |
1 |
0 |
1.667 |
1.667 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
11 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
24 |
18 |
+6 |
2 |
0 |
2.182 |
1.636 |
59.1 |
+2 |
|
Johnny Byrne
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
=0 |
1 |
0 |
1.25 |
1.25 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
Minor Tournament |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
-5 |
1 |
0 |
0.667 |
2.333 |
16.7 |
-2 |
| Friendly |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
6 |
+11 |
0 |
0 |
4.25 |
1.50 |
100.0 |
+4 |
| All |
11 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
24 |
18 |
+6 |
2 |
0 |
2.182 |
1.636 |
59.1 |
+2 |
|
Johnny Byrne
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC
1961-62 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
BC 1963-64 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
|
BC 1964-65 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
+1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
1.50 |
75.0 |
+1 |
|
BC
All |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
=0 |
1 |
0 |
1.25 |
1.25 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
=0 |
1 |
0 |
1.25 |
1.25 |
50.0 |
=0 |
|
All |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
5 |
=0 |
1 |
0 |
1.25 |
1.25 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Johnny Byrne
- Match History |
|
Club: Crystal
Palace F.C. - 1 full cap |
Coach: Walter
Winterbottom - 1
full capx
|
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Age 21 |
|
1 |
u23 |
8 February 1961 - England U23 2 Wales U23 0,
Goodison Park, Liverpool |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
9 |
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2 |
u23 |
1 March 1961 - England U23 1 Scotland U23 1,
Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough |
Fr |
HD |
Start |
9 |
|
3 |
u23 |
15 March 1961 - England U23 4 West Germany U23
1,
White Hart Lane, Tottenham |
Fr |
HW |
Start |
9 |
|
Age 22 |
|
- |
348 |
21 May 1961
- Portugal 1 England 1, Estádio Nacional,
Lisboa |
WCP |
AD |
squad member |
|
- |
349 |
24 May 1961
-
Italy 2 England 3, Stadio Olimpico,
Roma |
tour |
AW |
|
- |
350 |
27 May 1961
- Austria 3 England 1, Praterstadion, Wien |
AL |
|
4 |
u23 |
9 November 1961 - England U23
7 Israel U23 1,
Elland Road, Leeds |
Fr |
HW |
Start
 |
9 |
|
1 |
354 |
22 November 1961
-
England 1 Northern
Ireland 1, Empire
Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HD |
Start |
9 |
|
5 |
u23 |
29 November 1961 -
Netherlands U23 2 England U23 5,
Stadion
Feijenoord, Rotterdam |
Fr |
AW |
Start
|
9 |
|
6 |
u23 |
28 February 1962 - Scotland U23 2 England
U23 4, Pittodrie, Aberdeen |
Fr |
AW |
Start |
10 |
|
7 |
u23 |
22 March 1962 - England U23 4 Turkey U23 2, The Dell, Southampton |
Fr |
HW |
Start
|
9 |
|
Club: West
Ham United F.C. - 10 full caps |
Coach: Alf Ramsey - 10
full capsx
|
|
|
- |
367 |
6 April 1963
- England 1 Scotland 2, Empire
Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HL |
withdrawn squad member |
|
Age 23 |
|
- |
369 |
29 May 1963 -
Czechoslovakia 2 England 4, Tehelné pole, Bratislava |
tour |
AW |
squad member |
|
- |
370 |
2 June 1963 - GDR 1 England 2, Zentralstadion, Leipzig |
AW |
|
2 |
371 |
5 June 1963 -
Switzerland 1 England 8,
Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel |
AW |
Start
35, 46 |
9 |
|
3 |
375 |
11 April 1964
-
Scotland 1 England 0,
Hampden Park, Glasgow |
BC |
AL |
Start |
9 |
|
4 |
376 |
6
May 1964
-
England 2 Uruguay 1,
Empire
Stadium, Wembley |
Fr |
HW |
Start
41, 52 |
9 |
|
Age 24 |
|
5 |
377 |
17 May 1964
-
Portugal 3 England 4,
Estádio Nacional,
Lisboa |
Fr |
AW |
Start
30, 60, 88 |
9 |
|
6 |
378 |
24 May 1964
-
Republic
of Ireland 1 England 3, Dalymount Park, Dublin |
Fr |
AW |
Start
22 |
9 |
|
- |
379 |
27 May 1964
- USA 0 England 10, Downing
Stadium, New York City |
Fr |
AW |
squad member |
|
7 |
380 |
30 May 1964
-
Brazil 5 England 1,
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio de Janeiro |
TC |
AL |
Start |
9 |
|
8 |
381 |
4 June 1964
- England 1
Portugal 1, Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio de Janeiro |
ND |
Start |
9 |
|
9 |
382 |
6
June 1964
-
Argentina 1 England 0,
Estádio Jornalista Mário Filho, Rio de Janeiro |
NL |
Start |
9 |
|
10 |
385 |
18 November 1964 -
England 2 Wales
1,
Empire
Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HW |
Start |
9 |
|
11 |
387 |
10 April 1965
-
England 2 Scotland 2,
Empire
Stadium, Wembley |
BC |
HD |
Start |
9 |
|
Age 23 |
|
Alf Ramsey named his provisional list of forty players on April 7. He
then named a provisional squad of 28 on 6 May to attend Lilleshall.
Johnny Byrne was one of the those attending, but cut from the squad on
18 June, and asked to remain on standby. |
Notes
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