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Tim
Coleman |
Woolwich Arsenal FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F 1:
A 0
100% successful
1906-07
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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John George Coleman MM |
Birth |
26 October 1881 in Kettering,
Northamptonshire [registered in
Kettering, December 1881] |
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According to the 1881 census,
Sarah A. is pregnant with the child that is who became the John George. She is
married to Samuel and have one son, six month old Samuel. They live at
Lower Havelock Street in Kettering. Samuel senior is a bricklayer. |
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According to the 1891 census,
George is now the second of six children to Samuel and Sarah A., living at
18 Albert Street in Kettering. His father is now a bricksetter. |
Marriage |
to Sarah Ellen Moore
[registered in Kettering, December 1900]. |
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According to the 1901 census,
John is a shoe rivetter and married to Ellen and they live at 36 Albert
Street, with her parents Charles and Lydia Moore, and younger siblings.
Charles is a furnace labourer. |
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According to the 1911 census,
John is a professional footballer, living with his wife Nellie and two
children, Arthur and victor (another three had died!). As well as two
visiting members of the family, the Coleman's had a servant and three
boarders, all fellow Sunderland footballers, William Cringan, Harry Read
and David Main. They lived at 38 Roker Baths Road in Sunderland.
During the war, he was stated as living at Northgate Street in
Kettering, he was a member of the Footballer's Battalion. |
"Tim Coleman, the well-known Forest inside-right, should
have appeared at the Nottingham Police court today to answer a charge of
being drunk and disorderly in Millstone Lane last night, but when his name
was called he had not put in an appearance, and a warrant was accordingly
issued for his arrest." - Nottingham Evening Post,
5 February 1915 |
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He was reported as
dying during the war on 29 December 1915, but despite three separate
reports making its way to Northampton stating he was killed in action, it
was reported on 1 January 1916 that he was alive and well. |
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According to the 1921 census, John George, now
a shoe maker, is still married, and with his children, his mother-in-law,
his sister-in-law aand a boarder, they live at 24C Buer Road in Fulham. |
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According to the 1939 register,
John G., a general labourer, and Ellen Sarah,
are still married and still living at 24C Buer Road. |
Death |
20 November 1940, aged
59 years 25 days
[registered in Kensington, December 1940].
Died as a result of an accident. Living in
Fulham, he sustained fatal injuries when he fell off a roof. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
Biographies |
Fighting For
Football: From Woolwich Arsenal to the Western Front: The Lost Story of
Football's First Rebel - George Myreson (Aurum Press, London 2009) |
Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Started at Kettering FC
before signing with Northampton Town FC in 1901. Woolwich Arsenal FC
signed him in May 1902. Scored 79 goals in 172
league appearances when he joined Everton FC in February 1908 and
made 71 league appearances, scoring thirty
goals. Sunderland AFC followed in May 1910,
as did another twenty goals in 32 league appearances. Returned to
London and Fulham FC on 19 May 1911, followed
by 94 league appearances and scoring 45 goals, before joining
Nottingham Forest FC on 20 July 1914 and played
37 league matches, scoring fourteen times. Although he retired
during WW1, he was assisting Tunbridge Wells Rangers FC following the war.
Scored 39 goals in 37 appearances. |
Club honours |
None |
Individual honours |
Football League
(three appearances) |
Distinctions |
None |
Height/Weight |
5'
6½", 11st.
4lbs [1900's]. |
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
England Career |
Player number |
One of five who
became 321st players (324) to
appear for England |
Position(s) |
Inside-right |
Only match |
No. 89, 16 February 1907, England 1 Ireland
0, a British Championship match at Goodison Park, Walton, Liverpool, aged
25 years
113 days. |
Major tournaments |
British Championship
1906-07; |
Team honours |
None |
Individual honours |
None |
Distinctions |
None |
Beyond England |
No additional information. However, he
was one of the four final candidates out of 200 replies that applied for
the vacant Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic FC coaching role in 1923. He
was ultimately unsuccessful. So he went to Rotterdam up until the outbreak
of the second world war, coaching. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.71. |
Tim Coleman - Career Statistics |
Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
| goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
3 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0
min |
0 |
none |
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. |
Tim Coleman
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
Home
-
British Championship |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Tim Coleman
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
British Championship Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC 1906-07 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
BC
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All Competition |
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
BC |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
All |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
+1 |
0 |
1 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
Notes
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CG
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