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Neil
Franklin |
Stoke City FC
27 appearances, 0 goals
P 27 W 20 D 3 L 4 F
91:
A 27
80% successful
1946-50
captain: none
minutes played: 2430 |
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Timeline |
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Cornelius Franklin |
|
Birth |
24 January 1922 in Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [registered as Cornelius
F., in Stoke-upon-Trent, March 1922]. |
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first marriage |
to Vera Goodwin
[registered in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, September 1942] |
|
second marriage |
to Beryl D.G. Adams
[registered in Braintree, Essex, September 1968]. |
|
Death |
9
February 1996 in Stone, aged
74 years 16 days
[registered in Stafford, Staffordhsire, February 1996]. |
|
Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Began playing football as
a schoolboy in the Potteries area. He joined his local league side, Stoke
City FC, and was playing with their junior side, Stoke Old Boys FC, while
being employed as groundstaff at Victoria Ground. He signed professional
forms with the club in January 1939, and before becoming one of the
leading centre-backs in the country, he guested for Gainsborough Trinity
FC during WWII, and three appearances
for Lincoln City FC. After 108 First Division
appearances, an offer of management with Chingford Town FC in the
summer of 1949 began what turned out to be a turbulent season for
Franklin, Chingford, being a non-league club, were not restricted to
paying the minimum wage. Hull City FC then waded in with a world record
transfer bid of £30,000. However, Franklin re-signed with
Stoke, but the seeds had been sown, and after
another 34 First Division appearances, and with the promise of
untold riches, Franklin, alongside clubmate George Mountford, joined
Bogota club side, Independiente Santa Fe, in Colombia, on 8 May 1950, for
a three-month coaching spell. However, the
country was expelled by FIFA for breaking regulations, and any
players joining were considered rebellious and were also banned. Despite a
£60 per week wage packet, and a £35 win bonus, Franklin
returned to England in August, having played
just six Primera A matches, scoring once, due to political tension
and homesickness, and after serving a four month suspension, he signed
with Hull City FC, who finally got their man for £22,500 in February
1951. Chingford Town FC at this point, had folded.
In September 1953, he was hotly tipped
to join Birmingham City FC or Arsenal FC, but he remained with Hull and
after 95 Second Division appearances, he
joined Crewe Alexandra FC in February 1956 for £1250
and he made 66 Third Division (North)
appearances, scoring four goals. Stockport County FC then paid the
exact same transfer fee for him in October 1957 and
he made a final twenty Third Division (North)
appearances. He was employed by Wellington Town FC as their
player-coach from July 1959. Joined Sankey's FC, a local side also in
Wellington, a year later, playing alongside Henry Cockburn once more, and was their player-manager for the 1961-62
season and until his retirement in December 1962. |
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Club honours |
None |
|
Individual honours |
Football League (five appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
|
Height/Weight |
5'
10½",
11st.
4lbs [1950]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management Career |
|
Club(s) |
Franklin applied
for the vacant manager's job at Leeds United FC in May 1959, ultimately
turned down. So he began his
coaching career with Wellington Town FC from July 1959, where he also
remained as a player. He was then the player-manager of Sankey's FC for
the 1961-62 season until December 1962. Left for Cyprus in 1963, coaching
Nicosia side Appoel FC from February to November. Returned to become
manager at Colchester United from November 1963 until May 1968; |
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Club honours |
None |
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England Career |
|
Player number |
One
of nine who became the 655th
player (659) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-half |
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First match |
No. 227, 28 September 1946, Ireland 2 England
7, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged
24 years
247 days. |
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Last match |
No. 253, 15 April 1950, Scotland 0 England 1,
a World Cup qualification match and British Championship match at Hampden
Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 28 years 81 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British Championship 1946-47, 1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-50; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners 1946-47, 1947-48, 1949-50; |
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Individual honours |
England B
(two appearances, 1947-48), England wartime (three appearances) |
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Distinctions |
The sixtieth
Staffordshirian to represent England.
Suspended from
playing for England prior to the 1950 World Cup Finals.
Died 24 days
after Bobby Langton |
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Beyond England |
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Ran a bar in Sandon, the Dog and
Doublet, in his latter days. A Stoke City FC shirt and his England
appearances adorned the bar. Also held the pumps at The Bluebell in Shelton, The
Wayfarer in Stone and a public house in Oswaldtwistle. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.101/102. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
 |
captain |
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27 |
27 |
12 |
2430 |
0 |
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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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
27 |
20 |
3 |
4 |
91 |
27 |
+64 |
3 |
12 |
3.37 |
1 |
79.6 |
+16 |
Venue Record
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Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
12 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
40 |
14 |
+26 |
1 |
5 |
3.333 |
1.444 |
75.0 |
+6 |
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Away |
15 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
51 |
13 |
+38 |
2 |
7 |
3.40 |
0.867 |
83.3 |
+10 |
Competition Record
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Competition |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
WCP
|
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
+11 |
0 |
1 |
4.667 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
|
WCF |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
=0 |
| World Cup |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
+11 |
0 |
1 |
4.667 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
|
British Championship |
12 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
40 |
13 |
+27 |
0 |
5 |
3.333 |
1.083 |
83.3 |
+8 |
|
the 1949-50 records of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are
duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total. |
| Friendly |
15 |
11 |
1 |
3 |
51 |
14 |
+37 |
3 |
7 |
3.40 |
0.933 |
76.7 |
+8 |
Tournament Record
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World Cup Preliminary Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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WCP/BC
1949-50 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
+11 |
0 |
1 |
4.667 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
|
WCP All |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
+11 |
0 |
1 |
4.667 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
BC 1946-47 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
3 |
+8 |
0 |
1 |
3.667 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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BC
1947-48 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
+5 |
0 |
2 |
2.333 |
0.667 |
83.3 |
+2 |
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BC
1948-49 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
+3 |
0 |
1 |
2.667 |
1.667 |
66.7 |
+1 |
|
BC/WCP 1949-50 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
+11 |
0 |
1 |
4.667 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
|
BC All |
12 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
40 |
13 |
+27 |
0 |
5 |
3.333 |
1.083 |
83.3 |
+8 |
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All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| WC |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
3 |
+11 |
0 |
1 |
4.667 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+3 |
|
BC |
12 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
40 |
13 |
+27 |
0 |
5 |
3.333 |
1.083 |
83.3 |
+8 |
the 1949-50 records of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are
duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
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12 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
40 |
13 |
+27 |
0 |
5 |
3.333 |
1.083 |
83.3 |
+8 |
Match History
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Club: Stoke
City F.C. - 27 full appearances (2430 min) |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - 27
full appearances (2430 min)x |
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