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Jack
Haines |
West Bromwich
Albion FC
1 appearance, 2 debut goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F
6:
A
0
100% successful
1948
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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John Thomas William Haines |
Birth:
Saturday,
24 April 1920 in Wickhamford, near Evesham, Worcestershire [registered in
Evesham, June 1920].
Attended Badsey Council School, Evesham |
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Marriage:
to Ethel Anne Nicholls
[registered in Wellington, Shropshire, June 1943]. |
Death:
Thursday, 19 March 1987 in Worcester, aged
66 years 329 days
[registered in Worcester, March 1987].
Buried in Wickhamford
Cemetery. |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990], his son, John &
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Playing
Career |
Club(s) |
Began his schoolboy career was enhanced by
being coached by Jesse Pennington, and saw him playing for Wickhamford
FC of the North Cotswold and Vale of Evesham League and then Badsey
Rangers FC, of the Vale of Evesham League, his senior career started
when he was playing for Charlton Kings FC of the
Cheltenham
League and onto
Evesham
Town FC.
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EVESHAM PLAYERS IN ROAD
CRASH
Four Evesham Town
players were injured, two seriously, when the motor-coach in which they
were returning from their game with Hinckley on Tuesday [30 March 1937]
was involved in a collision with a private car near Stratford-on-Avon.
Jack Haines, the 17-year-old
inside-right, is suffering from an injured foot, and is unlikely that he
will play for the rest of the season. Harry Attwood, is also doubtful, as
he sustained a broken nose in the smash. George Knight and Jack Hope, the
other two players, received less serious injuries and will be fit for duty
when the Town visit Walsall on Saturday. The other players and a few
spectators who were also in the coach escaped injury. The injuries to the
players, except Haines, was caused by flying glass as a result of the
impact. Haines' right foot was injured when he was flung from his seat.
The driver of the other car
and his lady passenger were also hurt, and had to receive treatment at the
Straford-on-Avon hospital. - Gloucestershire Echo, 1 April
1937 |
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Haines was trialed and signed by Liverpool FC in November
1937. He never made the first team but broke into the reserves, his
contract was £5 per week, with an extra £1 for getting in the reserves
and a further £1 if you made the first team. Signed for Cheltenham
Town AFC on 19 May 1939. After the war curtailed his career, during
which he represented the RAF and guested for Merythr Tydfil FC and Lincoln City FC, he returned as a Swansea Town FC player, his form saw
him quickly bought by Leicester City FC on 20 June 1947 for £4,000, playing
alongside Don
Revie and
a year later, on 10 March 1948, he moved to West Bromwich Albion FC in a
player exchange (Peter McKennan). After falling out over his wages
with The Hawthorn's club, on 19 December 1949, for nearly £10,000,
he went to play at Bradford AFC, who could not breach the maximum wage,
but paid him handsomely outside of the game.
He then signed for Harry
Catterick
at
Rochdale AFC on 29 September 1953 for £8000, and then a very short spell with
Chester FC from July 1955, there were a few games for Wellington Town
FC in 1957 afterwhich, he retired.
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League History
342 appearances,
90 goals
one red card
(on 26
November 1955) |
Swansea Town FC
1946-47 29 appearances, six goals
debut (division two): 31 August 1946 Swansea Town FC
2
West Bromwich Albion FC 3.
Leicester City FC
1947-48 twelve appearances, three goals
debut (division two): 23 August 1947
Leeds United AFC 3 Leicester City FC 1.
West Bromwich Albion FC
1948-49 59 appearances, 23 goals
debut (division two): 13 March 1948
West Ham United FC 0 West Bromwich Albion FC 2.
Bradford AFC
1949-53 136 appearances, 34 goals
debut (division two): 24 December 1949
Sheffield Wednesday FC 1 Bradford AFC 1.
Rochdale AFC
1953-55 sixty appearances, sixteen goals
debut (division three (north)):
3 October 1953 Rochdale AFC 1 Mansfield Town FC 0.
Chester FC
1955-57 46 appearances, eight goals
debut (division three (north)): 20
August 1955 Chester FC 0 Tranmere Rovers FC 0.
last (division three
(north)): 24 November 1957 Darlington FC 5 Chester FC 1. |
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Club honours |
Lancashire League winners 1936-37;
Football League Division Two runners-up 1948-49 (38 apps, 14ᵍ);
FA Cup best: sixth round 1948-49 (3 apps); |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
Rochdale FC's
website describes his 40 yard
scissors-kick
pass. He even took a penalty with a
scissor
kick against West Ham United FC at Upton Park on his
WBA
debut! |
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Height/Weight |
5'
9", 10st.
11lbs [1949]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & John Haines. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of five
who became the 676th
players (679) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Inside-left |
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Only match |
No. 244, 2 December 1948, England 6
Switzerland 0, a friendly match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London,
aged 28 years 222 days.
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Major tournaments |
None |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
The only
post-war England player to play once and score twice. |
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Distinctions |
By marriage, a
cousin of Johnny Hancocks.
The tenth Worcestershirian to represent England. |
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Beyond England |
He coached at Bishops
Cleeve
Secondary school in the 1960's and also managed lots of local sides in the
Cheltenham
and Evesham
area. -
John Haines, his son.
At the time of his only England
appearance, he was employed by G.C. Lees-Milne, at Wickhamford Manor. -
Gloucestershire Echo, 20 November 1948 |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
minutes |
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goals ave.min |
captain |
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1 |
1 |
90 |
2 |
45
min |
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 |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
6.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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His only match was played at a home venue, it was a friendly match
and played in a white shirt |
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