|
|
|
Reg
Matthews |
Coventry City FC,
Chelsea FC
5 appearances,
5 goals against 1 clean sheet
P 5 W 2 D
3 L 0 F 9: A 5
70% successful
1955-58
captain: none
minutes played: 450 |
 |
|
Timeline |
| |
Reginald Derrick Matthews |
|
Birth |
20 December 1932 in Coventry,
Warwickshire [registered in
Coventry, March 1933].
Attended Barkers Butts school. |
|
Marriage |
to Barbara Gibbs
[registered in Coventry, March 1954],
two children, Kim and Kim M. |
|
Death |
7 October 2001 in Kenilworth,
Coventry, aged
68 years 291 days
[registered in Mid-Warwickshire, October 2001], after a short
illness. Funeral held at St.John's Church in Kenilworth, 15 October 2001. |
|
Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
|
Club Career |
|
Club(s) |
Played for
Coventry schools and was signed by his local club, Coventry City FC when
he was just fourteen years old, becoming part of the club's groundstaff at
Highfield Road. He was turning out for the club's nursery side, Modern
Machine Tools FC, eventually signing professional forms in May 1950.
His performances in the Third Division of the Football League had him
noticed not only by the England selectors, but also Chelsea FC, who, after
111 league appearances, bought him for
£22,500 in November 1956 and played in 135
league appearances. Derby County FC signed him in October 1961 for
£10,000 and another 225 league appearances
followed. He joined Rugby Town FC as a player-manager in August
1968. |
|
Club honours |
None |
|
Individual honours |
Football League
Division Three South vs. Division Three North (two appearances) |
|
Distinctions |
None |
|
Height/Weight |
5'
11", 11st.
7lbs [1957]. |
|
Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
|
England Career |
|
Player number |
754th
player to appear for England. |
|
Position(s) |
Goalkeeper |
|
First match |
No. 302, 14 April 1956, Scotland 1 England
1, a British
Championship match at
Hampden
Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 23 years
116 days. |
|
Last match |
No. 307, 6 October 1956, Northern
Ireland 1 England 1, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 23 years 291 days. |
|
Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals
1958 (provisional);
British
Championship 1955-56, 1956-57; |
|
Team honours |
British Championship winners 1956-57,
shared 1955-56; |
|
Individual honours |
England
B (three appearances, 1955-56), England U23 (four
appearances, one unofficial, 1955) |
|
Distinctions |
most appearanced Englishman at Coventry City FC. |
|
Beyond England |
|
After leaving football, from
1968, he worked in a tractor factory, Massey Ferguson. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.169. |
|
The Numbers |
|
parties |
Apps |
comp
apps |
unused/
reserve |
minutes |
GA |
GA Av.
min |
Comp GA |
Clean
Sheets |
Cln
Sht Av |
cln sht best |
captain |
|
7 |
5 |
2 |
eight |
450 |
5 |
90 |
2 |
1 |
20% |
209 min |
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. |
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
5 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
+4 |
1 |
1 |
1.8 |
1 |
70 |
+2 |
Venue Record
|
Venue |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
4.00 |
2.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
|
Away |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
+2 |
1 |
1 |
1.25 |
0.75 |
62.5 |
+1 |
Competition Record
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
-0 |
| Friendly |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
+4 |
1 |
1 |
1.333 |
1.00 |
83.3 |
+2 |
Tournament Record
|
British Championship Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC 1955-56 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
-0 |
| BC 1956-57 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
-0 |
|
BC
All |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
-0 |
|
All Competition |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
| BC |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
-0 |
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
=0 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
50.0 |
-0 |
Match History
|
Club:
Coventry City F.C.
- five full appearances (450 min) 5ᵍᵃ |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom - five full appearances
(450 min) 5ᵍᵃx |
|
apps |
match |
pic |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
shirt |
|
under 23 |
|
|
one appearance - Denmark September 1955 |
|
B |
|
|
withdrew substitute - Yugoslavia October 1955 |
|
|
Age 23 |
under 23 |
|
|
one appearance - Scotland
February 1956 |
|
B |
|
|
two appearances - Scotland February 1956, Switzerland
March 1956 |
|
|
England's selectors announced their forty-man squad from whom the final
22 would be selected, on April 22 1958.
Of the 18 players who were cut from the squad on 28 May, they included
Reg Matthews. |
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