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Jackie Milburn

Newcastle United FC

13 appearances, 10 goals (one on debut)

P 13 W 10 D 1 L 2 F 45: A 19
*(actual F 41: A 18)

81% successful

1948-55

captain: none
minutes played:
1089

Timeline

  John Edward Thompson Milburn (*Actual for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.)
Birth 11 May 1924 in the upstairs flat at 14 Sixth Road, Ashington, Northumberland [registered in Morpeth, June 1924], to Alexander and Annie Nancy (née Thompson)
Attended Hirst East Boys School.
  John and Elizabeth (née Brown) Milburn had eight children, six boys. Second eldest was John Thomas (Ashington FC goalkeeper). Alexander was the youngest, and in 1907 he married Elizabeth Ann. They in turn had seven children, four of them sons. John (Leeds United AFC, Bradford City FC and an England reserve), George William (Leeds United FC and Chesterfield AFC), James (Leeds United AFC and Bradford City FC) and Stanley (Chesterfield FC, Leicester City FC and Rochdale AFC). In between them, Elizabeth Ellen and Esther were born. Elizabeth 'Cissie' would marry Robert Charlton in Morpeth in 1934. They had four sons, Alan, Robert (Manchester United FC), John (Leeds United AFC) and Thomas.
Marriage to Laura E. Blackwood (married/divorced from Moffat), 16 February 1948 [registered in Willesden, Middlesex, March 1948]. One son, Jackie junior
  According to Passenger Lists, Milburn was part of the Newcastle United FC party that travelled on the Cunard White Star The Queen Mary. They left the port of Southampton bound for New York on 13 May 1949. Milburn's address is stated as 19 Northfield Road in Gosforth. Bizarrely, when he returned from Montréal to Liverpool on the Canadian Pacific  ship, the Empress of France on 1 July 1949, his address was stated as 92 Teesdale Gardens in Newcastle.
Death 8 October 1988 at 2 Bothal Terrace, Ashington, aged 64 years 150 days [registered in Nothumberland Central, October 1988], from lung cancer. Cremated on 13 October 1988. Service held at Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, Newcastle upon Tyne, ashes later scattered on St James's Park, Newcastle United FC.

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Biographies Golden Goals - Jackie Milburn (Stanley Paul & Co, London 1957)
Jackie Milburn's Newcastle United Scrapbook - Jackie Milburn
(Souvenir Press, London 1981)
Wor Jackie: The Jackie Milburn Story - John Gibson
(Sportsprint, Edinburgh 1990).
Jackie Milburn in Black & White: A Biography - Mike Kirkup
(Stanley Paul & Co, London September 1990)

Jackie Milburn: A Man of Two Halves - Jack Milburn
(Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh October 2003)
 

x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Club Career

Instead of going down the pit, the young Milburn took a job in Dorking as a pantry boy, following homesickness, he returned home and he started his football career assisting Hirst East Old Boys FC and later Ashington YMCA. War in 1939 saw Milburn try to join the Navy but, lacking height, he was rejected. Twelve months later he had shot up to 5'10" and had become an apprentice fitter at the local colliery. He appeared for theAshington Air Training Corps and for the county side and was soon at St James Park making an impression in a trial match. He signed on a week later in August 1943. He still worked the pits, at Hazelrigg Colliery, until an ear infection ended his mining days in 1948. After playing in a friendly match for United against Linfield FAC at Windsor Park on 10 October 1956, the Linfield board jumped on Milburn's interest, and eventually shelled out the £10,000 transfer fee plus a Linfield player on 13 June 1957, making him their player-manager. Wor Jackie scored 177 goals in 353 League appearances. He remained for three seasons, scoring 68 goals in 55 Irish League appearances.

Club honours FA Cup winners 1950-51, 1951-52, 1954-55; Irish League Champions 1958-59, 1959-60; Irish Cup winners 1959-60;
Individual honours Football League (three appearances);
Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year runner-up 1951-52; Ulster Footballer of the Year winner
1957-58;
Distinctions Appeared on ITV's This Is Your Life 9 December 1981;
In 1988, Newcastle United FC opened their new West Stand at St James' Park and named it after Milburn. A statue stands on Station Road, the main street in his birthplace Ashington. Another stands in Strawberry Place, within the shadow of St. James' Park.
Height/Weight 5' 11½", 12st. 9lbs [1951].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Management Career

Club(s) After his first managerial experience was deemed a success at Linfield FAC, Milburn joined Yiewsley FC in November 1960, spending the first month as a player, and player-manager from the following month.  He became a part-time coach for Reading FC in 1962. Then in January 1963, he was appointed successor to Alf Ramsey at reigning Champions Ipswich Town FC, it took effect in April of '63. They finished the season in seventeenth place. The following season they were relegated to the second division. Milburn resigned in September 1964. He then became manager at Gateshead FC from November 1965.
Club honours Irish League Champions 1958-59, 1959-60; Irish Cup winners 1959-60;

England Career

Player number 675th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Centre-forward, outside-right
First match No. 242, 9 October 1948, Ireland 2 England 6, a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged 24 years 151 days.
Last match No. 298, 2 October 1955, Denmark 1 England 5, a friendly match at Idrætsparken, København, aged 31 years 144 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1950;
British Championship 1948-49, 1949-50, 1950-51;
Team honours British Championship winners 1949-50;
Individual honours England's Top Goalscorer 1948-49 (3 along with Mortensen, Finney and Morris), 1950-51 (4 along with Baily), 1951 (3 with Lofthouse);
Distinctions Died three days after Ron Staniforth, five days after Eddie Shimwell, eleven days after Willis Edwards and 22 days after Dick Pym.
Milburn is the third (of five) ex-England players to die in October 1988, making this the deadliest month (excluding February 1958).

Beyond England

After retiring from football management, Jackie became a journalist for News of the World in 1964. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.173/4.


The Numbers
parties Apps comp. apps starts substitute unused minutes goals ave.min comp. goals captain
18 13 6 13 ▲0
▼1
six 1089 10 109 min 6 five 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
13 10 1 2 45 19 +26 1 2 3.462 1.462 80.8 +8

Venue Record

Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 7 5 1 1 21 10 +11 0 2 3.00 1.429 78.6 +4
Away 5 5 0 0 24 8 +16 0 0 4.80 1.60 100.0 +5
Neutral 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1

Shirt Record

Colour P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
White 12 9 1 2 43 18 +25 1 2 3.583 1.50 79.2 +7
Red 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2.00 1.00 100.0 +1

Competition Record

Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 0 0 4.00 1.00 100.0 +1
WCF 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
World Cup 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 1 0 2.00 1.00 50.0 =0
British Championship 5 4 0 1 16 8 +8 0 1 3.20 1.60 80.0 +3
The 1949-50 records of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
Friendly 7 6 1 0 29 10 +19 0 1 4.143 1.429 92.9 +6

Tournament Record

World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP/BC 1949-50 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 0 0 4.00 1.00 100.0 +1
WCP All 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 0 0 4.00 1.00 100.0 +1
World Cup Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 1950 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
WCF All 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 0 0.00 1.00 0.00 -1
World Cup
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 1948-50 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 1 0 2.00 1.00 50.0 =0
WC All 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 1 0 2.00 1.00 50.0 =0

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1948-49 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 0 1 2.667 1.667 66.7 +1
BC/WCP 1949-50 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 0 0 4.00 1.00 100.0 +1
BC 1950-51 1 1 0 0 4 2 +2 0 0 4.00 2.00 100.0 +1
BC All 5 4 0 1 16 8 +8 0 1 3.20 1.60 80.0 +3

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 1 0 2.00 1.00 50.0 =0
BC 5 4 0 1 16 8 +8 0 1 3.20 1.60 80.0 +3
The 1949-50 records of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
6 4 0 2 16 9 +9 1 1 2.667 0.563 66.7 +2

Match History
 
 Club: Newcastle United F.C. - thirteen full appearances (1090 min) 10ᵍ manager: Walter Winterbottom - thirteen full appearances (1090 min) 10ᵍx

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

Age 24
241 26 September 1948 - Denmark 0 England 0, Idrætsparken, København Fr AD unused sub
1 242 9 October 1948 - Ireland 2 England 6
Windsor Park, Belfast
BC AW 55 header 9

the 675th player to appear for England.
the fifteenth Newcastle United player to represent England
the 124th player to score on his England debut

2 243 10 November 1948 - England 1 Wales 0
Villa Park, Birmingham
BC HW 39 9
3 244 2 December 1948 - England 6 Switzerland 0
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury
Fr HW 5 66 9
4 245 9 April 1949 - England 1 Scotland 3
Empire Stadium, Wembley
BC HL 73 9

Age 25
246 13 May 1949 - Sweden 3 England 1, Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna tour AL withdrew injured
B  
withdrew - Finland A 15 May 1949
247 18 May 1949 - Norway 1 England 4, Ullevål Stadion, Oslo   AW withdrew injured
B  
withdrew - Netherlands A 18 May 1949
248 22 May 1949 - France 1 England 3, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris   AW withdrew injured
  
5 250 15 October 1949 - Wales 1 England 4
Ninian Park, Cardiff
BC/
WCP
AW 20
26
header
35
74
header
9
  

the 44th (seventh post-war) hattrick scored

252 30 November 1949 - England 2 Italy 0, White Hart Lane, Tottenham Fr HW unused sub

his 3 goals in 1948-49 makes him top goalscorer (with Mortensen, Finney & Morris) for the season

B  
withdrew injured - Netherlands A February 1950

253 15 April 1950 - Scotland 0 England 1, Hampden Park, Glasgow BC/
WCP
AW reserve

Age 26 B  
party member - Italy 11 May 1950
6 254 14 May 1950 - Portugal 3 England 5
Estadio Nacional, Lisboa
tour AW   7
B  
party member - Netherlands 17 May 1950
7 255 18 May 1950 - Belgium 1 England 4
Stade du Heysel, Bruxelles
  AW (0-0) 9 7

Milburn's ninth minute replacement makes him the first ever England player to be subtituted.

B  
withdrawn party member - Luxembourg 21 May 1950
 
WCF
centre-forwardx
256 25 June 1950 - England 2 Chile 0, Estádio Municipal, Rio NW party member
257 29 June 1950 - United States 1 England 0, Estádio Independência, Belo Horizonte NL
8 258 2 July 1950 - Spain 1 England 0
Estádio Municipal, Rio
NL   9
259 7 October 1950 - Ireland 1 England 4, Windsor Park, Belfast BC AW reserve
9 260 15 November 1950 - England 4 Wales 2
Roker Park, Sunderland
BC HW 90 9
  
262 14 April 1951 - England 2 Scotland 3, Empire Stadium, Wembley BC HL reserve
10 263 9 May 1951 - England 2 Argentina 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley
Fr HW 86 9

Age 27
11 264 19 May 1951 - England 5 Portugal 2
Goodison Park, Liverpool
Fr HW 11
78
9

his four goals in 1950-51 makes him top goalscorer (with Baily) for the season

12 265 3 October 1951 - England 2 France 2
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury
Fr HD   9
  
268 28 November 1951 - England 2 Austria 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HD unused sub
  

his three goals in 1951 makes him top goalscorer (with Lofthouse) for the year

Age 31
13 298 2 October 1955 - Denmark 1 England 5
Idrætsparken, København
Fr AW 53 82 7
  

  

 
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