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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 |
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Timeline |
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John Edward Thompson Milburn |
(*Actual
for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.) |
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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. |
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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. |
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Marriage |
to Laura E. Blackwood (married/divorced from Moffat),
16 February 1948
[registered in Willesden, Middlesex, March 1948]. One son,
Jackie junior |
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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. |
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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. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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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) |
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x.
- A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999). |
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Club Career |
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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.
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners 1950-51,
1951-52, 1954-55; Irish League Champions 1958-59,
1959-60; Irish Cup winners 1959-60; |
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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; |
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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. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
11½", 12st.
9lbs [1951]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management Career |
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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. |
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Club honours |
Irish League Champions
1958-59, 1959-60; Irish Cup winners 1959-60; |
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England Career |
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Player number |
675th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward, outside-right |
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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.
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Last match |
No. 298,
2 October
1955,
Denmark
1 England
5, a friendly match at
Idrætsparken, København, aged
31 years 144 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup Finals 1950;
British Championship 1948-49, 1949-50,
1950-51; |
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Team honours |
British Championship winners
1949-50; |
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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); |
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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). |
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Beyond England |
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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. |
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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 |
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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
|
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 |
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Away |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
8 |
+16 |
0 |
0 |
4.80 |
1.60 |
100.0 |
+5 |
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Neutral |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
1.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
Shirt Record
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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
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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
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
16 |
9 |
+9 |
1 |
1 |
2.667 |
0.563 |
66.7 |
+2 |
Match History
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Club:
Newcastle United F.C. -
thirteen full appearances (1090 min) 10ᵍ |
manager: Walter
Winterbottom -
thirteen full appearances (1090 min) 10ᵍx
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