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Harold
Pantling |
Sheffield United FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
0 L 1 F 1: A 2
0% successful
1923
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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Harry Harold Pantling |
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Birth |
16 May 1891
in Regent Street, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
[registered in
Leighton Buzzard, June 1891].
Attended Watford Fields School
and Beechen Grove Board School, Watford |
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According to the 1891
census, Sarah (née Bates), is pregnant with child who will become
Harry, his father, Isaac, is a gas stoker and they live in Regent Street
in Leighton Buzzard. They already four children.
According to his
school admission records, both Hy Harold and Rob Wm. started Beechen Grove
School on 3 January 1899. They were living at Dudley Cottages on St.
James' Road. Harold left on 26 March 1902. His brother had been removed
because of 'bad conduct'. |
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According to the 1901
census, Harry is the fifth of seven children, at home with their parents,
living at 81 St. James Road in Watford. His father is a plate layer with
the LNW railway.
According to UK Railway Employment Records, Harry
Harold Pantling also joined the railways (LNWR) as a trainboy in the
Police department on 4 January 1906 at Watford Junction Station. He joined
the Euston Company on 11 June 1907. On 26 July, Harry was a Parcel Porter
at Willesden. He was dismissed on 6 September 1907. |
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According to the 1911
census, nineteen year old Harold is out of work, but remains at home with
three of his sisters and parents. His father is still a plate layer and
they live at 49 Benskin Road in Watford. The census reveals that his
parents had ten children and that three had died after birth. |
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Marriage |
to
Florence Binney
[registered as Harry H., in Ecclesall Bierlow, September 1915].
They had two sons, Harry Harold (b.18 November 1916-82) and Ronald Raymond (b.1920-85).
Florence died in 1965. |
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According to the 1921 census,
Harry Harold is now a professional footballer (for Sheffield United FC)
and is now also married to Florence, and they have two sons, Harry Harold
and Ronald Raymond. They are visiting the home of his father, 49 Benskin
Road in Watford, where his sister, Alice now also lives with her family.
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,%20Harold.jpg) "POLICE
RAID ON HOTEL
"Harry Harold Pantling, licensee of the Burgoyne Arms,
Langsett road, Sheffield [left],
was fined two pounds at Sheffield yesterday on charges of selling or
supplying intoxicating liquor on his premises, of selling or supplying it
by agent, and with abetting its consumption otherwise than in permitted
hours.
"His wife, Mrs. Florence Pantling, was fined £3 for
selling or supplying intoxicating liquor, and with aiding and abetting
its consumption.
"Thirty-two other defendants appeared to answer
charges of consuming intoxicants.
"The charges arise from a police raid
on the Burgoyne Arms in the early hours of 2 January, when a New Year's
Day Party was in progress.
"Mr. J. J. McAvoy, prosecuting, said
Pantling and a woman called at the Hammerton road Police Station, on 29
December, and Pantling said he wanted 'a few hours' on New Year's Day for
a little party.
"He gave a list of 34 people who, he said, would be
present.
"The police took observations on New Year's Day from 9.45 p.m.
Time was called at 10 p.m., but the officers were unable to see who left
the premises. The main bar was closed, and no drink was served after that
time.
"At 11.10 p.m. Mrs. Pantling asked 17 people to sit down for a
meal in the concert room, and at 11.35 a further 13 people sat down to
eat.
"At 12.20 the Police saw that the people in the room had drinks in
front of them, and at 12.35 Mrs. Pantling was seen to leave a small bar
which was in the room, return with some empty glasses, distribute four
full glasses, and receive a silver coin.
"Later she handed back what
appeared to be coppers. At 12.43 Mrs. Pantling served some more liquor and
one of the people present put a florin in her hand. At 12.58 someone was
heard to shout: 'Fill these up again.'
"Mr. McAvoy gave details of a
number of similar incidents which the police alleged, took place.
"When
the police entered the premises at 1.17 Pantling said: 'It is a private
party, and they are all friends of mine; is there anything wrong?'
"Mrs. Pantling said: 'I have given them a drink each.'
A sum of 4
pounds 15s. 9d. was found in the concert room bar, and of the 43 adults on
the premises besides the licensee and his wife, 29 had liquor before them.
"It was found that only 24 of the people present were included in the list
of 34 names given to the police.
"Police-sergeant Tibbey said that the
licensee called in December about the party, and said that drinks would be
served. He also gave the names of the guests.
"Mr. J. Irwin Mitchell,
defending, said it had been suggested that private friends had been turned
into customers. Mrs. Pantling had placed all the facts concerning the
party in the possession of the police.
"All the guests were there by
virtue of a previous written invitation and not by chance.
"At some
time after midnight Mrs. Pantling went round to her guests and asked them
what they would drink with her. No payment whatever was made.
"'Of all
these people - nearly 40 of them,' said Mr. Mitchell, 'there was not a
person in the room who saw money pass.'
"The fanlight through which the
police were supposed to have kept observation, said Mr. Mitchell, gave so
small an aperture that it was impossible for two men to look through it in
the same direction.
"Mrs. Pantling said her husband went out at 12.20
and while he was out she served her guests with drinks. No payment
whatever was made.
"When the police raided the house, Mrs. Pantling
said, she did not recognise them, as 'they were too dirty for
police-officers'.
"Harold Pantling, said he could give no evidence as
to the distribution of drinks, as he was out at the time when his wife
served the guests.
"The 32 other defendants were then consecutively
called to give evidence.
"Sir William Ellis, chairman of the Bench,
said: 'We believe that this party began in a perfectly honest way, but we
have conclusive evidence from the police that at a certain stage in the
evening money was exchanged.'
The other charges were dismissed under
the Probation of Offenders Act." - Tuesday, 27 February 1934,
The Daily Independent.
"SEVERE CAUTION
"At the
Sheffield Transfer Sessions yesterday objections were taken to the renewal
of two licences.
"The first of these concerned Charles Alfred
Helliwell, of the Wentworth House, Wentworth street, St. Philip's,
Sheffield, against whom there had been a conviction recently for providing
music without a licence. The licence was renewed after a severe caution
had been administered.
"The same course of action was taken with regard
to Harold Pantling of the Burgoyne Arms, Langsett road, against whom there
had been a conviction for selling drinks after hours." -
Wednesday, 21 March 1934, The Daily Independent |
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According to the 1939 register, Harry H., a licensee, is married to
Florence and living at The Burgoyne Arms, 246-248 Langsett Road in
Sheffield, along with sons, Harry H. and Ronald R. |
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Death |
21 December 1952
at The Royal Infirmary, Sheffield, aged
61 years 219 days
[registered as Harry H., in Sheffield, December 1952]. Following
an operation.
Living at The Burgoyne Arms, 246-248 Langsett Road in Sheffield. Left £513
9s. 4d. to his widow, Florence. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Played
junior football in Watford until he signed as an amateur with Watford FC
in 1908. Signed professional forms in 1911, before them signing with Sheffield United
FC in March 1914. Remained at United, scoring
once in 224 league appearances. |
"IRATE PANTLING
"Harry
Pantling, the Sheffield United wing half, has not yet learned how to curb
his temper, for the incident at Blackpool last week, when he deliberately
kicked the ball at a spectator, and was then challenged to fight, reminds
us that he received marching orders in March, 1921, in the game with
Bolton Wanderers and was suspended." - Saturday, 19 January
1924, Derby Daily Telegraph
"OTHER CLUBS PLEASE COPY
"If every club in the land would try and teach players that they must
behave on the field there would be far less rough play seen. Sheffield
United dropped Harry Pantling last week because he gave a display of
temper in the Cup-tie which brought himself and his club into certain
disrepute. Other clubs might well copy this example" -
Saturday, 26 January 1924, Derby Daily Telegraph |
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His temper often got him sent-off
and he had to serve several suspensions, he was thus placed on the
open-to-transfer list in April 1926. Rotherham United FC
signed Pantling on 9 August 1926. |
"HAROLD PANTLING SUSPENDED
The Emergency Committee report that H.
Pantling (Rotherham United) has been suspended for two months, from 8
February, for what transpired in the match against Bradford. The Committee
state they had regard to the players conduct on the field in other
matches." - Thursday, 17 February 1927, The Sheffield Daily
Independent. |
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Heanor Town FC signed him on 18 November 1927. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup winners 1914-15, 1924-25; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
His son, Harold, was a keen amateur boxer. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8½", 11st.
0lbs [1925]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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England Career |
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Player number |
One of four who became the 460th
players (461) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Right-half |
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Only match |
No. 137, 20 October 1923,
Ireland
2 England
1,
a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged
32 years
157 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1923-24; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
The first
player from Bedfordshire to represent England.
Died two days after
Harry Makepeace and five days after Jack Hillman. |
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Beyond England |
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Harold was a keen fisher. A licensee
until his death, namely The Ecclesall Tavern, and then The Burgoyne Arms
in Sheffield from 28 July 1931. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.190. |
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Harold Pantling - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
90 |
0 |
0min |
0 |
none |
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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Harold Pantling
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away - British Championship |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
| All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Harold Pantling
- Match Record - Tournament Matches |
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British Championship Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC 1923-24 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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BC All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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All Competition |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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BC |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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All |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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