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Bill Perry

Blackpool FC

 3 appearances, 2 goals

P 3 W 2 D 1 L 0 F 8: A 2
83% successful
1955-56

captain: none
minutes played: 270

Timeline
  William Armitt Perry
Birth 10 September 1930 at 25 Delvers Street, Johannesburg, Gauteng, Transvaal, South Africa [registered in Johannesburg, 16 September 1930]. To Arthur William Armitt (aka Thomas) and Jessie Mary (née Soudom). Arrived in England on 28 October 1949.
 

According to Passenger Lists, William Perry was on board the UCM Edinburgh Castle that had left Durban, arriving in Southampton on 28 October 1949.
Marriage to Jean Heywood [registered in Blackpool, June 1953].
Death 27 September 2007 in Blackpool, Lancashire, aged 77 years 17 days, of a heart-attack. Also fighting bowel cancer.
Funeral Buried in Lytham Park Cemetery, Lytham St. Annes

Source

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

Club Career
Club(s) x
Club honours x
Individual honours x
Distinctions x
Height/Weight x' x", xst. xlbs [x].

Source

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

England Career
Player number One of two who became the 751st players (752) to appear for England.
Position(s) Outside-left
First match No. 300, 2 November 1955, England 3 Northern Ireland 0, a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 25 years 53 days.
Last match No. 302, 14 April 1956, Scotland 1 England 1, a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 25 years 217 days.
Major tournaments British Championship 1955-56;
Team honours England B (two appearances, 1955-56)
Individual honours FA Tour of South Africa 1956; England B (two appearances, two goals, 1955-56)
Distinctions His father was born in England.

Beyond England
x.  - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.


The Numbers
parties Apps comp. apps minutes goals ave.min captain
3 3 2 270 2 135 min one 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
3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 0 1 2.667 0.667 83.3 +2
all his matches were played in a white shirt

Venue Record

Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 0 1 3.50 0.50 100.0 +2
Away 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0

Competition Record

Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
British Championship 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 0 1 2.00 0.50 75.0 +1
Friendly 1 1 0 0 4 1 +3 0 0 4.00 1.00 100.0 +1

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1955-56 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 0 1 2.00 0.50 75.0 +1
BC All 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 0 1 2.00 0.50 75.0 +1

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 0 1 2.00 0.50 75.0 +1
2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 0 1 2.00 0.50 75.0 +1

Match History
  
 Club: Blackpool F.C. - three full appearances (270 min) 2ᵍᵃ manager: Walter Winterbottom - three full appearances (270 min) 2ᵍᵃx

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

Age 25
1 300 2 November 1955 - England 3 Northern Ireland 0
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 BC HW 55 11

one of two who became the 751st player (752) to appear for England.
the ninth Blackpool player to represent England

B  
one appearance - Yugoslavia October 1955

2 301 30 November 1955 - England 4 Spain 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 Fr HW 12
 61 header		 11

B  
one appearance - Scotland February 1956

3 302 14 April 1956 - Scotland 1 England 1
Hampden Park, Glasgow		 BC AD   11
 


   

 
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