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Ray Pointer

Burnley FC

3 appearances, 2 goals (1 on debut)

P 3 W 2 D 1 L 0 F 7: A 2
83% successful

1960-62

disciplined: none
captain:
none
minutes played:
270

Timeline

  Raymond Pointer
Birth 10 October 1936 in Cramlington, Northumberland [registered in Northumberland South, December 1936]. To James and Winifred (née Ternent)
Marriage to Marilyn Baxter, at St Stephen's Church in Burnley Wood [registered in Burnley, September 1961]. Three children, Stephen, Ann-Marie and Jonathan
Three Banns read on 16 April, 23 April, 30 April 1961. Marilyn died 22 March 2012
Death 26 January 2016 at 15 Norfolk Avenue in Blackpool, aged 79 years 108 days

Source

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

Biographies x
 

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

Club Career

Club(s) x
Club honours x
Individual honours x
Distinctions x
Height/Weight 5' 9", 10st 7lbs [1959]

Source

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

England Career

Player number One of two who became the 798th players (799) to appear for England.
Position(s) Centre-forward
First match No. 351, 28 September 1961, England 4 Luxembourg 1, a World Cup qualification match at Arsenal Stadium, Highbury, London, aged 24 years 353 days.
Last match No. 353, 25 October 1961, England 2 Portugal 0, a World Cup qualification match at The Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 25 years 15 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1962 (provisional squad);
British Championship
1961-62;
Team honours None
Individual honours England U23 (five appearances, three goals, 1959-60)
Distinctions x

Beyond England

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

 

Ray Pointer - Career Statistics
Squads Apps comp. apps Starts Sub on Sub off Mins. Goals goals ave.min comp. goals Capt. Disc.
- 3 3 3 0 0 270 2 135 min 2 none 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.

 

Ray Pointer - Match Record - All Matches - By Colour of Shirt
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 0 1 3.00 0.50 100.0 +2
Away 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
All - White 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 0 1 2.333 0.667 83.3 +2

 

Ray Pointer - Match Record - By Type of Match
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 0 0 3.00 0.50 100.0 +2
WCF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
World Cup 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 0 1 3.00 0.50 100.0 +2
British Championship 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
All 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 0 1 2.333 0.667 83.3 +2

 

Ray Pointer - Match Record - Tournament Matches
World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 0 1 3.00 0.50 100.0 +2
WCP All 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 0 1 3.00 0.50 100.0 +2
All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1961-62 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
BC All 1 0 1 0 1 1 =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
WC 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 0 1 3.00 0.50 100.0 +2
BC 1 0 1 0 1 1 =0 0 0 1.00 1.00 50.0 =0
All 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 0 1 2.333 0.667 83.3 +2

Match History

 
Age 22 under 23  
two appearances - Italy May 1959; reserve - West Germany May 1959; Hungary September 1959.
     
Age 23    
three appearance - GDR, Poland & Israel May 1960.
     

 Club: Burnley F.C. - three full appearances (270 min) 2ᵍ manager: Walter Winterbottom - three full appearances (270 min) 2ᵍx

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

Ray Pointer was drafted in as Bobby Smith's replacement at a Lilleshall get-together on 12-14 December 1960
 

Age 24
1 351 28 September 1961 - England 4 Luxembourg 1
Arsenal Stadium, Highbury
WCP HW 35 9

Age 25
2 352 14 October 1961 - Wales 1 England 1
Ninian Park, Cardiff
BC AD   9
3 353 25 October 1961 - England 2 Portugal 0
Empire Stadium, Wembley
WCP HW 35 9
 
 
FIFA set a deadline of 10 April 1962 for preliminary lists of forty players to be submitted. England's selectors produced theirs, two days early. Following England's defeat by Scotland at Hampden Park, the squad was whittled down to 22 names on 15 April, with 18 names excluded including Ray Pointer.

  
 
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