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Albert Quixall

Sheffield Wednesday FC

 5 appearances, 0 goals

P 5 W 2 D 1 L 2 F 13: A 10
*(actual F 12: A 8)
50% successful
1953-57

captain: none
minutes played: 411

Timeline
  Albert Quixall (*Actual for and against are the goals scored
while the player was on the field.)
Birth 9 August 1933 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire [registered in Sheffield, September 1933].
 

According to the Passenger Notes, Albert Quixall was one of many Manchester United footballers that arrived in New York on board the Queen Mary on 20 June 1960. His address was stated as 14 Hortree Road in Stretford.
According to British Phone Books, Albert was living at 14 Hortree Road from at least 1959, Tel. No. LONgford 3082. From at least 1971, he had moved to 2 Warwick Court, on Warwick Road South, Stretford, Tel No 061 881 9325, until at least 1982.
Marriage to Jeanette Dunston [registered in Sheffield, March 1956].
Death Thursday, 12 November 2020 in Glossop, aged 87 years 95 days

Source

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

Club Career
Club(s) Played schoolboy football in Sheffield and junior football with Meynell Youth Club, also in Sheffield. Joined Sheffield Wednesday FC on amateur forms in 1948 close season. Quixall turned professional on 25 August 1950. After 241 league appearances and 63 goals, he became a Manchester United FC player on 18 September 1958, after they paid a new British record transfer fee of £45,000, beating a rival bid from Sunderland AFC. Interest from Newcastle United FC and Middlesbrough FC in late 1961 failed to materialise into a transfer. After a return of fity goals in 165 league appearances, Oldham Athletic FC then paid £7000 for Quixall on 8 September 1964, making 37 league appearances, scoring eleven goals. Joined Stockport County FC in July 1966, but was forced to retire because of injury in February 1967, making just thirteen league appearances, but joined Altrincham FC later in the year for a brief spell, three league appearances.
Club honours Football League Division Two winners 1951-52, 1955-56; Division One runners-up 1958-59, 1963-64; FA Cup winners 1962-63; FA Charity Shield runners-up 1963;
Individual honours Football League (four appearances)
Distinctions None
Height/Weight 5' 7½", 11st. 5lbs [1957].

Source

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

England Career
Player number One of two who became the 721st players (721) to appear for England.
Position(s) Inside-right/left
First match No. 281, 10 October 1953, Wales 1 England 4, a British Championship match at Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, aged 20 years 62 days.
Last match No. 297, 22 May 1955, Portugal 3 England 1, an end-of-season final tour match at Estádio do Futebol Clube do Porto, Avenida Fernão de Magalhães, Oporto, (substitute 39th min); aged 21 years 286 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1954;
British Championship 1953-54;
Team honours British Championship winners 1953-54;
Individual honours England Schoolboy (two appearances, 1948), England B (three appearances, 1953-54), England U23 (one appearance, 1956)
Distinctions At the beginning of 1953, Quixall became the youngest England B Internationalist, aged 19 years 192 days
Quixall was the second substitute to be used by England, five years and four days after the first.
Died two days after Tony Waiters

Beyond England
Went into business as a Manchester scrap metal merchant. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.201.


The Numbers
parties Apps comp. apps starts substitute unused/
reserve		 minutes captain
7 5 2 4 ▲1
▼0		 three 411 0 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
5 2 1 2 13 10 +3 0 0 2.6 2 50 =0
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 1 1 0 7 4 +3 0 0 3.50 2.00 75.0 +1
Away 3 1 1 1 6 6 =0 0 0 2.00 2.00 50.0 =0

Competition Record

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

WCP

 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 0 0 3.50 1.00 100.0 +2
WCF 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
World Cup 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 0 0 3.50 1.00 100.0 +2
British Championship 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 0 0 3.50 1.00 100.0 +2
The 1953-54 records of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
Friendly 3 0 1 2 6 8 -2 0 0 2.00 2.667 16.7 -2

Tournament Record

World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCP/BC 1953-54 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 0 0 3.50 1.00 100.0 +2
WCP All 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 0 0 3.50 1.00 100.0 +2

World Cup Final Tournaments
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 1954 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 =0
WCF All 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 =0

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC/WCP 1953-54 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 0 0 3.50 1.00 100.0 +2
BC All 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 0 0 3.50 1.00 100.0 +2

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WC 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 0 0 3.50 1.00 100.0 +2
BC 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 0 0 3.50 1.00 100.0 +2
The 1953-54 records of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 0 0 3.50 1.00 100.0 +2
 
 Match History
  

Age 19 B  
one appearance - Scotland March 1953
  
  
 Club: Sheffield Wednesday F.C. - five full appearances (411 min) manager: Walter Winterbottom - five full appearances (411 min)x

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

Age 20
1 281 10 October 1953 - Wales 1 England 4
 Ninian Park, Cardiff		 BC/
WCP		 AW 45 8

one of two who became the 721st player (721) to appear for England.
the 33rd Sheffield Wednesday player to represent England

2 282 21 October 1953 - England 4 Rest of the World 4
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 Fr HD   10
3 283 11 November 1953 - England 3 Ireland 1
Goodison Park, Liverpool		 BC/
WCP		 HW   8
286 16 May 1954 - Yugoslavia 1 England 0, Stadion JNA, Beograd tour AL party member
B  
one appearance - Yugoslavia 16 May 1954
287 23 May 1954 - Hungary 7 England 1, Népstadion, Budapest   AL party member
B  
one appearance  - Switzerland 23 May 1954
 
WCF		 reserve if 16x
288 17 June 1954 - Belgium 4 England 4, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel ND party member
289 20 June 1954 - England 2 Switzerland 0, Wankdorfstadion, Bern AW
290 26 June 1954 - Uruguay 4 England 2, Sankt Jakob Stadium, Basel NL
  

Age 21
295 15 May 1955 - France 1 England 0, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris
tour		 AW unused sub
4 296 18 May 1955 - Spain 1 England 1
Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid		 AD   10
5 297 22 May 1955 - Portugal 3 England 1
Estádio do FC Porto, Oporto		 AL ▲(1-1) 39
 

Quixall becomes the second England player to be a substitute.

Age 22 under 23  
one appearance - Scotland February 1956

Age 23
312 8 May 1957 - England 5 Republic of Ireland 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley
WCP		 HW
reserve
313 15 May 1957 - Denmark 1 England 4, Idrætsparken, København AW
314 19 May 1957 - Republic of Ireland 1 England 1, Dalymount Park, Dublin AD
   


  

 		  
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