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Danny
Shea |
Blackburn Rovers FC
2 appearances, 0 goals
P 2 W 1 D
0 L 1 F 2: A 3
50% successful
1914
captain: none
minutes played: 180 |
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Timeline |
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Daniel Shea |
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Birth |
Sunday, 6 November 1887 in Wapping, Middlesex.
Athletic News in
1908 "6
November 1888"; Daily News in 1913 & 1919 "6 November 1887"
"born within a day of Guy Fawkes" |
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registered to
McCarthy in
St George in the East, London, October-December 1887
notes: Wapping was part of
the Middlesex County Registration until 1889. |
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According to the 1891
census, three year old Dan is the youngest of five children to Richard and
Polly (Mary Ann) (née McCarthy). His father is a dock labourer and they live at 14 Rygate Street in
St. George in the East.
Also confirmed by the 1890-93 Electoral
Registers for Tower Hamlets. Between 1897-98. they appear to have been
living at 9 Saint James' Place. |
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According to the
1901 census, Daniel is the third of four children to their parents. His
father is a wharf labourer. They live at 9 Agatha Street in St. George in the
East, with the Lynch family.
Again, also confirmed by the 1901-06
Electoral Registers for Tower Hamlets. |
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Marriage |
to Julia Slade |
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registered as O'Shea in Stepney October December 1909 |
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Children |
Danny and Julia Shea have three children together.
Daniel, Margaret and Julie |
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According to the
1911 census, Daniel is a commercial clerk
'for Carron Shipping Lines' married to Julia with one son,
Daniel. They still live at 9 Agatha Street with his widowed mother and two
of his sisters, Minnie and Emma. |
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According to the
1921 census, Daniel, a professional footballer (for Fulham FC), is still
married, now with two more children, Margaret and Julia. They live with
his wife's mother at 7 Watts Street in Wapping. |
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According to the 1939 register, Daniel, a dock labourer, and Julia are
still married, living at 20 Frobisher House in Stepney, along with Daniel
jr and Margaret. |
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Death |
Sunday, 25 December 1960 in Wapping, Middlesex |
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aged 73 years 49 days |
registered in Stepney October December 1960 |
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Obituary |
"Death of
Danny Shea
"Danny Shea, who played for
England at inside-right before the first World War, has died at Wapping,
aged 73. Shea, who played for West Ham United, Blackburn Rovers, Coventry
City and Fulham, was capped against Wales and Ireland in 1913-14 and also
in two victory internationals against Scotland jusy after the 1914-18 war.
He was transferred from West Ham to Blackburn in 1913 at the record fee of
£2,000."
-
Coventry Evening Telegraph. Wednesday, 28
December 1960/The Birmingham Post, Thursday, 29 December
1960. |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
Club(s) |
Began his junior career playing Pearl United FC and
in 1904, to South Essex League side Manor Park Albion FC, from where he
joined West Ham United FC on 16 November
1907. After 111 goals in 179 Southern League appearances.
After bids from Chelsea FC were rejected, he joined Blackburn Rovers FC on
4 January 1913 for a record transfer fee of £2000, for which Shea received
£700, as per league rules. During the war, Shea was back guesting for West
Ham United FC, for whom he was sent off in 1916 for fighting, also helped
out Nottingham Forest FC, and contentiously helped out Birmingham FC in
1918. Shea made the move back to West Ham United FC permanent on 21 May
1920 for a £1000 fee, after being placed on the Rovers transfer list. Shea
joined Fulham FC six months later on 30 November of that year. Coventry
City FC signed Shea in August 1923.
Later being placed on the transfer list at his own request, Clapton Orient
FC signed him on 14 March 1925, he finished his playing career
with Sheppey United FC, when he signed on 15 October 1926. |
League honours
306 appearances, 104 goals |
Blackburn Rovers FC 1913-20
97 appearances, 61 goals
debut: 25 January 1913 Notts County FC 3 Blackburn Rovers
FC 1 .
West Ham United FC 1920
sixteen appearances, one goal
debut (division two): 28 August 1920 West Ham United FC 1
Hull City FC 1.
Fulham FC 1920-23 one
hundred appearances, 23 goals
debut (division two): 4 December 1920 Clapton Orient FC 3
Fulham FC 0.
Coventry City FC 1923-25
sixty
appearances, eleven goals
debut (division two): 25
August 1923 Coventry City FC 2 Barnsley FC 3.
Clapton Orient FC 1925-26
33 appearances, eight goals
debut (division two): 14 March 1925 Clapton Orient FC 0 Bradford City FC
0.
last (division two): 2 April 1926 Clapton Orient FC 0
Nottingham Forest FC 1. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division One Champions 1913-14
(36ᵃ 27ᵍ), third place 1914-15 (21ᵃ 13ᵍ); |
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Individual honours |
Football League (two
appearances),
Southern League (three
appearances);
London FA (two appearances vs.
Birmingham, 1909-10) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5' 6", 10st. 4lb
[1908], 10st 10lb [January 1913], 11st
[October 1913], 5'
7", 11st.
7lbs [1923]. |
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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 three who became the 376th
players (377) to appear for England.
The thirtieth player to come from Middlesex |
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Position(s) |
Inside-right |
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First match |
No. 117, 14 February 1914,
England 0 Ireland 3, a British Championship match at Ayresome Park, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough,
aged 26 years 132 days. |
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Last match |
No.
118, 16 March 1914, Wales 0 England 2, a British Championship
match at
Ninian Park, Sloper Road, Cardiff, aged
26 years 162 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1913-14; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England victory
(two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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In early 1928, Shea was found to be
training in Netherlands. From 13 August 1928, he coached the Swiss amateur
club side, Winterhur. Returned to become the trainer at Woking Town FC on
26 September 1929. In 1930's, Shea was running a sub-post office in West
Ham. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.221. |
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The Numbers |
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parties |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
minutes |
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captain |
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2 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
none |
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The minutes here given
can only ever be a guideline and cannot therefore be accurate, only an
approximation. |
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Danny Shea
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
Home |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
-3 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
3.00 |
0.00 |
-1 |
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Away |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
| All
-
British Championship |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Danny Shea
- 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 |
| BC 1913-14 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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BC
All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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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 |
| BC |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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All |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
-1 |
1 |
1 |
1.00 |
1.50 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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