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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 |
5 October 1887 in Wapping, Middlesex [registered in
St George in the East, London, December 1887]. His parents were not
Irish. Birthdate confirmed by the 1939 register
Notes: Wapping was part of
the Middlesex Registration County until 1889. |
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According to the 1891
census, three year old Dan is the youngest of five children to Richard and
Mary E. His father is a dock labourer and they live at 14 Rygate Street in
St. George in the East. |
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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 and they live at 9 Agatha Street in St. George in the
East, with the Lynch family. |
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Marriage |
to Julia Slade
[registered as O'Shea in Stepney, December 1909]. |
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According to the
1911 census, Daniel is a commercial clerk 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
junior and Margaret. |
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Death |
25 December 1960,
aged 73 years 81 days
[registered in Stepney, December 1960]. |
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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) |
Began his junior career playing Pearl United FC and
Manor Park Albion FC, from where he joined West Ham United FC in November
1907. After 111 goals in 179 league appearances,
he joined Blackburn Rovers FC in January 1913 for a record transfer fee of £2000.
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.
Following 97 league appearances and a return of
61 goals with Rovers, 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. After sixteen league
appearances and a solitary goal, joined Fulham FC six months later
on 30 November of that year, where he made one
hundred league appearances and scored 23 goals. Coventry City FC
signed Shea in August 1923, and sixty league
appearances followed, with eleven goals scattered amongst them.
Later being placed on the transfer list at his own request, Clapton Orient
FC signed him on 14 March 1925, and after 33
league appearances and eight goals, he finished his playing career
with Sheppey United FC, when he signed on 15 October 1926. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division One Champions 1913-14; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (two
appearances), Southern League (three
appearances); |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
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 matchLast 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 |
Nonee |
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Individual honours |
England victory
(two appearances) |
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Distinctions |
Nonee |
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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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Danny Shea - Career Statistics |
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Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
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goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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2 |
2 |
2 |
180 |
0 |
0
min |
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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Danny Shea
- Match Record - All Matches - By
Type of Match |
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Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
|
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 |
Notes
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