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Alf
Spouncer |
Nottingham
Forest FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 0 D
1 L 0 F 1: A 1
50% successful
1900
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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William Alfred Spouncer |
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Birth |
1 July 1877 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [registered in
Gainsborough, September 1877].
Attended Gainsborough Grammar
School |
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According to the 1881
census, William is the fourth of five children to Henry Thomas and Ellen
(née Young). They live at Lindum Villa in Northdyke, Gainsborough,
along with two servants. His father is a chemist. |
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According to the 1891
census, William is still the fourth of five children to their parents now
living at 16 Silver Street in Gainsborough. His father is a chmist and
druggier. They have one servant. |
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Marriage |
to Alma
Wigmore, on 23 October 1899 at All Saints Church, Nottingham
[registered in Nottingham, December 1899]. |
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According to the 1901
census, professional footballer William A. is now married to Alma with one
child, Leslie Duncan, and they live at 11 Forest Grove in Nottingham.
The 1902 Wright's Directory
of Nottingham places Spouncer at 11 Forest Grove in Colville Street. He is
a traveller. |
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According to the 1911
census, William Alfred is a Commission Agent in the Turf business still
married, with one more child, Muriel Alma. They live at 4 Stratford Road
in West Bridgford.
The 1912 Wright's Directory of Nottingham now places Spouncer at 4
Stratford Road. He is still a traveller.
According to passenger lists, Traveller WA Spouncer was bound for Canada,
via New York on board the White Star liner Baltic, leaving Liverpool on 1
May 1913.
According to the British Army WW1 Pension Records, William
Alfred appears as next of kin on his son, Leslie's, pension record. He is
living at 66 Walgrove Road in Chesterfield. |
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According to the 1921 census,
William Alfred, now a miller's operator (for Mumford & Sons) is still
married, but with hs daughter, Muriel, he is visiting the home of his
older sister, Nellie, and his father, living at 102 Southchurch Road in
Southen-on-Sea. |
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According to the 1939 register, William and
Alma are still married, living at 53 Warrior Square in Southend-on-Sea,
with his younger sister, Mabel. They are at the home of the widowed Nellie
Farrar. William is a saleman for flour millers. |
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Death |
31 August 1962
in 53 Warrior Square, Southend, aged
85 years 61 days
[registered in Southend-on-Sea, September 1962]. Left £2225
14s. in his will. |
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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) |
Attended and played for Gainsborough Grammar School, making the XI in
1889. Joined Gainsborough Trinity FC for the 1893-94 season. Joined
Sheffield United FC in October 1895 and onto Nottingham Forest for £125
from May 1897 until 1910. |
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Club honours |
FA Cup
winners 1897-98; Football League Divsion
Two winners 1906-07; |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 10st.
7lbs [1903]. |
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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 four who
became the 252nd
players (255) to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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Only match |
No. 69, 26 March 1900, Wales 1 England
1, a British Championship match at Cardiff Arms Park, Westgate Street,
Temperance, Cardiff, aged 22 years
268 days. |
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Major tournaments |
British
Championship 1899-1900; |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
None |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Subsequently coached in Europe in the
1920's, including Barcelona CF. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.233. |
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