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Fred
Tilson |
Manchester City FC
4 appearances, 5 goals
P 4 W 2 D
0 L 2 F 9: A 5
50% successful
1934-35
captain: none
minutes played: 360 |
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Profile |
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Full name |
Samuel Frederick Tilson |
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Born |
19 April 1904 in Barnsley,
West Riding of Yorkshire [registered in
Barnsley, June 1904].
Not born in 1903, registrations
confirm so. |
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Census Notes |
According to the 1911
census, Samuel Frederick is the youngest of nine children to Samuel and
Elizabeth (two have since died). On this return, he is the youngest of
six, living at 4 Grove Street in Barnsley. His father is a packing case
maker. |
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According to the 1939
register, Samuel is a professional footballer and colliery trammer. He
remains single and lives within the Beevers household at 80 Pontefract
Lane in Barnsley. |
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Married |
to Irene Marsh
[registered in Manchester, March 1943]. |
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Died |
21 November 1972, aged
68 years 216 days
[registered in Manchester, December 1972]. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
8", 10st. 7lbs [1928].
5'
8½", 11st.
1lbs [1928]. 5'
9½", 11st.
4lbs [1929]. 5'
9", 11st.
9½lbs [1938]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com |
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Club Career |
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Club(s) |
Began his football career playing
schoolboy football in Barnsley, and then playing for the Regent Street
Congregartions FC, a Sunday School League side in the town, whom
he scored 33 goals for. Barnsley FC signed Tilson on 24 March
1926. Following 53 Division Two appearances, and 24 goals,
Manchester City FC, on 14 March 1928, then took Tilson to Maine Road, and
his teammate,
Eric
Brook, followed two days later. He remained ten
years, which included a bout of pneumonia in March/April 1930, and on 11
March 1936, a joint-bid from Liverpool FC to take Tilson and Matt Busby.
The Anfield club, however, only managed to secure Busby. Tilson
made 264 league appearances and scoring 110 goals, before, on 11
March 1938, Tilson was used as a bargaining chip, along with Keillor
McCullough and Charles Rodger, to bring in Maurice Dunkley from
Northampton Town FC. He was placed on Town's transfer list in April 1939
at a £750 asking price. When the fee was removed, he signed for York City FC on 11 August
1939, before retiring during the war. He was due to guest for Manchester
City FC in February 1940, but he was poorly with infuenza. |
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Club honours |
Football League Division Two winners 1927-28; Division One
Champions 1936-37;
FA Cup runners-up 1932-33 (injured), winners 1933-34; FA Charity Shield
runners-up 1934, winners 1937; |
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Individual honours |
Football League (three
appearances) |
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Distinctions |
In 1977, he had a street named in his honour
in Moss Side area of Manchester. |
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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 two who became the
596th
players (597) to
appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Centre-forward |
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First match |
No. 192,
10 May 1934,
Hungary 2
England 1,
an end-of-season tour match at
Stadion Üllõi út,
Ferencváros, Budapest, aged
30 years 21 days.
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Last match |
No. 199, 19 October 1935,
Ireland
1 England
3,
a British Championship match at Windsor Park, Donegall Avenue, Belfast, aged
31 years 183 days.
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Major tournaments |
British Championship
1934-35, 1935-36; |
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Team honours |
British Championship shared 1934-35 |
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Individual honours |
England Joint Topscorer
1934 (4): |
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Distinctions |
Died 22 days after Tommy Grosvenor and 27 days
after David Fairhurst |
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Beyond England |
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Immediately after the war, Tilson
served as a coach back at Manchester City FC, becoming the assistant
manager up until July 1965, after which he was appointed as their chief
scout. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.247. |
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Fred Tilson - Career Statistics |
| Squads |
Apps |
comp. apps |
Mins. |
Goals |
goals ave.min |
comp. goals |
Capt. |
Disc. |
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5 |
4 |
2 |
360 |
5 |
72
min |
3 |
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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Fred Tilson
- Match Record - All Matches |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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Away |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
2.25 |
1.25 |
50.0 |
=0 |
| All |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
2.25 |
1.25 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Fred Tilson
- Match Record - By Type of Match |
|
Type |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS |
CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
|
British Championship |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
3.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
| Friendly |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
-2 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
2.00 |
0.00 |
-2 |
| All |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
2.25 |
1.25 |
50.0 |
=0 |
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Fred Tilson
- 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 |
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BC 1934-35 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
+4 |
0 |
1 |
4.00 |
0.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC 1935-36 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
+2 |
0 |
0 |
3.00 |
1.00 |
100.0 |
+1 |
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BC
All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
3.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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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 |
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BC |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
3.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
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All |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
+6 |
0 |
1 |
3.50 |
0.50 |
100.0 |
+2 |
Fred
Tilson
- Match History
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Club:
Manchester City F.C.
- four full appearances (360 min) |
F.A. International Selection Committee - four full appearances (360 min)x
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Notes
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