Don Triner Explained

Don Triner
Fullname:Donald Arthur Triner
Birth Date:21 August 1919
Birth Place:Sandford Hill, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Position:Right winger
Youthclubs1:Downing's Tileries
Years1:1938–1948
Clubs1:Port Vale
Caps1:25
Goals1:7
Years2:1948–1949
Clubs2:Witton Albion
Clubs3:Buxton
Years4:1952–1953
Clubs4:Biggleswade Town
Clubs5:Leek Town

Donald Arthur Triner (21 August 1919 – 2002) was an English footballer who played for Port Vale either side of World War II.

Career

Triner played for Downing's Tileries before joining Port Vale in December 1938.[1] Before turning professional he was employed as a joiner in Hanley.[2] In only his second game, a 1–0 home win at Bristol Rovers on 7 January 1939, he broke his leg.[1] He managed to make guest appearances for Stafford Rangers from January to April 1940 before returning to guest for the Port Vale "A" team (the first-team were in abeyance due to the war).[1] He was conscripted in 1941 and guested for Morecambe when he was stationed in the area.[1] He was demobbed in the spring of 1946, and with the threat of Nazism vanquished, he returned to The Old Recreation Ground, breaking into the first team by December that year.[1] He scored seven goals in 22 games in 1946–47.[1] However, he once again broke his leg in May 1947, and failed to win back his place upon his recovery.[1] He was released at the end of the 1947–48 season. At that point, he moved on to Witton Albion. He scored six goals in twenty games in the 1948–49 Cheshire County League title-winning season and featured seven times in the 1949–50 campaign.[3] [4] He later played for Buxton, Biggleswade Town (released in May 1953 having "failed to come anywhere near to expectation"[5] [6]) and Leek Town.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[3] [4]

ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueFA CupOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale1938–39Third Division South30001040
1946–47Third Division South2062100227
1947–48Third Division South21000021
Total2572110288
Witton Albion1948–49Cheshire County League206
1949–50Cheshire County League70
Total!276

Honours

Witton Albion

1948–49

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kent, Jeff. Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. 292. 1996. 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. News: The British Newspaper Archive. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000525/19390109/161/0008. 30 March 2018. Stoke Sentinel. 9 January 1939. en.
  3. Web site: 1948-49 PLAYERS RECORDS . wittonalbionfc.co.uk . 11 February 2022.
  4. Web site: 1949-50 PLAYERS RECORDS . wittonalbionfc.co.uk . 11 February 2022.
  5. News: The British Newspaper Archive. Many Bad Buys. 30 March 2018. 17 October 1952. en.
  6. News: The British Newspaper Archive. The Waders Retain Six Professionals. 30 March 2018. 1 May 1953. en.