| Ernie Coquet | |
| Fullname: | Ernest Coquet |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1883 |
| Birth Place: | Dunston, England |
| Death Place: | Gateshead, England |
| Height: | [1] |
| Position: | Full-back |
| Youthyears1: | 1903–1904 |
| Youthclubs1: | Seaham White Star |
| Youthyears2: | 1904–1905 |
| Youthclubs2: | Gateshead Town |
| Years1: | 1905–1907 |
| Clubs1: | Sunderland |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1907–1908 |
| Clubs2: | Reading |
| Years3: | 1908–1911 |
| Clubs3: | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Caps3: | 82 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1911–1913 |
| Clubs4: | Port Vale |
| Caps4: | 47 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 1913–1914 |
| Clubs5: | Fulham |
| Caps5: | 47 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Clubs6: | Leadgate Park |
| Totalcaps: | 176 |
| Totalgoals: | 4 |
Ernest Coquet (6 January 1883 – 26 October 1946) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back for Gateshead Town, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur, Port Vale, Fulham, and Leadgate Park.[2] He helped "Spurs" to win promotion out of the Second Division in 1908–09.
Coquet had spells with Seaham White Star and Gateshead Town,[3] before joining Sunderland in 1905.[4] He left the club to join Reading without making a first-team appearance. In 1908, the full-back signed for Tottenham Hotspur, together with Billy Minter, in a combined £500 deal.[5] He helped "Spurs" to win promotion out of the Second Division with a second-place finish in 1908–09, one point behind champions Bolton Wanderers. They went on to post 15th places finishes in the First Division in the 1909–10 and 1910–11 campaigns. In his three seasons at White Hart Lane, he made 76 Football League, eight FA Cup and six Southern League appearances.[6] Coquet then moved onto the Central League club Port Vale, scoring four goals in 51 games and helping the club lift the Staffordshire Senior Cup in the process.[7] He was sold on to Fulham for a 'substantial' amount in January 1913. The "Lilywhites" finished eighth and ninth in the Second Division in 1911–12 and 1912–13, and Coquet featured in a further 49 matches at Craven Cottage,[8] before ending his career at Northern League club Leadgate Park.
During the First World War, Coquet served in the Football Battalion, the Army Cyclist Corps and the Royal Engineers.[9]
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1907–08 | Southern League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1908–09[10] | Second Division | 37 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 1 | ||
| 1909–10 | First Division | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 1910–11 | First Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 82 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 90 | 1 | |||
| Port Vale | 1911–12 | Central League | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | |
| 1912–13 | Central League | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Total | 47 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 4 | |||
| Fulham | 1912–13 | Second Division | 16 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | ||
| 1913–14 | Second Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1914–15 | Second Division | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Total | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 176 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 190 | 5 | |||
Tottenham Hotspur
Port Vale
1912