Ernie England Explained

Ernie England
Birth Date:1901 2, df=y
Birth Place:Shirebrook, Derbyshire, England
Height:[1]
Position:Defender
Years2:1919–1929
Clubs2:Sunderland
Caps2:355
Goals2:0
Years3:1930–1931
Caps3:5
Goals3:0
Years4:1931–1934
Caps4:130
Goals4:3
Clubs5:Frickley
Totalcaps:490
Totalgoals:3

Ernie England (3 February 1901 – 22 February 1982) was an English footballer who played for Sunderland as a full back. He made his debut for Sunderland on 27 December 1919 against Manchester City in a 1–0 defeat at Hyde Road.[2] Overall, at his time at Sunderland he made 335 league appearances scoring no goals, though he scored 3 own goals,[3] before joining West Ham United in 1931. He made his West Ham debut on 3 January 1931 in a 5–5 against Aston Villa.[4] Making only five appearances for West Ham he left to join Mansfield Town, for whom he made over 150 appearances.[5] In 1936 he joined Frickley and became club captain.[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: First Division prospects. Sunderland . Tom Tiddler . Athletic News . Manchester . 22 August 1921 . 6.
  2. Web site: Manchester City 1-0 Sunderland . The Stat Cat . 2008-07-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080706154049/http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Imatchdets/IMD3722.asp . 6 July 2008 .
  3. Web site: Ernie England . The Stat Cat . 2008-07-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080708230724/http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mplayers/MPG310.asp . 8 July 2008 .
  4. Web site: Ernest England . Westhamstats.info . 2010-05-20.
  5. Web site: Ernie England. A Love Supreme. 2008-07-31. 10 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120210035547/http://www.a-love-supreme.com/100%20greatest/20-11.htm. dead.
  6. Web site: Ernie England . Frickley Athletic Museum . 2014-11-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141108220433/http://www.frickleyathleticmuseum.co.uk/ernie-england . 8 November 2014 . dead .