John Almond | |
Birth Date: | 21 November 1915 |
Birth Place: | Prescot, England |
Death Date: | 1993 (aged 78) |
Height: | 5 ft 8+1/2 in[1] |
Position: | Outside left |
Clubs1: | Prescot Cables |
Years2: | 1934–1935 |
Clubs2: | Stoke City |
Caps2: | 3 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 1936–1937 |
Clubs3: | Tranmere Rovers |
Caps3: | 22 |
Goals3: | 5 |
Years4: | 1937–1939 |
Clubs4: | Shrewsbury Town |
Totalcaps: | 25 |
Totalgoals: | 6 |
John Almond (21 November 1915 – 1993) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City and Tranmere Rovers.
Almond joined Stoke City from Prescot Cables in 1934. He played as a reserve, failing to dislodge Joe Johnson – an England international – from the outside left position. His only goal for Stoke came on his league debut in a 2–1 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers in April 1935.
Almond joined Tranmere Rovers in 1936 and finished his career with Shrewsbury Town where he was a regular first-team player scoring goals consistently in the Birmingham & District League for two seasons.
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Stoke City | 1934–35 | First Division | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
1935–36 | First Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Tranmere Rovers | 1936–37 | Third Division North | 22 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | |
Career Total | 25 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 6 |