| Fred Stansfield | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick Stansfield | |
| Date of birth | December 12, 1917 | |
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| ?-1943 1943-1949 1949-1950 |
Grange Athletic Cardiff City Newport County |
? (?) 106 (1) 21 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1948 | Wales | 1 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1950-1953 | Newport County | |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Frederick "Fred" Stansfield (born 12 December 1917 in Cardiff) is a former Welsh professional footballer. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Cardiff ( 'kɑːdɪf) is the Capital and the largest city and county in Wales. The Welsh people ( Welsh: Cymro ("Welshman" Cymraes ("Welsh woman" Cymry ("Welshmen/women" Cymry Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered
Stansfield had been playing for Grange Athletic when he joind Cardiff City in 1943. Cardiff City Football Club (Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd is a football team based in Cardiff, Wales. Due to World War II, he did not play a league match until 1946, making his debut on the opening day of the season in a 2-1 defeat by Norwich City. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including PLEASE NOTE This section is the introduction Please do not add too much detail here His form during the following season saw him called up for the Wales squad, winning his first cap against Scotland in October 1948. The Wales national football team represents Wales in international men's football. The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Unfortunatley it turned out to be the only time he would play for his country as he suffered a broken leg three months later in a league match against Barnsley. Barnsley Football Club is an English football club based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and nicknamed the Tykes, with Toby Tyke His recovery meant he missed several months and on his return found his place in the Cardiff side taken by Stan Montgomery, who manager Cyril Spiers had signed from Southend United, and he left to join Newport County. Stanley William "Stan" Montgomery (born 7 July, 1920 in Silvertown, died 5 October, 2000) is a former English Cyril Spiers (died 1967 was an English Association football Goalkeeper and later manager. Southend United Football Club is an English football team based at Roots Hall Stadium in Prittlewell in the Borough of Southend-on-Sea, Essex Newport County are a Welsh football team based in the city of Newport. He spent one season playing for the club before being appointed manager at Somerton Park in 1950. Somerton Park was a football, greyhound and speedway stadium in Newport, Monmouthshire.
After leaving football he owned a sweetshop in Cardiff. [1]
References
- Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-8598-3462-0.
- ^ "Memories of Whitchurch Llandaf" Whitchurchandllandaff. co. uk Retrieved on 28 April 2008
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