Jack Astley | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 December 1909 Warrington, England |
| Died |
8 November 1984 (aged 74)[1] Whitley, England |
John Astley (3 December 1909 – 8 November 1984) was an English professional who played in the Football League for Southport, Brentford and Coventry City as a right back.[2]
Club career[]
Early years[]
A right back, Astley began his career in his native north west,[3] playing for a number of amateur clubs before joining Third Division North club Southport in 1930.[1] He made just two appearances for the club before joining League of Ireland club Shelbourne on loan for the 1932–33 season.[1] He left Southport at the end of the 1932–33 season.[1]
Brentford[]
Astley transferred to Second Division club Brentford in May 1933.[4] He went straight into the team and made 41 appearances during the 1933–34 season, in which the Bees finished fourth in the Second Division.[5] The arrival of full backs Arthur Bateman and George Poyser during the 1934 off-season and an injury saw Astley lose his place in the team and he made just one appearance during the 1934–35 season,[1] in which Brentford secured promotion to the First Division as champions.[5] He instead played for the reserves and won the 1935 London Challenge Cup with the team.[6] Astley managed to make eight appearances in the First Division during the first half of the 1935–36 season,[5] before departing Griffin Park in February 1936.[4] Astley made 50 appearances for Brentford.[4]
Coventry City[]
Astley joined Third Division South high-flyers Coventry City in February 1936.[4] He made 14 appearances in what remained of the 1935–36 season and helped the Sky Blues to the Third Division South title.[7] Astley displaced Vic Brown from the team and with former Brentford teammate Walter Metcalf on the other flank at full back, he was an ever-present until professional football was suspended in 1939 upon to the outbreak of the Second World War.[4] He made 148 appearances for the Sky Blues and guested for Nottingham Forest during the war.[7][8]
Representative career[]
While with Shelbourne, Astley played for the League of Ireland representative team against their Welsh League counterparts.[4]
Personal life[]
Astley served in the British Army during and after the Second World War and rose to the rank of captain.[1] He married his wife, an Estonian, during 5 1⁄2-years stationed in Germany.[1] Astley settled in Coventry in 1950 and began working for the General Electric Company, retiring in 1974.[1] He died of a heart attack in Whitley Hospital in November 1984.[1]
Honours[]
Brentford Reserves
- London Challenge Cup: 1934–35[6]
Coventry City
- Football League Third Division South: 1935–36[7]
Career statistics[]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Southport | 1931–32[1] | Third Division North | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brentford | 1933–34[5] | Second Division | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 1934–35[5] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1935–36[5] | First Division | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||
| Coventry City | 1935–36[7] | Third Division South | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| 1936–37[7] | Second Division | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 45 | 0 | |
| 1937–38[7] | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 1938–39[7] | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Total | 140 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 148 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 191 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 200 | 0 | ||
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 "Jack Astley (Player Profile)". 18 March 2016. http://southportfootballclub.co.uk/player.php?id=1025.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 12. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ↑ "Astley Jack Coventry City 1937" (in en-GB). http://vintagefootballers.com/product/astley-jack-image-1-coventry-1937/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 13. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 White, Eric, ed (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 372–373. ISBN 0951526200.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 82. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 "Jack Astley". http://www.11v11.com/players/jack-astley-43370/.
- ↑ "Jack Astley". http://www.thecityground.com/player.php?player_name=Jack%20Astley.
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