Alf Common
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| Personnel | ||
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| Surname | Alfred Common | |
| birthday | May 25, 1880 | |
| place of birth | Sunderland , England | |
| date of death | April 3, 1946 | |
| Place of death | Darlington , England | |
| position | striker | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1900-1901 | Sunderland AFC | 18 (6) |
| 1901-1904 | Sheffield United | 67 (21) |
| 1904-1905 | Sunderland AFC | 20 (6) |
| 1905-1910 | Middlesbrough FC | 168 (58) |
| 1910-1912 | Woolwich Arsenal | 77 (23) |
| 1912-1914 | Preston North End | 35 (9) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1904-1906 | England | 3 (2) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Alfred Common (born May 25, 1880 in Sunderland , † April 3, 1946 in Darlington ) was an English football player .
Common reached national prominence when he in 1905 for a then-record transfer fee of £ 1,000 pounds from Sunderland to Middlesbrough FC moved.
Career
As a player
Common played for smaller clubs in North East England before moving to the first division AFC Sunderland in 1900 . In the 1900/01 season he was second in the First Division with the club . At the beginning of the 1901/02 season he scored two goals for Sunderland in four league games before moving to Sheffield United for £ 325 . While Sunderland became English champions in 1902, Common won the FA Cup with Sheffield in the same year with a 2-1 final win in the replay against Southampton FC . In the context of the first final encounter, which had ended 1-1, Common had scored the first goal of the game.
Common established himself in Sheffield as a regular player and completed on February 29, 1904 the first of his three internationals for the English national team . In May of the same year, however, he turned down an offer to extend his contract. He reportedly wanted to return to Sunderland as he represented "business interests" there. So Common played again for Sunderland AFC from the summer of 1904.
Just six months after his return, Common changed clubs again. This time he was signed by Middlesbrough FC for the then record transfer fee of £ 1,000 . The relegation-threatened Middlesbrough had not won an away game for two years and hoped to stay in the First Division with the record transfer. Common managed already on his debut on February 25, 1905 to end the away curse by scoring the 1-0 winning goal at his ex-club Sheffield United in the 50th minute with a penalty . At the end of the 1905/06 season he held the class with the club. For the season 1906/07 the club committed Steve Bloomer , whereupon Middlesbrough 1907/08 with the sixth place reached the best placement in the club's history to date. Common played 168 league games for Boro and scored 58 goals.
In the 1910/11 season, Common moved to Woolwich Arsenal at the age of 30 . In the 1911/12 season he missed only two league matches and was the club's top scorer with 17 goals. In the first half of the 1912/13 season , however, he managed not a single hit. In December 1912 he was then sold to Preston North End in the Second Division for £ 250 pounds . While Arsenal was relegated at the end of the season, Common managed to return to the First Division with his new club. In the 1913/14 season , however, he rose again with Preston North End.
In 1914, Common ended his football career. He settled in Darlington and ran a few pubs in the city until 1943 . He died on April 3, 1946 at the age of 65.
titles and achievements
- FA Cup : 1902
Web links
- Alf Common in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Northern Echo: The player with the Common touch ( Memento from November 1, 2012 on WebCite ), August 18, 2008 (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Common, Alf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Common, Alfred (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sunderland (Tyne and Wear) , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 3, 1946 |
| Place of death | Darlington , England |