Arthur Sykes (football player, 1897)

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Arthur Sykes
Personnel
Surname Arthur Broughton Sykes
birthday June 16, 1897
place of birth Grimsby ,  England
date of death 1978
position Winger (right)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Grimsby Rovers
1920 Grimsby Town 1 (0)
Grimsby Rovers
Louth Town
1 Only league games are given.

Arthur Broughton Sykes (born June 16, 1897 in Grimsby , † 1978 ) was an English football player .

Career

Sykes played after the First World War for the local club Grimsby Rovers and reached the final of the Lincolnshire Junior Cup with the team in 1920 . While he was still involved in the 4-1 semi-final win against Boston, he was not called up in the 0-2 final defeat against Cranwell RAF . In the fall of 1920 Sykes came as an amateur to the Football League Third Division South playing club Grimsby Town . In addition to appearances in the reserve team in the Midland League , he played for the first team on November 6, 1920 a league game at Swansea Town , when he replaced the injured Tommy Spink on the right winger position . The 1: 3 defeat in front of 16,000 spectators at Vetch Field , in which he had formed the storm line with Jim MacAuley , Harry Storer , George Morrall and Albert Smith , remained his only appearance.

As a result, he was again active for the Grimsby Rovers, on the occasion of a game in the Lincolnshire Senior Cup against Boston FC in December 1920, he was described as a "feared right winger". The Rovers were among the strongest teams in non-league football in Lincolnshire in the mid-1920s , in 1924 the team won the Lincolnshire Junior Cup (participation of Sykes unclear), in 1925 the team reached the final again (result unclear). In addition, the team was in the 1924 final for the Grimsby Hospital Cup (0: 1 against Grimsby Albion) and the Horncastle Cup (1: 2 against Horncastle Town), in the 2-0 final victory for the Kelley Cup against Spalding United in March In 1924 he scored the opening goal. For the 1926/27 season, the Rovers joined forces with Louth Town and entered the Louth League as Louth Town, in the fall of 1927 a takeover took place and the club returned under the name Grimsby Rovers, Sykes was still at this point active as a player.

Sykes also represented the Lincolnshire FA several times as a selection player , for example against Norfolk in January 1924 (final score 3: 2), in February 1924 (final score 1: 0) and in March 1925 (final score 1: 3, goal by Sykes), in In all three games he formed the right attacking side with Harry Kitching .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to the English National Football Archive (ENFA) , accessed on October 27, 2018
  2. ↑ LINCOLNSHIRE JUNIOR CUP. . In: Boston Guardian , March 27, 1920, p. 11.  (paid link)
  3. ↑ LINCS. JUNIOR CUP FINAL . In: Boston Guardian , May 15, 1920, p. 10.  (paid link)
  4. ↑ HULL FAIR FOOTBALL. . In: Hull Daily Mail , October 14, 1920, p. 6.  (paid link)
  5. ^ Rob Briggs & Dave Wherry: Mariner Men: Grimsby Town Who's Who 1892–2007 . Yore Publications, Harefield 2011, ISBN 978-0-9552949-8-3 , pp. 203 .
  6. ↑ cf. Dave Wherry: The Grimsby Town Story: 1878-2008 . Yore Publications, Harefield 2008, ISBN 978-0-9557889-3-2 , pp. 201 .
  7. ↑ FOOTBALL NOTES. . In: Boston Guardian , December 18, 1920, p. 3.  (paid link)
  8. ↑ LINCS. JUNIOR CUP. Horncastle Town Beaten by Grimsby Rovers. . In: Lincolnshire Standard , February 28, 1925, p. 4.  (link with costs)
  9. ↑ HORNSEA GOLF. . In: Hull Daily Mail , May 12, 1924, p. 7.  (paid link)
  10. ↑ HORNCASTLE CUP FINAL. . In: Sheffield Daily Telegraph , May 5, 1924, p. 9.  (paid link)
  11. ↑ KELLYCUP FINAL. GRIMSBY ROVERS AT SPALDING. . In: Boston Guardian , April 5, 1924, p. 4.  (paid link)
  12. ↑ CUP SEMI-FINALS. . In: Sheffield Daily Telegraph , March 31, 1924, p. 8.  (paid link)
  13. ↑ LOUTH LEAGUE. ALFORD v. LOUTH. . In: Boston Guardian , September 11, 1926, p. 2.  (paid link)
  14. ↑ ALFORD FOOTBALL NOTES. . In: Lincolnshire Standard , September 4, 1926, p. 4.  (link with costs)
  15. ↑ AMATEUR CUP COMPETITION. Spalding United Out of Luck. . In: Lincolnshire Standard , November 19, 1927, p. 3.  (link subject to charge)
  16. ↑ LINCOLNSHIRE, 3; NORFOLK, 2nd . In: Skegness Standard , January 23, 1924, p. 3.  (link subject to charge)
  17. ↑ LINCS. TEAM FOR INTERCOUNTY MATCH. . In: Lincolnshire Standard , February 9, 1924, p. 4.  (link with costs)
  18. ↑ Lincolnshire Win Against Luckily Norfolk. . In: Sheffield Daily Telegraph , February 18, 1924, p. 9.  (paid link)
  19. ↑ AMATEUR FOOTBALL. Lincolnshire Team Against Norfolk. . In: Lincolnshire Standard , February 28, 1925, p. 12.  (paid link)
  20. ↑ LINCOLNSHIRE LOSE . In: Daily Herald , March 12, 1925, p. 10.  (link with costs)
personal data
SURNAME Sykes, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sykes, Arthur Broughton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Grimsby
DATE OF DEATH 1978