Bernard Bonner

Bernard Bonner
Personnel
birthday	July 22, 1927
place of birth	Motherwell ,  Scotland
date of death	February 14, 2005
Place of death	East Kilbride ,  Scotland
position	All-rounder
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
	Stonehouse Violet
1949-1952	Dunfermline Athletic	12 (5)
1952	Wrexham AFC	1 (0)
	Blantyre Celtic
1 Only league games are given.

Bernard Bonner (* 22. July 1927 in Motherwell , † 14. February 2005 in East Kilbride ) was a Scottish football player .

Career

Bonner played in Scottish junior football for Stonehouse Violet in the late 1940s , before joining second division Dunfermline Athletic in December 1949 . For Dunfermline, he scored five goals in twelve league games in two years, and was used in numerous positions. So at the beginning of 1950 he played within a few weeks as a center forward , left winger , right and left defender and right wing runner , in the reserve team, in which he was mostly used, he was also called up as a left wing runner.

In February 1952 Bonner came on the recommendation of the scout Bobbie Archibald as a trial player for a month at the Welsh club AFC Wrexham , which played in the Football League Third Division North . Announced as a defender who can also play in the attack, he was one of seven Scots on the team alongside Tommy Bannan , Les Donaldson , Archie Ferguson , Peter Fisher , Stewart Maccallum and Archie McWhinnie . In the reserve team, he helped out in a game in the Cheshire League against Macclesfield Town in early March 1952 on the center-forward position and convinced coach Peter Jackson , so that Bonner on March 8, 1952 in a third division game against FC Southport (final score 1: 2) also as Center forward was used. In mid-March 1952 he returned to Scotland and continued his career in junior football at Blantyre Celtic .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ barryhugmansfootballers.com: Profile Bernard Bonner , accessed June 25, 2020
2. ↑ scottish-football-historical-archive.co.uk: Scottish League appearance records - B, p. 57, accessed on Oct. 5, 2017. The career overview also lists FC Airdrieonians for the 1951/52 season , but the fact that Bonner speaks against this still appears in the Dunfermline reserve team's game line-ups in January 1952, cf. Montrose Over First Hurdle In League Cup . In: The Montrose Review , January 17, 1952, p. 6.  (paid link)
3. ↑ Wrexham Scots . In: Liverpool Echo , April 3, 1950, p. 12.  (link with costs)
4. ^ ^{A b} Gareth M. Davies & Peter Jones: The Racecourse Robins from Adams to Youds . Gareth M. Davies and Peter Jones, Ynys Mon 1999, ISBN 0-9524950-1-5 , pp. 36 .
5. ↑ Wrexham Scots . In: Liverpool Echo , March 8, 1952, p. 22.  (paid link)
6. ↑ WREXHAM . In: Liverpool Echo , March 22, 1952, p. 25.  (link with costs)
7. ↑ neilbrown.newcastlefans.com: BARNIE BONNAR , accessed November 12, 2018