Bill Dodgin (soccer player, 1931)
| Bill Dodgin | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | William Dodgin | |
| birthday | November 4, 1931 | |
| place of birth | Gateshead , England | |
| date of death | June 2000 | |
| Place of death | Woking , England | |
| position | Middle runner | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1948-1949 | Southampton FC | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1949-1952 | Fulham FC | 35 (0) |
| 1952-1961 | Arsenal FC | 191 (0) |
| 1961-1964 | Fulham FC | 69 (0) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1954 | England U-23 | 1 (0) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1968 | Queens Park Rangers (interim) | |
| 1968-1972 | Fulham FC | |
| 1973-1976 | Northampton Town | |
| 1976-1980 | Brentford FC | |
| 1980-1982 | Northampton Town | |
| 1984-1985 | Woking FC | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
William "Bill" Dodgin , also known as Bill Dodgin junior , (born November 4, 1931 in Gateshead , † June 2000 in Woking ) was an English football player and coach . As a middle runner he played in London for Arsenal FC and Fulham FC . In the "Gunners" he was part of the team that won the English championship in 1953 , but only as a supplementary player. After switching to coaching, he worked - like his father - as Fulham's head coach. The greatest success under his direction was the return of the "Cottagers" to the second highest English league in 1971.
Athletic career
Club career
Dodgin was born in the north-east of England, in the region of Tyne and Wear , to a footballer of the same name and began his career as an amateur at Southampton FC . There his father was a trainer and when he hired in August 1949 at the first division promoted FC Fulham , the offspring followed him. However, he had to wait until December 1951 before making his debut in the left-back position against Preston North End . He quickly switched to the right side. The first season 1951/52 ended disappointingly with relegation to the second division . Also due to increasing pressure from his own supporters, who questioned whether Dodgin would have been part of the team without the support of his father, Fulham let him switch to the first division and championship contender Arsenal FC in December 1952 .
In the meantime Dodgin held the position of the middle runner and after a number of missions in the reserve team he took on the regular central runner Ray Daniel on April 15, 1953 . It was his only appearance in the 1952/53 championship season . When Daniel left the Gunners for Sunderland in the summer of 1953 , Dodgin was suddenly a regular. He missed only three games in the 1953/54 season, but rarely came close to the good performance of his predecessor, seemed cumbersome in contrast to Dodgin and was after falling in the lower half of the table at the beginning of the subsequent season 1954/55 by Jim Fotheringham replaced. His permanent return to the team in 1956 marked a four-year period as a regular player, but with the exception of a third place in the 1958/59 season (but twelve points behind the champions Wolverhampton Wanderers ) Arsenal found themselves in a phase of sporting stagnation and title wins were out of the way. After a total of 191 first division games, Dodgin left Arsenal in March 1961 for free in the direction of his ex-club Fulham, which had now returned to the first division.
In the 1961/62 season, Dodgin was part of the Fulham team that reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup . In the same 1962 he broke his leg against Aston Villa , effectively ending his career. He played only seven more games after the incident, the last of which against his old club Arsenal.
Coaching career
After the end of his active career, Dodgin began to work in the coaching staff of Millwall FC and later the Queens Park Rangers . With "QPR" he won the league cup in 1967 ; in addition, under head coach Alec Stock, he had made the march from the third to the first division. After a bad start to the first division season 1968/69 he was in charge of the club on an interim basis as head coach before he left him the following November. A month later he took on the role of head coach at Fulham FC (now back in the second division). Shortly before, the club legend Johnny Haynes had temporarily taken over the coaching work and recommended his friend and ex-teammate Dodgin as a permanent successor, who represented an offensive game philosophy (and subsequently allowed it to be played). The relegation to the third division could not be prevented, but Dodgin was allowed to continue working and in 1971 Fulham lead back to the second division . There, Dodgin's men struggled again in the 1971/72 season and, despite relegation , President Tommy Trinder fired him in 1972.
Dodgin later worked as a coach for Northampton Town and for Brentford FC . With both clubs he was promoted from the fourth division ( 1976 and 1978 ). His second engagement from 1980 was less successful in Northampton and the station at Woking FC marked the end of his coaching career in the mid-1980s. He died at the age of 68 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease .
Title / Awards
- Charity Shield (1): 1953
Web links
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League AZ Player's Database
- Profile on barryhugmansfootballers.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bill Dodgin (Arsenal.com)
- ↑ a b The dead years of Arsenal: Bill Dodgin (Woolwich Arsenal)
- ↑ Bill Dogin Jnr 1968-1972 (Fulhamfc.com)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dodgin, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dodgin, William (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Welsh football player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gateshead |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2000 |
| Place of death | Woking |