Charlie Wayman

Charlie Wayman
Personnel
Surname	Charles Wayman
birthday	May 16, 1922
place of birth	Bishop Auckland ,  England
date of death	February 26, 2006
Place of death	Bishop Auckland ,  England
position	Center Forward
Juniors
Years	station
	Chilton Colliery
	Spennymoor United
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1946-1947	Newcastle United	47 0(32)
1947-1950	Southampton FC	100 0(73)
1950-1954	Preston North End	157 (105)
1954-1956	Middlesbrough FC	55 0(31)
1956-1958	Darlington FC	23 0(14)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
	Evenwood Town
1 Only league games are given.

Charles "Charlie" Wayman (born May 16, 1922 in Bishop Auckland , † February 26, 2006 ibid) was an English football player . The center forward was one of the most accurate attacking players in English football after the Second World War and was the best scorer in the First Division in the 1952/53 season . That year he also won the runner-up with Preston North End behind Arsenal FC , which, in addition to taking part in the Cup final two years later, remained the greatest success of his career. International matches for the English national team were always denied to him throughout his career.

Athletic career

The first steps

Like many of his contemporaries in his northern English homeland, Wayman worked in coal mining at a young age and at the same time indulged in football in the company sports group in Chilton , from where he took the next steps at the amateur club Spennymoor United. The services there qualified him in 1941 for a trial training at Newcastle United , which then equipped him with a contract. Competitions took place only in the form of so-called "Wartime Games", which were held during the Second World War instead of the official game operations of the Football League . Wayman also served as a seaman in the Royal Navy during the fighting and continued to work in the mines when he returned home. Despite the difficult circumstances, he drew attention to himself in the war games and scored 35 goals in 71 games for the "Magpies" - in addition, there were further guest appearances for Portsmouth FC .

Newcastle United (1946-1947)

When the second division Newcastle United put together a new team after the war, Wayman's place was initially on the left inside forward position and there he made his official debut in January 1946 in a competitive game against FC Barnsley in the FA Cup . But it quickly became apparent that the short and "brawny" striker had his strengths in the front line and since the club had to close a gap in the offensive center with the departure of Albert Stubbins to Liverpool FC , little time passed until October 1946 when Wayman led the attacking formation as a center forward. His debut in this position ended impressively with four goals in the home game against Newport County , whereby Wayman even missed a penalty at the beginning of the game - the 13-0 is also (in addition to another result with the same result) to date as the highest victory in the history of the Football League. Supported by an offensive series, which included the two inner strikers Len Shackleton and Roy Bentley and the wingers Jackie Milburn and Tommy Pearson , Wayman scored 34 goals in 46 competitive appearances. Nevertheless, the end of the season was sobering, as the targeted promotion to the English House of Lords failed. Wayman suffered personal disappointment from his controversial dismantling in the FA Cup semi-finals, which the Magpies clearly lost 4-0 to Charlton Athletic without their striker leader . The broken relationship could not be repaired afterwards and for the second division record transfer fee of 10,000 pounds Wayman moved to the south in October 1947 to league rivals FC Southampton (Newcastle then filled the center forward position with Milburn and won three in this formation at the beginning of the 1950s Editions of the FA Cup).

Southampton FC (1947-1950)

The contrast between his native industrial city in the north-east of England and the new place to stay in the easy-going coastal town of southern England could not have been greater, but around Wayman a powerful team emerged with the full-back and later world champion coach Alf Ramsey and the center forward Ted Bates . The longed-for ascent was also denied Wayman with the "Saints". Although he quickly developed into a crowd favorite and scored five goals in the game against Leicester City in October 1948 , the promotion battle was mainly characterized by the fact that the decisive games could not be won. When in 1950 the promotion was only prevented by the poorer goal quotient , Wayman moved back to his northern English homeland. His family had also never fully settled in the south and so Wayman joined a second division again in September 1950 with Preston North End . In order to realize this transfer, "PNE" left in addition to the payment of a transfer fee of 10,000 pounds to FC Southampton Eddy Brown as a "striker replacement".

Preston North End (1950-1954)

In Deepdale , Wayman joined the English international striker Tom Finney , who had remained loyal to the club two years earlier despite relegation, but had few teammates of his quality in the storm. In his first season Wayman contributed 27 goals in 34 games and led the "Lilywhites" over the second division championship to return to the first division . It was the final breakthrough in Wayman's career and after a secure seventh place in his first season in the English House of Lords, he and his team advanced to the championship contender a year later . There, however, the poorer goal quotient compared to the new title holder Arsenal FC was decisive. Another narrowly missed opportunity came two years later when Wayman was only defeated in the FA Cup final. Before that, he had scored at least one goal in every round and in the final he also scored against West Bromwich Albion in the 51st minute to make it 2-1 before goals from Ronnie Allen and shortly before the end of Frank Griffin won the “Baggies “Worried.

Although Wayman was ultimately the club's top scorer for four consecutive years and even won the top scorer's crown in the English elite class in 1953, he fell victim to the rebuilding of coach Frank Hill , through whom he was "deported" to the second division club Middlesbrough for £ 8,000 in 1954 " has been.

Career conclusion and follow-up activities

The best days were now numbered, but Wayman's goals were not insignificantly responsible for the fact that “Boro” was able to get rid of all relegation worries in midfield of the league. The previous speed was clearly limited as a tribute to his exhausting style of play, but in December 1956 he changed clubs for the last time and joined Darlington FC in the northern division of the third division . Persistent knee problems forced him to retire there in April 1958.

After a short coaching period at the amateur club Evenwood Town, he decided to continue working in a "civil profession" and worked for the Scottish & Newcastle brewery . He spent the rest of his life as a retiree in his homeland in north-east England.

successes

• English top scorer: 1953

Web links

• Obituary by Brian Glanville in the Guardian (Engl.)
• Obituary The Independent (Engl.)