David Agnew (soccer player, 1925)

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David Agnew
Personnel
Surname David George Agnew
birthday March 31, 1925
place of birth Belfast ,  Northern Ireland
date of death September 1966
Place of death Sunderland ,  England
position goal
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
McCue Dicks
1948-1950 Crusaders FC
1950-1953 Sunderland AFC 1 (0)
1953-1954 Blyth Spartans
1954– AFC Consett
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1949 Northern Ireland amateurs 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

David George Agnew (born March 31, 1925 in Belfast , † September 1966 in Sunderland ) was a Northern Irish football player .

Career

Agnew, who served in the army as a physical training instructor, played after his discharge from military service in 1948 for the McCue Dicks , the works team of a Belfast lumberjack. With the team, the goalkeeper won the Co. Antrim Junior Shield in 1948 and subsequently joined the Crusaders FC . With the Crusaders he played in the Intermediate League , for which he was used in selection games against the Scottish Central League (1: 2) and the Scottish Western League (2: 2). For the 1949/50 season, the Crusaders were included in the Irish League and Agnew appointed in November 1949 for a game of the Northern Irish amateur national team against Scotland . The 5-2 success in Aberdeen made several British professional clubs aware of the goalkeeper. In the weeks before, he received regular positive press reviews: in a 1-0 victory in the City Cup against Portadown FC in August 1949, he was praised as “outstanding” and “simply unbeatable”; in a 2-1 win against Glenavon FC in mid-October , the correspondent stated: "All credit must go to a grumpy Crusaders defense, especially Agnew, who was brilliantly guarding his goal, even when luck was on his side." Even after a 2-1 defeat against Ards FC at the end of October , Agnew noted: "was in great shape, made several brilliant saves including a penalty."

After an injury to Bobby Robinson , the English first division AFC Sunderland was looking for another goalkeeper who was also eligible to play cup games. Therefore, coach Bill Murray flew to Belfast on January 11, 1950 and secured the commitment of the previous amateur player Agnew. At Sunderland he ran first on the reserve team in the North Eastern League , to his debut in the First Division he came after the failure of the goalkeeper Johnny Mapson on August 30, 1950. In a 3-3 draw in front of over 40,000 spectators in the local Roker Park versus Aston Villa was, according to the press, "never impressive". It was Agnew's only competitive appearance for the first team, in October 1951 he crashed into a rescue act in a reserve game against FC West Stanley with an opposing striker and broke his left forearm. The injury turned out to be serious and in the meantime he was about to end his career, until his departure in July 1953 he did not play another game for Sunderland.

He moved to the Blyth Spartans on a free transfer within the North Eastern League and there, too, Agnew remained true to the injury misfortune. In his first appearance for the Spartans in late August 1953, which was also his first competitive game since the injury in October 1951, he got tangled in the goal net during a parade against the hordes of Colliery Welfare and broke his left wrist several times. The healing process went much faster this time and Agnew was used again as the season progressed; for the 1954/55 season he moved to league rivals AFC Consett .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ barryhugmansfootballers.com: Profile David Agnew , accessed June 25, 2020
  2. ↑ a b 'Keeper Comes to Roker . In: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette , January 11, 1950, p. 12.  (paid link)
  3. ↑ INTERMEDIATE LEAGUE UNLUCKY AT GROSVENOR PARK . In: Belfast News-Letter , April 23, 1949, p. 6.  (paid link)
  4. ↑ Intermediate team ti play Scottish Western League . In: Northern Whig , April 26, 1949, p. 5.  (paid link)
  5. ^ New Date . In: Larne Times , May 12, 1949, p. 2.  (link with costs)
  6. ↑ a b CRUSADERS '' KEEPER SIGNED BY SUNDERLAND . In: Londonderry Sentinel , January 12, 1950, p. 6.  (paid link)
  7. ↑ A WINNING DEBUT . In: Belfast News-Letter , August 22, 1949, p. 7.  (paid link)
  8. ↑ Crusaders score and then bar the door . In: Northern Whig , August 22, 1949, p. 2.  (paid link)
  9. ↑ BRILLIANT AGNEW . In: Belfast News-Letter , October 17, 1949, p. 7.  (paid link)
  10. ↑ IMRIE TAKES HONORS . In: Belfast News-Letter , October 31, 1949, p. 7.  (link subject to charge)
  11. ↑ DAVID AGNEW SIGNING IN QUICK TIME . In: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette , January 12, 1950, p. 9.  (paid link)
  12. ^ Sunderland Presented a Point to Villa . In: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette , August 31, 1950, p. 7.  (paid link)
  13. ^ Spurs' Defense Decided The Issue . In: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette , October 29, 1951, p. 7.  (paid link)
  14. ↑ WALSH, AGNEW, AND MARSTON MOVE . In: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette , July 10, 1953, p. 14.  (paid link)
  15. ^ Three changes in Blyth cup side . In: Shields Daily News , August 25, 1953, p. 7.  (paid link)
  16. ↑ Unlucky Agnew Says "I'll Give It One More Go" . In: Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette , September 8, 1953, p. 8.  (paid link)
  17. ^ Ashington down once again in free-scoring game . In: Morpeth Herald , September 10, 1954, p. 2.  (link subject to charge)
  18. ↑ Robins win 4-0 yet may have problem . In: Shields Daily News , November 22, 1954, p. 8.  (paid link)
personal data
SURNAME Agnew, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Agnew, David George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Irish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast
DATE OF DEATH September 1966
Place of death Sunderland