Enoch West

Enoch West
Personnel
Surname	Enoch James West
birthday	March 31, 1886
place of birth	Hucknall ,  England
date of death	September 1965
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1903-1905	Sheffield United
1905-1910	Nottingham Forest	168 (93)
1910-1915	Manchester United	168 (72)
1 Only league games are given.

Enoch James West (born March 31, 1886 in Hucknall , † September 1965 ), also known by the nickname Knocker , was an English football player in the position of a striker . He was one of the most successful goal scorers at his two long-term clubs Nottingham Forest and Manchester United , for which he played a total of 364 competitive games and scored 180 goals. The negative climax of his career came in 1914/15 when he was accused, along with other players from Manchester United and Liverpool FC, of being involved in a betting scandal and was banned as a player for life. With a validity of 30 years (the pardon was not granted until 1945), his suspension was the longest in the history of the Football League First Division .

Life

Enoch West began his active career in 1903 at Sheffield United , but where he could not assert himself. Therefore, he moved two years later to Nottingham Forest, for which he completed a total of 183 competitive games (in league and cup) and scored exactly 100 goals in the following five years. In Forest history, he is one of only six players who managed to break the hundred-goal mark. After he was the league's top scorer in the 1907/08 season and had contributed three goals to the Tricky Trees 6-2 win in a 1909/10 game at Manchester United , the Red Devils signed the strong striker, who was one of the best of his era counted. In the following season 1910/11 West had a significant share in the second league title in the history of Manchester United. By 1915 he completed 181 competitive games for Man Utd and scored a total of 80 goals.

His inglorious end of career came in 1915. Together with his teammates Sandy Turnbull and Arthur Whalley and four Liverpool FC players , West was accused of manipulating the game between the two teams on April 2, 1915, which the relegation-threatened Red Devils won 2-0 . As a result, West, who repeatedly protested his innocence, was sentenced to a lifelong ban. It was not until 1945 that he was pardoned as part of a general amnesty .

successes

society

• English champion : 1910/11
• FA Charity Shield : 1911

Personally

• Top scorer : 1907/08

Web links

• 'The 100 goal club' at Nottingham Forest (English)
• Biographical data on Enoch West (English)
• Profile at About Man Utd (English)