Fred Tilson

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Fred Tilson
Personnel
Surname Samuel Frederick Tilson
birthday April 19, 1904
place of birth Swinton, South Yorkshire ,  England
date of death November 21, 1972
Place of death Manchester ,  England
position striker
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1926-1928 Barnsley FC 61 0(23)
1928-1938 Manchester City 245 (110)
1938-1939 Northampton Town 41 0(10)
1939 York city 0 00(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1934-1935 England 4 00(6)
1 Only league games are given.

Samuel Frederick Tilson or Fred Tilson for short (born April 19, 1904 in Swinton, South Yorkshire , England , † November 21, 1972 in Manchester , England) was an English football player. He was described as a quick thinker on the field with an incredible technique.

youth

Fred Tilson was born on April 19, 1905 in Swinton, England. He started his football career with the Barnsley Community. He then moved to Barnsley FC and played alongside Eric Brook , who is Manchester City's top scorer to this day . The good form of the two strikers aroused the interest of larger teams. Eventually Manchester City transferred both strikers for a total of £ 6,000. Both players made their debut on March 17, 1928 in a league game against Grimsby Town .

Career

During his first season with the Manchester City team, he was used 6 times and helped his team move up to the top division. In the second season he was used in 22 games and scored 12 goals. In the seasons from 1929 to 1931 he was hardly used due to an injury. The 1931/32 season went better for Tilson again. He scored 13 league goals and 3 goals in the FA Cup tournament. In 1932/33 Tilson managed to become the top scorer of his team with a total of 23 goals. In 1933 he reached the final of the FA Cup tournament with his team, but was not used. The final ended with a 3-0 defeat against Everton FC . In the following season, they made it back to the final, in which Tilson was also used. In the final, in which Tilson scored two goals, they were able to prevail 2-1 against Portsmouth FC and were thus the FA Cup Champions of the 1933/34 season. Fred Tilson is still Manchester City's all-time high scorer with 22 goals scored in the FA Cup.

In 1934 Tilson also played in his first international match for the English national football team , which ended in a 2-1 defeat against Hungary . Tilson scored the goal for England at the time.

In 1935/36 Fred Tilson was the top scorer within his team with 18 league goals. Manchester City finished the season in 4th place in the table. Success came with the 1936/37 season. The team became league champions with the help of Tilsons 15 league goals, including 2 hat-tricks against Charlton Athletic and the Wolverhampton side . The next season, however, the team quickly went downhill again. Manchester City rose from the then top English league. The season was also Tilson's final season for Manchester City. After his career with Manchester City, he moved to Northampton Town and then to York City , where he ended his career as a footballer.

After the career

After finishing his footballing career, he returned to Manchester City as a coach. He worked for the club for 21 years before retiring in 1968. He died in Manchester on November 21, 1972.

successes

Manchester City

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Barrett, Norman (1999). The Daily Telegraph Football Chronicle 4th Edition. Carlton Books Limited. ISBN 1-85868-884-1 .
  2. ^ Clayton, David (2002). Everything under the blue moon: the complete book of Manchester City FC - and more !. Edinburgh: Mainstream publishing. ISBN 1-84018-687-9
  3. ↑ James, Gary (2002). Manchester: The Greatest City. Leicester: Polar. ISBN 978-1-899538-22-5
personal data
SURNAME Tilson, Fred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tilson, Samuel Frederick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Swinton , England
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1972
Place of death Manchester , England