John Ashworth (football player, 1937)

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John Ashworth
Personnel
birthday 4th July 1937
place of birth Nottingham ,  England
position Middle runner
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Kingstonian FC
1962-1966 Wealdstone FC
1963 Portsmouth FC 1 (0)
1965 Wembley FC
1966-1968 Hendon FC 65 (4)
Hitchin Town
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1963-1966 England amateurs 6 (1)
1963-1964 Great Britain Olympia 4 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

John Ashworth (born July 4, 1937 in Nottingham ) is a retired English football player . The multiple amateur national team won in 1966 with the FC Wealdstone the FA Amateur Cup and denied 1,963 a game in the Football League Second Division for FC Portsmouth .

Career

Ashworth played in the late 1950s as a middle runner for the amateur club Kingstonian FC in the Isthmian League , and was with this in 1960 in front of 60,000 spectators at Wembley in the final of the FA Amateur Cup , which by two late goals against Hendon FC with 1: 2 got lost. In 1962 he joined Hughie Lindsay at FC Wealdstone , who initially played in the Athenian League and moved to the Isthmian League in 1964. Parallel to doing his military service in the Royal Navy, he also worked for the professional club Portsmouth FC and came on May 18, 1963 in a 1-1 draw in the second division home game against Middlesbrough FC in the runner row at the side of Bobby Campbell and Harry Harris used, but was no longer available to the club for the next away game. The plan to buy yourself out of the army service in order to become a professional at Portsmouth also failed to materialize. In 1965 he made at least one appearance at Wembley FC .

In 1966 he met Hendon again in the final of the FA Amateur Cup, as team captain he led Wealdstone at Wembley Stadium to a 3-1 win in front of 45,000 spectators. From 1962 to 1966 he played a total of 171 competitive games for Wealdstone, scoring eight goals. He then moved within the Isthmian League to Hendon FC , for whom he scored six goals in 91 competitive games in three seasons. He later played for league rivals Hitchin Town .

From 1963 to 1966 Ashworth appeared regularly for the English amateur national team and the British Olympic selection , often at the side of his two Wealdstone teammates Hughie Lindsay and Charlie Townsend . For the first time he was appointed to the British Olympic team for qualifying games against Wales and Ireland in November 1959. In addition to ten official selection games, Ashworth played in a large number of friendly matches against club and representative teams (including Coventry City , Tottenham Hotspur , Manchester United , Aston Villa , Queens Park Rangers ), on the occasion of a 1-1 draw in January 1964 against the Chelsea FC attested him to have been "outstanding on the Olympic defensive" in the press. For the Olympic selection, he played all four games in the qualification for the Olympic Summer Games 1964 , the team was eliminated against the Greek selection, which was disqualified a little later because of the use of professional players; Great Britain, however, decided not to continue the qualifiers. Ashworth last played a game for the English selection in May 1966 as part of the 1966/67 UEFA Amateur Cup against the Netherlands.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ barryhugmansfootballers.com: Profile John Ashworth , accessed March 5, 2019
  2. ^ Reynolds gets four . In: Norwood News , January 8, 1960, p. 11.  (paid link)
  3. ^ Bob Barton: History of the FA Amateur Cup . Bob Barton, Newcastle upon Tyne 1970, ISBN 0-9508941-2-5 , pp. 179 f .
  4. ^ Pompey at Chelsea . In: Coventry Evening Telegraph , May 21, 1963, p. 22.  (paid link)
  5. ↑ ASHWORTH HOPES TO JOIN POMPEY . In: Daily Mirror , August 17, 1963, p. 16.  (paid link)
  6. ^ Wembley strengthened but late penalty gives United verdict . In: Buckinghamshire Examiner , May 7, 1965, p. 4.  (paid link)
  7. ↑ WEALDSTONE TO SHATTER THAT WEMBLEY JINX . In: Daily Mirror , April 16, 1966, p. 31.  (paid link)
  8. ^ Bob Barton: History of the FA Amateur Cup . Bob Barton, Newcastle upon Tyne 1970, ISBN 0-9508941-2-5 , pp. 198 f .
  9. ↑ wfchistory.com: Stand Up For Wealdstone , accessed March 5, 2019
  10. ↑ hendonfc.net: Former Staff - John Ashworth , accessed March 10, 2019
  11. ^ Smoke bomb in the crowd . In: Liverpool Echo , August 16, 1969, p. 1.  (link subject to charge)
  12. ↑ cf. Brian McColl, Douglas Gorman, George Campbell: Forgotten Glories - British Amateur International Football 1901-1974 . Scottish Football Historical Archive, 2017, ISBN 978-1-326-35601-9 .
  13. ↑ GT. BRITAIN NOMINATES OLYMPICS 20 . In: Coventry Evening Telegraph , November 10, 1959, p. 18.  (paid link)
  14. ↑ englandfootballonline.com: England's Matches - Amateur 1947-1962 , accessed March 10, 2019
  15. ↑ Docherty finds Olympic men a handful . In: Birmingham Daily Post , January 21, 1964, p. 26.  (paid link)
personal data
SURNAME Ashworth, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Nottingham