John Compton (soccer player)

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John Compton
Personnel
Surname John Frederick Compton
birthday August 27, 1937
place of birth Poplar ,  England
position Defense (left), outside runner
Juniors
Years station
Chelsea FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1955-1960 Chelsea FC 12 (0)
1960-1964 Ipswich Town 111 (0)
1964-1965 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 27 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

John Frederick Compton (born August 27, 1937 in Poplar , London ) is a former English football player . At the beginning of the 1960s he was part of Ipswich Town , which surprisingly won the English title in 1962 under the later world champion coach Alf Ramsey . He completed 39 of 42 league games on the left back.

Career

Compton was born in east London, the oldest of five children. His father was an amateur player at nearby Millwall FC and his son tried his hand at auditions for Charlton Athletic before finally joining Chelsea at the age of 16 . During the 1954/55 championship season he rose to the professional squad in February 1955, but his debut in a first division game he came on April 28, 1956 against Blackpool FC . Also in the following years the sporting breakthrough failed and so he moved in June 1960 for the transfer fee of 4,000 pounds to the second division club Ipswich Town . There, although his debut failed on November 5, 1960 in the 3-2 defeat by Luton Town , but at the end of the 1960/61 season the club had succeeded in promotion to the first division . Compton was actually only considered a supplementary player, but he suddenly rose to the regular formation the following year. Responsible for this were the injury problems of the regular left-back Ken Malcolm , who suffered from sciatica and had to vacate his seat after three games. Compton, who was actually left winger, was trusted by coach Alf Ramsey as Malcolm's representative and after Ipswich had only collected one point, the fourth game was won 6-2 against the then top team Burnley FC . Compton did not miss any of the remaining league games and in the end Ipswich surprisingly won the English championship as a climber . Then things went downhill and two years later Compton rose with his men as bottom of the table back in the second division.

Immediately afterwards he left the club in the summer of 1964 and at the third division side Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic Compton let his career end in the mid-1960s.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Brooks: Ipswich Town Champions 1961/62 . The History Press, Stroud 2011, ISBN 978-0-7524-5890-8 , pp. 139 .
  2. ↑ "Ipswich: ITFC star's 1962 winners medal set for auction" (Ipswich Star)
personal data
SURNAME Compton, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Compton, John Frederick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Poplar , England