John Worsdale

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John Worsdale
Personnel
Surname Michael John Worsdale
birthday October 29, 1948
place of birth Stoke-on-Trent ,  England
date of death 22nd September 2017
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent ,  England
position Right winger
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1965-1971 Stoke City 4 (0)
1971-1974 Lincoln City 67 (9)
1974-1976 Worksop Town
1976-1977 Gainsborough Trinity
1977– Skegness Town
1 Only league games are given.

Michael John Worsdale (born October 29, 1948 in Stoke-on-Trent , † September 22, 2017 ) was an English football player .

Career

Worsdale belonged starting from 1963 as Apprentice (dt. Trainee) Stoke City and received 17-year in November 1965 his first professional contract. Worsdale played for six years with the club as a professional, appearances for the first team reach the classic right-winger but only in the season 1968/69 , when he in September and December 1968 in a total of four Erstligapartien participated. At Stoke, Worsdale was nicknamed Billy Whiz , based on a cartoon character from The Beano magazine, because of its speed .

1971 Worsdale moved together with his teammate Micky Bloor on a free transfer to the fourth division Lincoln City . There he first played under his former Stoke teammate David Herd and missed the promotion ranks with the club in the 1971/72 season as fifth in the table. After two more seasons under Graham Taylor , which the club completed with midfield placements, "Mick (e) y" Worsdale's club membership ended after nine goals in 67 league appearances in 1974. He continued his footballing career in non-league football and played there for Worksop Town (1974-1976) and Gainsborough Trinity (1976/77) in the Northern Premier League and in the Midland League for Skegness Town (from 1977). After retiring, he worked at a local sports center and later ran his own newsagent. Worsdale died after a short illness at the age of 68 in September 2017.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Worsdale in the database of barryhugmansfootballers.com (English). Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  2. ↑ Tony Matthews: AZ of Stoke City . Breedon Books, Derby 1997, ISBN 978-1-85983-100-7 , pp. 253 .
  3. ^ A b c Donald Nannestad, Ian Nannestad: Who's Who of Lincoln City, 1892-1994 . Yore Publications, Harefield 1994, ISBN 978-1-874427-90-2 , pp. 170 .
  4. ↑ a b c stokesentinel.co.uk: Ex Stoke City winger passes away aged 68 (22 Sep 2017) , accessed 23 September 2017
  5. ↑ lincoln.vitalfootball.co.uk: The Managers: No.1 David Herd (Feb. 8, 2015) , accessed September 23, 2017
  6. ↑ cf. Lincoln City team lists in the Rothmans 1972/73 to 1974/75
personal data
SURNAME Worsdale, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Worsdale, Michael John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 29, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Stoke-on-Trent
DATE OF DEATH 22nd September 2017
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent