Richard Sykes (soccer player)

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Richard Sykes
Personnel
birthday November 28, 1910
place of birth South Elmsall ,  England
date of death February 1988
Place of death Rotherham ,  England
position Striker , half-back , center-half
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
South Kirkby Colliery
1932-1935 Rotherham United 54 (2)
1935– Denaby United
1 Only league games are given.

Richard Sykes (born November 28, 1910 in South Elmsall , † February 1988 in Rotherham ) was an English football player .

Career

Sykes came from South Kirkby Colliery to third division Rotherham United in the fall of 1932 and first appeared in late October for the club's reserve team. Originally committed as a "well-built" center forward , he came to this position for the first team only in November 1932 to two goalless appearances (including his debut in the Third Division North in a 2-1 win against Stockport County ) before moving up End of the season was called up as a left half- forward.

At the beginning of the 1933/34 season , the club was looking for a middle runner and had called on the first nine game days in succession Walter Spicer , George Davis , Reg Freeman , Steve Forde and Melvyn Millington . Sykes came in this position for the first time on the tenth game day and kept a regular place until the end of the season in this new position; but the team did not get beyond the penultimate place in the table and had to stand for re-election to remain in the Football League. The club experienced one of the few highlights of that season in the FA Cup , when they failed after victories over South Bank St Peters and Coventry City in the third round in a home game in front of over 20,000 spectators at the first division club Sheffield Wednesday . After a poor start to the 1934/35 season , when Rotherham remained without a win in the first six game days, Sykes lost his place in the team, the center runner position was subsequently occupied by Dick Duckworth or Joseph Hawkins .

At the end of the season, Sykes left Rotherham and joined Denaby United in the Midland League ; in March 1936 he was a "noticeable middle runner" when winning the Sheffield & Hallamshire Senior Cup through a 4-2 win against Worksop Town .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerry Somerton: The Definitive Rotherham United . Pendragon Books, 2003, ISBN 978-0-9541671-1-0 , pp. 90 .
  2. ↑ MIDLAND LEAGUE LEADERS 'HEAVY SCORING. . In: Sheffield Daily Telegraph , October 31, 1932, p. 9.  (paid link)
  3. ↑ Rotherham's Leader. . In: Leeds Mercury , November 17, 1932, p. 11.  (paid link)
  4. ^ Gerry Somerton: Still United: The History of Rotherham United . Yore Publications, Harefield 2008, ISBN 978-0-9557889-4-9 , pp. 176 .
  5. ↑ ALMOST A CLEAN SWEEP. Denaby Take a Liking to Dinnington Players. . In: Star Green 'un , August 24, 1935, p. 3.  (link subject to charge)
  6. ↑ SENIOR CUP. DENABY UNITED WIN FINAL AT WORKSOP . In: Sheffield Independent , March 16, 1936, p. 9.  (paid link)
personal data
SURNAME Sykes, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH South Elmsall
DATE OF DEATH February 1988
Place of death Rotherham