Samuel Frederick Tilson ( English Samuel Frederick Tilson ; April 19, 1904 - November 21, 1972 ), better known as Fred Tilson ( English Fred Tilson ) - English football player , striker . In the " Manchester City " became the champion of England and the owner of the FA Cup . Characterized as “quick-thinking” and possessing “quirky feints body” [2] .
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Full name | Samuel Frederick Tilson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Was born | April 19, 1904 Swinton , Yorkshire , England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Is dead | November 21, 1972 (68 years) Manchester , England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Citizenship | England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Growth | 175 [1] cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | center forward insider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Fred Tilson was born in Swinton , South Yorkshire , April 19, 1904. He began his career at the Barnsley Congresses Amateur Club. He played on the positions of insider and center forward. In 1926, he became a professional footballer, signing a contract with the Barnsley Second Division club, where he played with Eric Brooke . In Barnsley, he played mainly on the insider position, scoring 23 goals in 61 league games [3] . Tilson and Brooke's good form attracted the attention of Manchester City , and in 1928 the club from Manchester paid for the transfer of both £ 6,000 [4] . Tilson and Brooke debuted as part of the City on March 17, 1928 in a match against Grimsby Town [5] . In total, for the remainder of the 1927/28 season, played 6 matches for the City, did not score any goals. At the end of the season, "City" went to the First Division .
In the 1928/29 season, Tilson spent 22 matches for the team and scored 12 goals ( became the top scorer of the City, scoring 38 goals for the club in a season). In the next two seasons he played rarely due to injuries. In the 1931/32 season, he scored 13 goals in the league for City and 3 in the FA Cup. That season, “City” reached the Cup semi-finals, but lost to Arsenal in it. In the 1932/33 season, he became City's top scorer with 23 goals (17 in the league and 6 in the FA Cup). In 1933, Manchester City reached the final of the FA Cup , in which he lost to Everton . Tilson did not play in that final, but next year, when the “City” again came out the final of the FA Cup , got into the squad and scored 2 goals, ensuring to his team the victory over Portsmouth with a score of 2: 1. After the first half, “City” lost with a score of 0: 1 and the young goalkeeper Frank Swift blamed himself for the missed ball. Tilson approached him and asked not to worry, promising to score a “couple of goals” in the second half. He kept his promise [6] .
The following month, after the victorious finals of the FA Cup, Tilson made his debut in the England team in a match against Hungary on May 10, 1934. Tilson scored a goal in the 84th minute, but the British lost to the Hungarians with a score of 2: 1 [7] . Six days later, on May 16, Tilson played in a match against Czechoslovakia , scored a goal again, but England lost again with the score 2: 1 [8] . September 29 of the same year in the game against Wales Tilson made a "double" [9] . On October 19, 1935, Tilson spent his last match for England, in which he doubled at the gates of Ireland to Windsor Park [10] . Thus, he scored in every match for the England team [11] .
In the 1934/35 season, Tilson was in great shape, scoring 18 goals in 34 matches, and Manchester City took 4th place in the league [3] .
In the 1936/37 season , Manchester City helped win the league title, scoring 15 goals in 23 championship matches.
Due to the frequent injuries of Tilson, the head coach of the City Wilf Wilde decided to sell it. In March 1938, Tilson moved to Northampton Town . For 10 years in the "Manchester City", he scored 132 goals in 276 matches [3] .
For Northampton Tilson played 41 matches. [3] August 11, 1939 he moved to the club " York City ", where he ended his career [1] .
After completing his playing career, he returned to Manchester City, where he worked as a coach, assistant to the head coach, acting head coach and head scout. In 1967 he retired [3] .
He died in Manchester on November 21, 1972 [3] .
Achievements
- Manchester city
- FA Cup Winner : 1934
- Champion of England : 1936/37
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Fred Tilson (English) . EnglandFootballOnline.com.
- ↑ Norman Barrett. The Daily Telegraph Football Chronicle 4th Edition. - Carlton Books Limited, 1999. - P. 65. - ISBN 1-85868-884-1 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 Fred Tilson (English) . Spartacus Educational.
- ↑ David Clayton. Manchester City FC - and more! - Edinburgh: Mainstream publishing, 2002. - P. 40. - ISBN 1-84018-687-9 .
- ↑ Gary James. Manchester: The Greatest City. - Leicester: Polar, 2002. - P. 140. - ISBN 978-1-899538-22-5 .
- ↑ Norman Barrett. The Daily Telegraph Football Chronicle 4th Edition. - Carlton Books Limited, 1999. - P. 55. - ISBN 1-85868-884-1 .
- ↑ Hungary 2-1 England (English) . EnglandStats.com.
- ↑ Czechoslovakia 2-1 England (English) . EnglandStats.com.
- ↑ Wales 0-4 England (English) . EnglandStats.com.
- ↑ Ireland 1-3 England (English) . EnglandStats.com.
- ↑ Samuel Frederick Tilson (English) . EnglandStats.com.
Links
- An article on Spartacus-Educational.com (English)
- Profile on EnglandFootballOnline.com (English)