Peter Spooner

Peter Spooner
Personal information
Full name Peter Goodwill Spooner
Date of birth 30 August 1910
Place of birth Hepscott, England
Date of death 1987 (aged 76–77)
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Newbiggin United ? (?)
1928–1929 Ashington 0 (0)
1929–1930 Newcastle United (trial) 0 (0)
1930–1931 Bradford Park Avenue 5 (1)
1931–1933 York City 57 (13)
1933–1935 Sheffield United 17 (2)
1935–1939 York City 132 (29)
1939 Gateshead 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Goodwill Spooner (30 August 1910 – 1987) was an English footballer.

Career

Spooner played for Newbiggin United before joining Ashington in 1928.[2] He had trials with Newcastle United in 1929.[2][3] He joined Bradford Park Avenue in 1930, making five appearances and scoring one goal in the league, before joining York City in the summer of 1931.[2][3] He impressed at the club and joined Sheffield United for a fee of £500 in May 1993 after making 57 appearances and scoring 13 goals in the league.[2][3] After making 17 appearances and scoring two goals in the league for the club,[2] he returned to York in 1935.[3] In the FA Cup in the 1937–38 season, he scored against Coventry City in the third round and the winner against Middlesbrough in the fifth round.[3] He left the club in May 1939, after making 132 appearances and scoring 29 goals in the league, and joined Gateshead, for whom he made three appearances and scored two goals in the league.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "York City. New attack to cure old faults". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. xiii – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 - 1939. Tony Brown. p. 247. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Batters, Dave (1990). "York City Stars". York City: A Complete Record 1922-1990. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 202. ISBN 0-907969-69-0.