Syd Carter

For other people named Sydney Carter, see Sydney Carter (disambiguation).

Syd Carter
Personal information
Full name Sydney Youles Carter
Date of birth (1916-07-28)28 July 1916
Place of birth Chesterfield, England
Date of death 5 September 1978(1978-09-05) (aged 62)
Place of death Mansfield, England
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bolsover Colliery
1936–1937 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1937 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
1937–1938 Macclesfield Town 39 (40)
1938–1947 Mansfield Town 39 (10)
Managerial career
1955–1956 Mansfield Town (caretaker manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sydney Youles Carter (28 July 1916 – 5 September 1978) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Mansfield Town.[1][a]

Life and career

Carter was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, in 1916.[1] He began his football career with Bolsover Colliery,[4] and had spells on the books of Sheffield United and Wolverhampton Wanderers, without playing league football for either,[5] before joining Macclesfield Town in 1937. In his only season with the club, he scored 40 goals from 39 appearances in the Cheshire League, a return that included 6 in Macclesfield's 8–4 defeat of Hurst.[6][7]

He signed for Mansfield Town of the Football League Third Division North in May 1938, and established himself in the first team over the following season,[4] but his career was disrupted by the Second World War. By the time the Football League resumed, he was 30. He returned to Mansfield and made a few more appearances in 1946–47, after which he joined the club's backroom staff, first as assistant trainer and then, in 1949, as trainer in his own right.[8]

After Mansfield dismissed Stan Mercer on 10 October 1955 because he refused to take on secretarial duties in addition to his managerial role, Carter was appointed as caretaker manager.[9] He held the position until Charlie Mitten's appointment in February 1956[10] and, according to the Football Post's "Townsman", Carter's "behind-the-scenes work as trainer and acting manager deserves to be better known. Most of the credit for the team's improvement since October belongs to him. The Stags are lucky to have a man capable of taking over the double job during the period of waiting for a player-manager."[11]

He continued as a member of the club's backroom staff, completing 30 years' service in 1968, by which time he was Mansfield's physiotherapist,[12] and remained on the staff until at least 1969.[13]

Carter worked privately as a masseur after leaving Mansfield Town. He died at his Mansfield home in 1978 at the age of 62.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Hugman's 15 September 1978 date for Carter's death would appear to be a typo. The probate record lists 5 September,[2] and the death was reported on 6 September.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Syd Carter". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Search probate records or find a will: Carter Sydney 1978". UK Government. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Former trainer dies". Evening Post. Nottingham. 6 September 1978. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b "Bolsover bullets. Former players make good". The Star Green 'Un. Sheffield. 28 January 1939. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive. Syd. Carter, the Colliery centre-forward of a couple of seasons ago, has at last got his chance in the Mansfield first team and on his present form looks like making good.
  5. ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  6. ^ "Manager and player profiles: C". The Silkmen Archives. Geoffrey Knights and Macclesfield Town FC. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Double hat-trick heroes" (PDF). The Silkmen Archives. Geoffrey Knights and Macclesfield Town FC. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Mansfield sign a crack goal-getter". Nottingham Evening Post. 28 July 1949. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Mansfield Town sack manager". Guardian Journal. Nottingham. 11 October 1955. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Townsman (4 February 1956). "Charlie Mitten new player manager". Football Post. Nottingham. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Townsman (28 January 1956). "Spectacular change in Stags' shooting power". Football Post. Nottingham. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Stapleton, Albert (16 May 1968). "Searchlight on Sport. With Mansfield for 30 years". Evening Post. Nottingham. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Spanish trip for Stags". Evening Post. Nottingham. 14 May 1969. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.