Vincent McBride

Vince McBride
McBride in 1952
Personal information
Full name Vincent McBride
Date of birth 21 January 1934
Place of birth Stalybridge, England
Date of death 20 May 2005(2005-05-20) (aged 71)
Place of death Cheshire, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
19??–1952 Stalybridge Celtic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1954 Ashton United 76 (0)
1954–1956 Walsall 11 (0)
1956–1958 Aston Villa 0 (0)
1958–1959 Mansfield Town 10 (0)
1959–1960 Northwich Victoria ? (?)
– Colwyn Bay ? (?)
– Rhyl ? (?)
1962–1963 Mossley 32 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vincent McBride (21 January 1934 – 20 May 2005) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall and Mansfield Town.[1]

Vince McBride was associated with Aston Villa for a period of two years without establishing himself in the first team. He had spells with Northwich Victoria, Colwyn Bay and Rhyl before joining Mossley in 1962.[2] McBride successfully limited the young giant of a keeper's Jock Wallace, Jr. appearances for the Ashton United (Hurst F.C) first team; being one of two Football League calibre keepers on the books at the same time.[3]

Later life

Vince McBride went on to teach P.E at West Hill School, where he had been Head Boy in 1949, after his footballing career.[4][5]

He settled in Cheshire after retirement until his death in 2005. A bench at Sandiway Golf Club is set on the 12th hole in his memory.[6]

Sources

  1. ^ "MacDonald to McWilliams". www.mossleyweb.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008.
  2. ^ "MacDonald to McWilliams". www.mossleyweb.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/this-is-class-4b-in-year-1965-the-year-we-all-left-west-hill-to-join-the-great/Memory/4bc500c1-b946-4311-ba08-b399e046d697
  5. ^ "Head Boy's Introduction | West Hill School". www.westhillschool.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  6. ^ Mr Alan Seaman (2006). A Concise History Sandiway Golf Club, p. 24.