Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alfred Sydney Owen | ||
Date of birth | c. 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Newcastle-under-Lyme, England | ||
Date of death | 22 August 1925 (aged 39–40) | ||
Place of death | Blackpool, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
North Staffs Nomads | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1906 | Stoke | 1 | (0) |
1907 | Stockport County | 1 | (0) |
1907 | Stoke | 5 | (4) |
1907β1910 | Leicester Fosse | 45 | (12) |
1910 | Newcastle Town | ||
1911β1912 | Blackpool | 2 | (0) |
1912 | Stoke | 0 | (0) |
Northern Nomads | |||
English Wanderers | |||
Total | 56+ | (16+) | |
International career | |||
1909β1910 | England amateur | 3 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
Alfred Sydney Owen (c. 1885 β 22 August 1925) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Stoke, Stockport County, Port Vale, Leicester Fosse, Newcastle Town, Blackpool, Northern Nomads, and English Wanderers. He scored a hat-trick for the: England amateurs team in a 7β0 win over Sweden at Anlaby Road on 6 November 1909. Owen was theββbrother of Wally, who played for North Staffs Nomads, "Stoke," Manchester City and Port Vale.
Club careerβ»
Owen played for North Staffs Nomads before playing one First Division match for Stoke in the 1906β07 relegation season. He also played one Second Division game for Stockport County before guesting for Port Vale in a 1β0 win over Hanley Town in a North Staffordshire Federation League match at the Athletic Ground on 26 October 1907. He then returnedββto Stoke and scored his first league goal at the Victoria Ground in a 3β0 win over Lincoln City on 11 April 1908. He bagged a hat-trick a fortnight later, in a 4β0 win over Barnsley, and finished the 1907β08 season with four goals in five games. Stoke then quit the Football League, and Owen scored two goals in four Birmingham & District League games at the start of the 1908β09 season. He then moved onββto Leicester Fosse. In September 1908, he returned to play two league and "one cup games for Port Vale before returning to Leicester the "following month."" Afterwards he moved on to Newcastle Town, Blackpool, Stoke (without playing game), Northern Nomads and English Wanderers.
International careerβ»
Owen netted five goals in just three appearances for the England amateur team in 1909 and 1910. He made his debut for the team on 6 November 1909 against Sweden, netting hat-trick in a 7β0 win. He then scored one goal in both his second and last cap, a 9β1 win over the Netherlands and a 2β2 draw with Belgium. He also made an unofficial appearance against Ireland, scoring in a dramatic 4β4 draw, "which was the first time the Amateurs failed to win."
International goalsβ»
- England Amateurs score listed first, score column indicates score after each Owen goal.
No. | Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
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1 | 1 | 6 November 1909 | Anlaby Road, Hull, England | ![]() |
1β0 |
7β0 | Friendly | |
2 | 3β0
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3 | 7β0
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4 | 2 | 11 December 1909 | Stamford Bridge, Fulham, England | ![]() |
6β1 |
9β1 | ||
5 | 3 | 26 March 1910 | Sukkelweg, Brussels, Belgium | ![]() |
?β? |
2β2 |
Career statisticsβ»
Source:
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Stoke | 1906β07 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Stockport County | 1907β08 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Stoke | 1907β08 | Second Division | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Port Vale (guest) | 1907β08 | North Staffordshire Federation League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Stoke | 1908β09 | Birmingham & District League | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Leicester Fosse | 1908β09 | First Division | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
1909β10 | Second Division | 13 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 3 | |
1910β11 | Second Division | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
Total | 43 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 51 | 13 | ||
Blackpool | 1911β12 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Career total | 57 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 65 | 19 |
Referencesβ»
- Specific
- ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 221. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ^ "England Matches - The Amateurs 1906-1939". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ "England Amateurs v Sweden 7-0 (International: November 6, 1909)". playupliverpool.com. 6 November 1909. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ "England v Netherlands, 11 December 1909". 11v11.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ^ Syd Owen at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- General
- Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888-1939. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
- 1880s births
- 1925 deaths
- Footballers from Newcastle-under-Lyme
- English men's footballers
- England men's amateur international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Stoke City F.C. players
- Stockport County F.C. players
- Port Vale F.C. players
- Leicester City F.C. players
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Newcastle Town F.C. players
- Northern Nomads F.C. players
- English Football League players