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Neville Coleman (footballer)

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Neville Coleman
Personal information
Full name Neville James Coleman[1]
Date of birth (1930-01-29)29 January 1930[1]
Place of birth Prescot, England[1]
Date of death 1 January 1981(1981-01-01) (aged 50)
Place of death Australia
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952 Gorleston
1953–1958 Stoke City 114 (46)
1958–1961 Crewe Alexandra 73 (16)
Total 187 (62)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Neville James "Tim" Coleman (29 January 1930 – 1 January 1981) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Crewe Alexandra and Stoke City.[1] He holds the record for most goals scored in a match by a Stoke City player (7).[1][2]

Career

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Coleman was born in Prescot and joined Stoke City in 1953 as an amateur from Gorleston, Norfolk where he was completing his National Service at the local RAF base.[2] Stoke helped Coleman secure his released from the services in January 1954 although rules meant he could not turn professional for a year.[2] Despite initially being signed as a centre-forward to partner Frank Bowyer, manager Frank Taylor saw him as a right winger witch saw Coleman drop into the reserves to learn his new position. However a career ending injury to John Malkin in October 1956 handed Coleman his chance in the first team. He quickly became a key member of the Stoke team although an often frustrating one becoming notoriously inconstant.[2] Whilst he lacked pace he was very difficult to dispossess.[2]

In the 1956–57 season Coleman hit a rich vain of form in-front of goal scoring 27 goals, including a hat-trick against Middlesbrough.[2] On 23 February 1957 Stoke played Lincoln City at the Victoria Ground and Stoke won the match 8–0 with Coleman scoring a club record seven goals.[2] Although he failed to find the net again thereafter. Coleman scored 14 goals in 37 games in 1957–58 before Taylor decided to sell Coleman to Crewe Alexandra in February 1959 for £1,000. He later worked for Rolls-Royce before emigrating to Australia.[2]

Career statistics

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Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke City[1] 1953–54 Second Division 5 3 0 0 5 3
1954–55 Second Division 2 0 2 2 4 2
1955–56 Second Division 24 5 5 1 29 6
1956–57 Second Division 42 26 1 1 43 27
1957–58 Second Division 33 12 4 2 37 14
1958–59 Second Division 8 0 0 0 8 0
Total 114 46 12 6 126 52
Crewe Alexandra 1958–59 Fourth Division 15 4 0 0 15 4
1959–60 Fourth Division 40 9 6 1 46 10
1960–61 Fourth Division 18 3 2 1 3 0 23 4
Total 73 16 8 2 3 0 84 18
Career Total 187 62 20 8 3 0 210 70
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  • Neville Coleman at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Stoke City 101 Golden Greats. Desert Islands Books. 2002. ISBN 1-874287554.