Albert Pynegar

Albert Pynegar

Personal information
Full name	Albert Pynegar[1]
Date of birth	24 September 1895[1]
Place of birth	Basford, Nottinghamshire, England[1]
Date of death	1978 (aged 82–83)[1]
Place of death	Basford, Nottinghamshire, England[1]
Playing position	Inside-forward
Youth career
	Eastwood Rangers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Sutton Town
	Leicester City
	Coventry City
	Oldham Athletic
1929–1930	Port Vale	56	(34)
1930–1933	Chesterfield
1933–1934	Rotherham United	17	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Albert Pynegar (24 September 1895 – 1978) was an English footballer who played at inside-forward for Eastwood Rangers, Sutton Town, Leicester City, Coventry City, Oldham Athletic, Port Vale, Chesterfield, and Rotherham United. He helped Port Vale to the Third Division North title in 1929–30, and then fired Chesterfield to the same honour the following season.

Playing career

Pynegar played for Eastwood Rangers, Sutton Town, Leicester City, Coventry City and Oldham Athletic, before joining Port Vale in January 1929, in a deal where he and £1,300 were exchanged for Stewart Littlewood.^[1] He had been the "Latics" top-scorer in the 1926–27 and 1927–28 seasons with 19 and 18 goals respectively.^[1] He scored a hat-trick in an 8–1 victory over West Bromwich Albion at The Old Recreation Ground on 9 March, and then four goals in a 5–0 win over Bristol City on 4 May.^[1] Despite these comprehensive victories, and his record of ten goals in 18 games, Vale were relegated out of the Second Division at the end of the 1928–29 season.^[1] In the 1929–30 season, Pynegar scored 22 goals in 33 games, whilst strike partner Sam Jennings claimed 27 goals, to help the club win the Third Division North title.^[1] This tally of Pynegar's included a hat-trick against New Brighton on 9 September.^[1] In the 1930–31 campaign he scored three goals in nine games, before he was dropped from the first team.^[1] He put in a transfer request which was granted when he was transferred to Chesterfield in October 1930; apparently there developed a rift between him and Jennings. The "Spireites" won the Third Division North title in 1930–31, finished 17th in 1931–32, and were then relegated out of the Second Division in 1932–33. He then moved to Rotherham United in a player-exchange for Jimmy McCormick, and scored three goals in 17 Third Division North games in the 1933–34 season.^[2]

Honours

with Port Vale

• Football League Third Division North champion: 1929–30^[3]

with Chesterfield

• Football League Third Division North champion: 1930–31

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 243. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
2. "Past Players". themillers.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
3. Kent, Jeff (1990). "From Glory to Despair (1929–1939)". The Valiants' Years: The Story Of Port Vale. Witan Books. pp. 124–150. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.