Dickie Girling

Dickie Girling
Personal information
Full name Howard Milton Girling[1]
Date of birth (1922-05-24)24 May 1922
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Date of death 7 January 1992(1992-01-07) (aged 69)[2]
Place of death Camden Town, England[2]
Playing position Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1947 Crystal Palace 27 (6)
Brentford (guest)
1947–1951 Brentford 86 (9)
1951 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 4 (0)
1951–1958 Hastings United

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Howard Milton "Dickie" Girling was an English professional football winger who played in the Football League for Brentford, Crystal Palace and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.[1]

Club career

Crystal Palace

A winger, Girling signed for Crystal Palace in 1942, during the Second World War.[3] After hostilities ceased in 1945, he made 27 Division Three South appearances and scored six goals before departing in February 1947.[1][3][4]

Brentford

Girling moved up the pyramid to rejoin Division One strugglers Brentford in February 1947, having earlier guested for the Bees during the Second World War.[1] He made 15 appearances in what remained of the 1946/47 season and was unable to help the club from relegation to Division Two.[5] He established himself in the team in the 1947/48 season, making 35 appearances.[5] His appearance-count reduced over the next two seasons, so much so that he spent the entire 1950/51 season in the reserves, before leaving Griffin Park.[1] Girling made 90 appearances and scored 10 goals in just over three years as a first team player with Brentford.[1]

Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic

Girling dropped down to the Division Three South side Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic for a short spell in 1951.[1]

Hastings United

Girling dropped into non-league football and saw his career out with Southern League side Hastings United.[1] A highlight of his time with the Us were two runs to the third round proper of the FA Cup.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 136. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  2. 1 2 "Barry Hugman's Footballers - Dickie Girling". hugmansfootballers.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Howard (Dickie) Girling". Holmesdale Online. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  4. CrystalPalaceFC_user. "Appearances". cpfc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Brentford Football Club History". brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
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