Tim Coleman

For other people named Tim Coleman, see Tim Coleman (disambiguation).
Tim Coleman
Personal information
Full name John George Coleman
Date of birth (1881-10-26)26 October 1881
Place of birth Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Date of death 20 November 1940(1940-11-20) (aged 59)
Playing position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?-1901 Kettering Town
1901–1902 Northampton Town
1902–1908 Woolwich Arsenal 172 (79)
1908–1910 Everton 71 (30)
1910–1911 Sunderland 32 (20)
1911–1914 Fulham 94 (45)
1914–1915 Nottingham Forest 37 (14)
1920-1921 Tunbridge Wells Rangers 37 (39)
National team
1907 England 1 (0)

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

† Appearances (goals)

John George "Tim" Coleman (26 October 1881 – 20 November 1940) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Kettering Town, Northampton Town, Woolwich Arsenal, Everton, Sunderland, Fulham, Nottingham Forest and Tunbridge Wells Rangers. He made a single appearance for the England national football team, and later in life was a coach and manager for Maidstone United.

Career

Coleman was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, and first played for local non-league sides, Kettering Town and then Northampton Town in 1901. He was signed by Second Division Woolwich Arsenal in the summer of 1902, and immediately became a regular goalscorer for the club.

Coleman made his debut against Preston North End on 6 September 1902, and in his first season was top scorer with 17 goals in 30 matches, as Arsenal finished third. The following season he broke his own record and scored 23 goals in 28 games, which along with strike partner Tommy Shanks' 25 goals, helped Arsenal to second spot and thus promotion to the First Division. Coleman found 1905-06, his first season at the top, tough going (he only scored five goals), but the following season he scored 15 in 34 matches. Coleman's season was topped with Arsenal reaching the FA Cup semi-finals (which they lost to Newcastle United), and his one and only cap for England, against Ireland on 16 February 1907.[1]

Despite their success on the pitch, Woolwich Arsenal were suffering from financial difficulties, and willingly accepted a bid of £700 for Coleman from Everton in February 1908, near the end of the 1907-08 season.[1] In total, Coleman had played 196 games for Arsenal, scoring 84 goals. Coleman was a regular during the two and a half seasons he spent at Goodison Park, helping the Toffees to runners-up spot in 1908-09, and scoring 30 goals in 71 league appearances.[2] While at Everton, he was notable for being one of the few players, along with most of the Manchester United side, to maintain their membership of the Players' Union (the forerunner of the Professional Footballers' Association), in defiance of Football Association rules. After a standoff, the FA backed down.

Coleman later had spells at Sunderland (1910–11),.[3] Fulham (1911–14),[3] and Nottingham Forest (1914–15). With the advent of World War I and the suspension of first-class football, Coleman retired from the professional game, although he still played in non-league football, most notably for Tunbridge Wells Rangers, finally retiring in 1921. He later worked as a coach & manager for Maidstone United, and moved to the Netherlands. He died in November 1940, at the age of 59.

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 Ltd., Rippleffect. "John Coleman | Arsenal.com". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  2. "John Coleman | Everton Football Club". www.evertonfc.com. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  3. 1 2 "SAFC - OTD 18 Jun". safc.com. Retrieved 2015-10-14.
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