Alf Spouncer
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 July 1877 | ||
Place of birth | Gainsborough, England | ||
Date of death | 31 August 1962 | (aged 85)||
Place of death | Southend, England | ||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1893-1894 | Gainsborough Trinity | ||
1895-1897 | Sheffield United | ||
1897-1910 | Nottingham Forest | ||
International career | |||
1900 | England | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1923-1924 | Barcelona | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Alfred Spouncer (1 July 1877 – 31 August 1962) was an English footballer, who played as an outside left.
Career
Born in Gainsborough, Spouncer first played for hometown club Gainsborough Trinity during the 1893-94 season. He joined Sheffield United in October 1895,[1] where he would stay until May 1897, when he signed professionally for Nottingham Forest.[2] He won the FA Cup in 1898 and the Division Two title in 1907. After leaving Forest in 1910, and failing to find a new club, he retired the following year.
Internationally, he earned one cap for England in 1900, against Wales.[3]
Spouncer had a brief foray into management with Barcelona, taking charge of the Catalans during the 1923-24 season. He won the Campionat de Catalunya with ten wins out of ten, but in the Copa del Rey, his Barcelona side were soundly beaten 6-1 in the semi-final replay against the eventual winners, Real Unión.[4]
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