Ernie Coquet
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ernest Coquet[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 January 1883||
Place of birth | Dunston, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 26 October 1946[1] | (aged 63)||
Place of death | Gateshead, England[1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in (1.82 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1903–1904 | Seaham White Star | ||
1904–1905 | Gateshead Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1905–1907 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
1907–1908 | Reading | ||
1908–1911 | Tottenham Hotspur | 82 | (0) |
1911–1913 | Port Vale | 47 | (4) |
1913–1914 | Fulham | 47 | (0) |
Leadgate Park | |||
Total | 176 | (4) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ernest Coquet (6 January 1883 – 26 October 1946) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back for Gateshead Town, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur, Port Vale, Fulham, and Leadgate Park.[3] He helped "Spurs" to win promotion out of the Second Division in 1908–09.
Career
[edit]Coquet had spells with Seaham White Star and Gateshead Town,[4] before joining Sunderland in 1905.[5] He left the club to join Reading without making a first-team appearance. In 1908, the full-back signed for Tottenham Hotspur, together with Billy Minter, in a combined £500 deal.[6] He helped "Spurs" to win promotion out of the Second Division with a second-place finish in 1908–09, one point behind champions Bolton Wanderers. They went on to post 15th places finishes in the First Division in the 1909–10 and 1910–11 campaigns. In his three seasons at White Hart Lane, he made 76 Football League, eight FA Cup and six Southern League appearances.[7] Coquet then moved onto the Central League club Port Vale, scoring four goals in 51 games and helping the club lift the Staffordshire Senior Cup in the process.[1] He was sold on to Fulham for a 'substantial' amount in January 1913.[1] The "Lilywhites" finished eighth and ninth in the Second Division in 1911–12 and 1912–13, and Coquet featured in a further 49 matches at Craven Cottage,[8] before ending his career at Northern League club Leadgate Park.
Personal life
[edit]During the First World War, Coquet served in the Football Battalion, the Army Cyclist Corps and the Royal Engineers.[9]
Career statistics
[edit]Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Tottenham Hotspur | 1907–08 | Southern League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
1908–09[10] | Second Division | 37 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 1 | |
1909–10[10] | First Division | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
1910–11[10] | First Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Total | 82 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 90 | 1 | ||
Port Vale | 1911–12[11] | Central League | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
1912–13[11] | Central League | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
Total | 47 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 4 | ||
Fulham | 1912–13[8] | Second Division | 16 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |
1913–14[8] | Second Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
1914–15[8] | Second Division | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
Total | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
Career total | 176 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 190 | 5 |
Honours
[edit]Tottenham Hotspur
- Football League Second Division second-place promotion: 1908–09[10]
Port Vale
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 68. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ^ "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Fulham". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 60. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
- ^ "Coquet Ernie Image 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1911". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
- ^ "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ Ernie Coquet stats Retrieved 29 April 2009
- ^ A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players Retrieved 27 November 2012
- ^ a b c d "Ernest Coquet". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "Ernest Coquet | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Ernest Coquet". 11v11.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ a b Ernie Coquet at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- 1883 births
- 1946 deaths
- Footballers from Gateshead
- Military personnel from Tyne and Wear
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Gateshead F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players
- Port Vale F.C. players
- Fulham F.C. players
- Leadgate Park F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- Northern Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Middlesex Regiment soldiers
- Army Cyclist Corps soldiers
- Royal Engineers soldiers