Vincent McBride
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Vincent McBride | ||
Date of birth | 21 January 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Stalybridge, England | ||
Date of death | 20 May 2005 | (aged 71)||
Place of death | Cheshire, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
19??–1952 | Stalybridge Celtic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1952–1954 | Ashton United | 76 | (0) |
1954–1956 | Walsall | 11 | (0) |
1956–1958 | Aston Villa | 0 | (0) |
1958–1959 | Mansfield Town | 10 | (0) |
1959–1960 | Northwich Victoria | ? | (?) |
– | Colwyn Bay | ? | (?) |
– | Rhyl | ? | (?) |
1962–1963 | Mossley | 32 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Vincent McBride (21 January 1934 – 20 May 2005) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall and Mansfield Town.[1]
Vince McBride was associated with Aston Villa for a period of two years without establishing himself in the first team. He had spells with Northwich Victoria, Colwyn Bay and Rhyl before joining Mossley in 1962.[2] McBride successfully limited the young giant of a keeper's Jock Wallace, Jr. appearances for the Ashton United (Hurst F.C) first team; being one of two Football League calibre keepers on the books at the same time.[3]
Later life
[edit]Vince McBride went on to teach P.E at West Hill School, where he had been Head Boy in 1949, after his footballing career.[4][5]
He settled in Cheshire after retirement until his death in 2005. A bench at Sandiway Golf Club is set on the 12th hole in his memory.[6]
Sources
[edit]- ^ "MacDonald to McWilliams". www.mossleyweb.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008.
- ^ "MacDonald to McWilliams". www.mossleyweb.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008.
- ^ http://www.freewebs.com/aufc/w.htm [dead link ]
- ^ http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk/this-is-class-4b-in-year-1965-the-year-we-all-left-west-hill-to-join-the-great/Memory/4bc500c1-b946-4311-ba08-b399e046d697
- ^ "Head Boy's Introduction | West Hill School". www.westhillschool.co.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ Mr Alan Seaman (2006). A Concise History Sandiway Golf Club, p. 24.
External links
[edit]- English men's footballers
- Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players
- Ashton United F.C. players
- Walsall F.C. players
- Aston Villa F.C. players
- Mansfield Town F.C. players
- Northwich Victoria F.C. players
- Colwyn Bay F.C. players
- Rhyl F.C. players
- Mossley A.F.C. players
- English Football League players
- 1934 births
- People from Stalybridge
- Footballers from Greater Manchester
- Sportspeople from Tameside (district)
- 2005 deaths
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- 20th-century English sportsmen