Joe Webster (footballer)

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Joe Webster
Personal information
Full name Joseph Webster[1]
Date of birth 1885[2]
Place of birth Ilkeston, England
Date of death 15 October 1927 (aged 41–42)[3]
Place of death Northampton, England[3]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1907–1910 Ilkeston United
1910–1914 Watford 131 (0)
1914–1919 West Ham United 19 (0)
National team
Southern League XI 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Joseph Webster (1885 – 15 October 1927) was an English professional footballer who made nearly 150 appearances in the Southern League for Watford as a goalkeeper.[3] He later played in the Football League for West Ham United.[1] After retiring from football, he became a trainer, serving Watford and Northampton Town.[3]

Personal life[]

Webster served in the 1st Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War and saw action at the Somme, Third Ypres, Vimy Ridge and Cambrai.[4] He died in 1927, following an appendix operation at Northampton General Hospital.[3][5]

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Watford 1910–11[6] Southern League First Division 34 0 5 0 39 0
1911–12[6] 37 0 6 0 43 0
1912–13[6] 26 0 4 0 30 0
1913–14[6] 34 0 2 0 36 0
Total 131 0 17 0 148 0
West Ham United 1914–15[7] Southern League First Division 17 0 0 0 17 0
1919–20[7] Second Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 19 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 150 0 17 0 167 0

References[]

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 305. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ Joe Webster on Lives of the First World War
  3. ^ a b c d e "Players – Waugh to Williams" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. p. 3. Retrieved 6 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Joe Webster". Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  5. ^ Wynn, Stephen (30 January 2018). Against All Odds: Walter Tull the Black Lieutenant. Casemate Publishers. ISBN 978-1-5267-0406-1.
  6. ^ a b c d "Seasons – 1910/11 to 1919/20" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 6 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b "Joseph Webster". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 8 June 2017.


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