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Gordon West

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Gordon West
Personal information
Full name Gordon West
Date of birth ( 1943-04-24 ) 24 April 1943
Place of birth Darfield , West Riding of Yorkshire , England
Date of death 10 June 2012 (2012-06-10) (aged 69)
Place of death Brighton-le-Sands, Merseyside , England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps ( Gls )
1960?1962 Blackpool 33 (0)
1962?1973 Everton 402 (0)
1976?1979 Tranmere Rovers 17 (0)
Total 452 (0)
International career
1968?1969 England 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gordon West (24 April 1943 ? 10 June 2012) was an English professional football goalkeeper . He won three international caps in a career that included a long stint at Everton .

Club career [ edit ]

Blackpool [ edit ]

West played as a defender for Barnsley , Don and Dearne Boys, but when accompanying a friend to a trial with Blackpool decided to try out as a goalkeeper. [1] The Lancashire club signed him, and West made his debut for Blackpool at the age of 17. [2] After 33 League games for the Tangerines , he signed for Everton in March 1962 for ￡27,000, then a British record for a goalkeeper, [2] replacing Albert Dunlop .

Everton [ edit ]

In his first full season on Merseyside, West won the 1962?63 Football League First Division with Everton. [1] He became the club's first-choice goalkeeper for more than ten years, forming a partnership with central defender and captain, Brian Labone . [1] In that period he won the FA Cup in 1966 and was a runner-up in 1968 . [1] In 1969?70 Everton won the league again, with West keeping 21 clean sheets, still a club record. [3] He made 399 appearances for the Toffees and retired in 1973. [4]

Tranmere Rovers [ edit ]

West came out of retirement after three years to play briefly for cross- Mersey rivals Tranmere Rovers . He made seventeen League appearances for the Wirral club.

Career Statistics [ edit ]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [5]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe FA Charity Shield Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Blackpool 1960?61 First Division 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1961?62 First Division 12 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
Total 30 0 3 0 !0 0 0 0 0 0 33 0
Everton 1961?62 First Division 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1962?63 First Division 38 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 43 0
1963?64 First Division 22 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 28 0
1964?65 First Division 20 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 26 0
1965?66 First Division 24 0 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 34 0
1966?67 First Division 36 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 46 0
1967?68 First Division 41 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 49 0
1968?69 First Division 42 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 51 0
1969?70 First Division 42 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 47 0
1970?71 First Division 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 15 0
1971?72 First Division 42 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 47 0
1972?73 First Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Total 335 0 40 0 11 0 13 0 3 0 402 0
Tranmere Rovers 1976-77 Third Division 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1977?78 Third Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1977?78 Third Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
Career total 382 0 43 0 11 0 13 0 3 0 452 0

International career [ edit ]

West won three caps for England . He turned down a place in the 1970 FIFA World Cup squad because he wanted to stay at home with his family. [2]

Life after football [ edit ]

After giving up football, West worked in security at RAF Woodvale [4] and became an after dinner speaker. Former Everton and Wales goalkeeper Neville Southall campaigned for West to be rewarded with a testimonial game by Everton for his eleven years of service. [ citation needed ] West lived in Brighton-le-Sands, Merseyside . On 10 June 2012, West died [6] of cancer in hospital. [7]

His funeral was attended by Martin Buchan , Colin Harvey , Dave Hickson , John Hurst , Cliff Marshall , Peter Reid , George Telfer , Derek Temple , Tommy Wright and former player and manager Joe Royle , along with former chairman Sir Philip Carter , who paid tribute at the service. [8]

Honours [ edit ]

Everton [1]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c d e Szczepanik, Nick (11 June 2012). "Gordon West obituary" . The Guardian . Retrieved 12 June 2012 .
  2. ^ a b c Gillatt, Peter (30 November 2009). Blackpool FC On This Day: History, Facts and Figures from Every Day of the Year . Pitch Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-1-905411-50-4 .
  3. ^ Lewis, Andy (11 June 2012). "Gordon West 1943-2012" . Everton F.C. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012 . Retrieved 12 June 2012 .
  4. ^ a b "Gordon West" . Archived from the original on 8 May 2011 . Retrieved 10 June 2011 .
  5. ^ Sourced from Rothmans Football Yearbooks and Everton The Official Complete Record by Steve Johnson
  6. ^ "Gordon West" . Retrieved 10 June 2012 .
  7. ^ "Gordon West dies of cancer" . liverpoolecho.co.uk .
  8. ^ "Gordon West Funeral" . evertonfpf.org .
  9. ^ a b Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977?78 . London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 491. ISBN   0354 09018 6 .
  10. ^ "1963/64 Charity Shield" . footballsite.co.uk . Retrieved 12 April 2020 .
  11. ^ "1970/71 Charity Shield" . footballsite.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011 . Retrieved 12 April 2020 .

External links [ edit ]

  • Gordon West at Englandstats.com Edit this at Wikidata
  • Gordon West at Post War English & Scottish Football League A?Z Player's Transfer Database
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