Cyril Watkin

Cyril Watkin
Personal information
Full name Cyril Watkin[1]
Date of birth 21 July 1926
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 3 July 2007(2007-07-03) (aged 80)
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Playing position Full back
Youth career
Park Road School
Packmoor
Sneyd Colliery
1940–1948 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1952 Stoke City 86 (0)
1952–1953 Bristol City 3 (0)
Total 89 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Cyril Watkin (21 July 1926 – 3 July 2007) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol City and Stoke City.[1]

Career

Watkin was born in Stoke-on-Trent and joined local side Stoke City in 1940 after previously working for Sneyd Colliery.[1] During World War II he briefly guested for Port Vale.[1] He broke into the Stoke first team during the 1948–49 season and missed only five matches in 1949–50.[1] However Watkin was unable to maintain his place in the side at the Victoria Ground and once manager Bob McGrory had left and Frank Taylor had been appointed, Watkin was deemed surplus to requirements and he was sold to Third Division South side Bristol City. Despite having been a First Division regular only a few years previously, he only managed three appearances for Pat Beasley's "Robins" before he decided to retire.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[2]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City 1948–49 First Division 16030190
1949–50 First Division 37010380
1950–51 First Division 22000220
1951–52 First Division 11000110
Bristol City 1952–53 Third Division South 300030
Career Total 89040930

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ↑ Cyril Watkin at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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