Stanley Matthews

Stanley Matthews
Personal information
Full name	Stanley Matthews
Date of birth	1 February 1915
Place of birth	Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Date of death	23 February 2000 (aged 85)
Place of death	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Outside right
Youth career
1930–1932	Stoke City
Senior career*
Years	Team
1932–1947	Stoke City
1947–1961	Blackpool
1961	→ Toronto City (loan)
1961–1965	Stoke City
1965	→ Toronto City (loan)
Total
National team
1929	England Schoolboys
1934–1956	The Football League XI
1934–1957	England
1947–1955	Great Britain
Teams managed
1967–1968	Port Vale
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Sir Stanley Matthews CBE (born 1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent. Matthews played football for Stoke City and Blackpool. He was knighted in 1965 and died in 2000. He was the first person to be knighted for services to football.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[5]^[6]
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	1931–32	Second Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1932–33	Second Division	15	1	0	0	15	1
	1933–34	First Division	29	11	4	4	33	15
	1934–35	First Division	36	10	1	1	37	11
	1935–36	First Division	40	10	5	0	45	10
	1936–37	First Division	40	7	2	0	42	7
	1937–38	First Division	38	6	3	0	41	6
	1938–39	First Division	36	2	2	0	38	2
	1939–40	First Division	3^[a]	0	—		3	0
	1945–46	Football League North	—		8	0	8	0
	1946–47	First Division	23	4	5	1	28	5
	Total		259	51	30	6	289	57
Blackpool	1947–48	First Division	33	1	6	0	39	1
	1948–49	First Division	25	3	3	0	28	3
	1949–50	First Division	31	0	3	0	34	0
	1950–51	First Division	36	0	8	0	44	0
	1951–52	First Division	18	1	1	0	19	1
	1952–53	First Division	20	4	7	1	27	5
	1953–54	First Division	30	2	7	0	37	2
	1954–55	First Division	34	1	1	0	35	1
	1955–56	First Division	36	3	1	0	37	3
	1956–57	First Division	25	2	4	0	29	2
	1957–58	First Division	28	0	1	0	29	0
	1958–59	First Division	19	0	6	0	25	0
	1959–60	First Division	15	0	0	0	15	0
	1960–61	First Division	27	0	1	0	28	0
	1961–62	First Division	2	0	—		2	0
	Total		379	17	49	1	428	18
Stoke City	1961–62	Second Division	18	2	3	1	21	3
	1962–63	Second Division	31	1	0	0	31	1
	1963–64	First Division	9	0	4	1	13	1
	1964–65	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		59	3	7	2	66	5
Toronto City (loan)	1961	Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League	14	0	—		14	0
	1965	Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League	6	0	—		6	0
	Total		20	0	0	0	20	0
Career total			717	71	86	9	803	80

↑ These three matches were played before competitive football was suspended due to the outbreak of the Second World War and are not included in the total

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England^[7]	1934	2	1
	1935	1	0
	1937	3	4
	1938	8	3
	1939	3	0
	1947	6	1
	1948	6	1
	1949	1	0
	1950	2	0
	1951	1	0
	1953	3	0
	1954	5	0
	1955	5	0
	1956	5	1
	1957	3	0
Total		54	11

Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Matthews goal.

List of international goals scored by Stanley Matthews
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition
1	29 September 1934	Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	4–0	1934–35 British Home Championship
2	17 November 1937	Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough, England	Wales	2–1	1937–38 British Home Championship
3	1 December 1937	White Hart Lane, London, England	Czechoslovakia	5–4	Friendly
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6	14 May 1938	Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany	Germany	6–3	Friendly
7	22 October 1938	Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales	Wales	2–4	1938–39 British Home Championship
8	18 November 1938	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	Ireland	7–0	1938–39 British Home Championship
9	25 May 1947	Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal	Portugal	10–0	Friendly
10	9 October 1948	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Ireland	6–2	1948–49 British Home Championship
11	6 October 1956	Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	1–1	1956–57 British Home Championship

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Port Vale	31 May 1967	31 May 1968	49	13	15	21	026.5
Total			49	13	15	21	026.5

Honours

Player

Stoke City

Rangers

Glasgow Charity Cup: 1940–41^[9]

Blackpool

Football League First Division
- Runner-up: 1955–56
FA Cup: 1952–53
- Runner-up: 1947–48, 1950–51
Football League War Cup: 1942–43^[10]

England

British Home Championship: 1935^[a], 1938, 1939^[a], 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1956^[a], 1957

a. ^ The Championship was shared with Scotland in 1935, with Wales and Scotland in 1939, and with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1956.

Manager

Hibernians

Maltese FA Trophy: 1970–71^[11]
Independence Cup: 1970–71^[11]
Sons of Malta Cup: 1970–71^[11]

Individual

FWA Footballer of the Year: 1948, 1963
Ballon d'Or: 1956
Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy: 1986^[12]
PFA Merit Award: 1987
FWA Tribute Award: 1995
Ontario Sports Hall of Fame: 1995 (Honorary member)^[13]
Football League 100 Legends: 1998
English Football Hall of Fame: 2002
PFA Team of the Century (1907–1976): 2007^[14]
IFFHS Legends^[15]

Orders

CBE: 1957
Knight Bachelor: 1965

References

↑ "Stanley Matthews". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matthews 2000, p. Introduction
↑ Matthews 2000, p. 607
↑ Thomas-Symonds, Nick (2023). Harold Wilson the winner. London: Weidenfield & Nicolson. pp. 208. ISBN 9781474611961.
↑ Matthews 2000, p. 606
↑ Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side – 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. p. 220.
↑ "Sir Stanley Matthews – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
↑ "THE STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY F.A. SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP". Rochester FC. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
↑ "STANLEY MATTHEWS IN RANGERS TEAM". The Scotsman. 2 June 1941. Retrieved 3 February 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Jock Dodds". The Guardian. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 "Stanley Matthews's connection with Malta". Times of Malta. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
↑ "The first gentleman of soccer". BBC News. 23 February 2000. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
↑ "Sir Stanley Matthews". Ontario Sports Hall Of Fame. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
↑ "England Boys of '66 dominate your Team of the Century: 1907–1976". GiveMeFootball.com. Give Me Football. 28 August 2007. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
↑ "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

Other websites

A Short Profile Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
Biography (in spanish)

[7] These three matches were played before competitive football was suspended due to the outbreak of the Second World War and are not included in the total

[1] "Stanley Matthews". Barry Hugman's Footballers.

[Intro-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matthews 2000, p. Introduction

[page_607-3] Matthews 2000, p. 607

[4] Thomas-Symonds, Nick (2023). Harold Wilson the winner. London: Weidenfield & Nicolson. pp. 208. ISBN 9781474611961.

[Matthews_2000_606-5] Matthews 2000, p. 606

[:0-6] Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side – 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. p. 220.

[8] "Sir Stanley Matthews – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 August 2011.

[Rochester-9] "THE STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY F.A. SENIOR CHALLENGE CUP". Rochester FC. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[post-10] "STANLEY MATTHEWS IN RANGERS TEAM". The Scotsman. 2 June 1941. Retrieved 3 February 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[11] "Jock Dodds". The Guardian. 9 May 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[times-12] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 "Stanley Matthews's connection with Malta". Times of Malta. 19 October 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2021.

[13] "The first gentleman of soccer". BBC News. 23 February 2000. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[14] "Sir Stanley Matthews". Ontario Sports Hall Of Fame. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[15] "England Boys of '66 dominate your Team of the Century: 1907–1976". GiveMeFootball.com. Give Me Football. 28 August 2007. Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

[16] "IFFHS announce the 48 football legend players". IFFHS. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

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