John Fielding (footballer, born 1939)

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John Fielding
Personal information
Full name John Arnold Fielding[1]
Date of birth (1939-09-02) 2 September 1939 (age 84)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
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Position(s) Right winger, right midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1960 Wigan Athletic 19 (8)
1960–1963 Southport 76 (21)
1963–1965 Brentford 82 (18)
1965–1967 Grimsby Town 30 (8)
1967–1968 Port Elizabeth City
1969–1970 Wigan Athletic 27 (3)
Altrincham
Ellesmere Port Town
South Liverpool
Runcorn
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Fielding is a retired English football winger who played in the Football League for Brentford, Southport and Grimsby Town.[1] He later had a long career in non-league football and also played in South Africa.

Playing career

Early years

A right winger or midfielder, Fielding began his career at Lancashire Combination Division One side Wigan Athletic, scoring a goal every other game during the 1959/60 season and earning a £300 move to Football League Division Four side Southport in 1960.[1] He broke into the team on a regular basis during the 1961/62 season, scoring 12 goals in 45 games.[2] He went even better the 1962/63 season, bagging 11 goals in 32 games before departing the club in March 1963.[1][2] Fielding scored made 86 appearances and scored 24 goals for Southport.[2]

Brentford

Fielding signed for Division Four high-flyers Brentford in March 1963 in a £7000 deal.[1] He had impressed manager Malky McDonald with his performance while a Southport player at Griffin Park in a 3-3 draw earlier in the season. After the return fixture, McDonald tabled a big-money offer.[1] Fielding made seven appearances in what remained of the 1962/63 season to help the Bees over the line to the Division Four title.[3] He made semi-regular appearances in Division Three, making 31 appearances and fully broke into the team in the 1964/65 season, making 42 appearances and scoring 10 league goals.[3] After making just 9 appearances in the first half of the 1965/66 season, Fielding left the Bees in December 1965.[1][3] He made 93 appearances and scored 21 goals during two-and-a-half years at Griffin Park.[1]

Grimsby Town

Fielding joined Division Three side Grimsby Town in December 1965.[1] Though not a regular pick for the team, he managed eight goals in 30 league games before departing in 1967.

Port Elizabeth City

Fielding moved to South Africa in 1967, linking up with former Brentford teammate Matt Crowe at National Football League side Port Elizabeth City.[1] He had a successful 1967 season, winning the league title and departing after the 1968 campaign.

Return to Wigan Athletic

Fielding returned to Wigan Athletic in 1969 for a second spell with the now high-flying Northern Premier League club.[1] He made 27 league appearances and scored three goals during the 1969/70 season, helping the Latics to a second-successive runners-up finish in the league. He departed at the end of the campaign.

Non-league football

Fielding rounded out his career with spells at Northern Premier League clubs Altrincham, Ellesmere Port Town, South Liverpool and Runcorn.

Honours

Port Elizabeth City

References

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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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