Sid Castle

Sidney Ernest Rowland " Sid " Castle (born 12 March 1892 in Basingstoke, † January 27, 1978 ) was an English football player and coach. Castle graduated from 1920-1926 for the three London clubs Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic and Chelsea in all three league levels of the Football League a total of 103 games (12 goals). After his playing career, he took on several Dutch football club as coach and discovered the exceptional player Abe Lenstra.

Career

Sid Castle played at the start of his footballing career for Basingstoke Town FC and the Thornycrofts, the works team of the automobile manufacturer Thornycroft, in the Hampshire League, before the First World War in 1915 paralyzed the regular operation. Castle was active in the wartime substitute competitions, among others, for the professional clubs Reading FC and Crystal Palace before he played with the resumption of league operation in 1919 at Guildford. In March 1920, he at the age of 28 years managed the leap into the Football League and he played for the north London club Tottenham Hotspur until 1921 five league games in the Second Division. The competition on the right winger position was great at Spurs with Jimmy Banks and the English national team Fanny Walden, so Castle was also victorious in the FA Cup final in 1921 and received no consideration at the end of the season the share.

His professional career, he sat in east London continues at Charlton Athletic, the club had been taken recently in the newly created Third Division South. Castle belonged outside right at the Football League debut against Exeter City ( Full 1-0) on 27 August 1921 squad. Over two seasons, he completed 66 league games for the antretenden in the " Valley " club, scoring ten goals. A highpoint of his stay there the FA Cup in 1922 /23, as Charlton as the first Third Division team penetrated into the quarter- finals. The Erstligateams Manchester City, Preston North End and West Bromwich Albion were beaten in the first three main rounds. In the first round match against Manchester Castle prepared by corner before the 2-1 victory, the Arthur Whalley recycled header. The home traveling team was then received at Euston station by an enthusiastic crowd. After the 2-0 home victory in the second-round match against Preston came after the final whistle to a space invasion, and while his teammates disappeared in time in the changing rooms, Castle was not fast enough and was carried on shoulders over the place. After another 1-0 victory over the English and Welsh internationals studded team of West Bromwich, the team was defeated in the quarterfinals before over 40,000 spectators at the overcrowded Valley 0-1 to Bolton Wanderers.

With his move to Chelsea in the summer of 1923 he played at the age of 31 years for the first time in the First Division, the English top flight. For the West London club of the offensive players 24 games (two goals) played in the season 1923/24, missed by Chelsea but because of the poorer Torquotienten against Nottingham Forest as a table next to last in the league. While he was in the Erstligasaison shared the role of the right side striker with Jackie Crawford, received his four years younger competitor in the period following the preference and Castle came, after eight missions in the season in 1924/25, in his final year 1925/26, at Chelsea only in reserve for use. To finish his career he played in connection Guildford United in the Southern League.

The end of 1926 Castle went to the Netherlands and took over from Harold Rose as coach at Ajax Amsterdam. He coached the team until 1928, in this time were two title wins regional championship. After Castle was replaced by his pre-predecessor Jack Reynolds, he left Amsterdam and moved to Zwolle. There he oversaw the first Zwolsche AC, where he succeeded in 1930 Horace Williams on the coaching position, and then the PEC Zwolle. In 1932, he coached the first time for half a year the VV Heerenveen and took it to the twelve -year-old Abe Lenstra about the club, which he built in the first men's team during its second commitment from 1936 to 1938. Between his two jobs at Heerenveen, he also oversaw 1933-1935 the Meppeler Sports Club.

In the 1950s, Castle ran a canteen in his birthplace of Basingstoke, in the local hospital, he died aged 85 on 27 January 1978.