| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Arthur Gosnell[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1880-02-10)10 February 1880[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Colchester,Essex, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 6 January 1972(1972-01-06) (aged 91)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Norwich, England[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Outside left | ||
| Youth career | |||
| The Albion (Colchester) | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Colchester Town | |||
| 1901–1902 | New Brompton | ||
| 1902–1904 | Chatham | ||
| 1904–1910 | Newcastle United | 106 | (15) |
| 1910–1911 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | (0) |
| 1911–1912 | Darlington | ||
| 1912–1913 | Port Vale | 23 | (1) |
| Total | 134+ | (16+) | |
| International career | |||
| 1906 | England | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1921–1926 | Norwich City | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Albert Arthur Gosnell (10 February 1880 – 6 January 1972) was anEngland internationalfootballer who played in twoFA Cup finals forNewcastle United in the early 20th century and later managedNorwich City.
Anoutside-left, he began his career with local clubColchester Town before joiningNewcastle United following spells withNew Brompton andChatham. He featured in the1905 and1906 FA Cup finals, both of which ended in defeat. During his time at Newcastle, the club won theFirst Division title three times:1904–05,1906–07 and1908–09. In 1910, he had a brief spell atTottenham Hotspur before moving on toDarlington. He ended his career after spending the 1912–13 season withPort Vale. During his time with Newcastle, he won onecap for England in February 1906.
He took his first and only management job atNorwich City in 1921. He took charge of 233 games in five years, maintaining a winning record of just over 25%.
Albert Arthur Gosnell was born on 10 February 1880 inColchester,Essex.[2] He was the youngest of nine children to Edward Jo and Annie Maria (née Hyam); his father was a harness maker and saddler.[2] Outside of football he worked as an engine fitter and was married to Margaret Helen Brownlow inNewcastle upon Tyne in December 1909.[2] He had two sons, Leslie and John Gosnell and one stepson, George Watson Brownlow.[2] After retiring from football, he became the licensed victualler of The Raven inNorwich.[2]
Gosnell, anoutside-left, played forColchester-basednon-League teams The Albion andColchester Town, before joiningNew Brompton in 1901. After playing in theSouthern League for New Brompton, he moved on toKent League clubChatham the following year.[2] He joinedNewcastle United in May 1904 and helped the "Magpies" to win theFootball League First Division title in1904–05. He also played in the1905 FA Cup final atCrystal Palace, which ended in a 2–0 defeat toAston Villa following two goals fromHarry Hampton. United finished fourth in the league in1905–06 and again reached the final of theFA Cup. Gosnell again picked up a runners-up medal following a1–0 defeat toEverton after a goal fromAlex Young.
Newcastle again won theFootball League title in1906–07, finishing three points ahead ofBristol City. They dropped back to fourth in1907–08 before finishing as champions again in1908–09 with a seven-point lead over second-place Everton. Once more, they could only manage a fourth-place finish in defence of their title in the1909–10 campaign, Gosnell's last at the club. They did, though, win the FA Cup for the first time in1910 after beatingBarnsley in areplay atGoodison Park; Gosnell did not feature though in either the original tie or the replay. He made 106 appearances and scored 15 goals in six years atSt James' Park.
On 7 July 1910, Gosnell signed forTottenham Hotspur.[2] He featured in seven matches in all competitions.[3] He only had a brief spell atWhite Hart Lane, before he went on to play atNorthern League clubDarlington in 1911.[4] In the summer of 1912, he signed withPort Vale, who at the time were plying their trade inthe Central League.[1] He appeared fairly regularly throughout the1912–13 season, though on 9 November, in a match atLiverpool Reserves, he was mistakenlysent off for kicking an opponent during a 1–0 defeat.[1] He was a member of the side that took home theBirmingham Senior Cup in 1913 but left the club in the summer of that year.[1]
Gosnell earned anEnglandcap on 17 February 1906, in a 5–0 win overIreland.[5]
Gosnell wasNorwich City's seventhmanager, replacingCharles O'Hagan in charge atThe Nest in January 1921. The "Canaries" finished 15th in theThird Division South in1921–22. They went on to finish 18th in1922–23, 11th in1923–24, 12th in1924–25, and 16th in1925–26. They regularly reached the Fourth Round of theFA Cup, though he exited in his last season in charge at the First Round stage. He was replaced as manager by former bossBert Stansfield in early 1926.
Source:[6]
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Newcastle United | 1904–05 | First Division | 25 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 6 |
| 1905–06 | First Division | 35 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 9 | |
| 1906–07 | First Division | 26 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 3 | |
| 1907–08 | First Division | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1908–09 | First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1909–10 | First Division | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 106 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 18 | ||
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1910–11 | First Division | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Port Vale | 1912–13 | Central League | 23 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Norwich City | 1921 | 1926 | 233 | 59 | 79 | 95 | 025.3 |
| Total[7] | 233 | 59 | 79 | 95 | 025.3 | ||
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