Alf Spouncer

William Alfred Spouncer (1 July 1877 – 31 August 1962) was an English footballer, who played as an outside left.

Alf Spouncer
Personal information
Date of birth (1877-07-01)1 July 1877
Place of birth Gainsborough, England
Date of death 31 August 1962(1962-08-31) (aged 85)
Place of death Southend, England
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1893–1894 Gainsborough Trinity
1895–1897 Sheffield United
1897–1910 Nottingham Forest
National team
1900 England 1 (0)
Teams managed
1923–1924 Barcelona
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Gainsborough, Spouncer first played for hometown club Gainsborough Trinity during the 1893–94 season. He joined Sheffield United in October 1895,[1] where he would stay until May 1897, when he signed professionally for Nottingham Forest.[2] He won the FA Cup in 1898 and the Division Two title in 1907. After leaving Forest in 1910, and failing to find a new club, he retired the following year.

Internationally, he earned one cap for England in 1900, against Wales.[3]

Spouncer had a brief foray into management with Barcelona, taking charge of the Catalans during the 1923–24 season. He won the Campionat de Catalunya with ten wins out of ten, but in the Copa del Rey, his Barcelona side were soundly beaten 6–1 in the semi-final replay against the eventual winners, Real Unión.[4]

Honours
Nottingham Forest

References
  1. England Players - Alf Spouncer
  2. England's Players - Sadler to Swift
  3. Alf Spouncer at Englandstats.com
  4. William Alfred Spouncer (1923-24) Archived 3 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Smales, Ken (2006). Nottingham Forest The Official Statistical History. Pineapple Books.


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