Jackie Foster

John Thomas Foster (21 March 1903 – after 1936) was an English professional footballer and coach who played as an outside right. He made over 430 appearances in the Football League for seven clubs, most notably for Brentford, Halifax Town, Ashington and Barrow.

For the Canadian lawn bowler, see Jackie Foster (bowls).

Jackie Foster
Personal information
Full name John Thomas Foster[1]
Date of birth (1903-03-21)21 March 1903
Place of birth Southwick, England
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Murton Colliery Welfare
1920–1921 Sunderland 5 (0)
1921–1923 Ashington 68 (5)
1923–1925 Halifax Town 73 (2)
1925–1926 Grimsby Town 10 (1)
1926–1929 Bristol City 51 (5)
1929–1933 Brentford 141 (21)
1933–1936 Barrow 67 (21)
Colwyn Bay United
Total 432 (55)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Early years

An outside right, Foster began his career with hometown First Division club Sunderland in August 1920.[2] He later dropped through the leagues and had spells with Third Division North clubs Ashington,[3] Halifax Town, Grimsby Town and won the league title with the latter club in the 1925–26 season.[4] Foster transferred to Third Division South club Bristol City in June 1926 and won the league title in his first season with the Robins.[2] After two seasons in the Second Division, Foster departed Ashton Gate in May 1929.[2]

Brentford

Foster and Bristol City teammate Cyril Blakemore joined Third Division South club Brentford in May 1929,[2] for a combined fee of £500.[4] He was a virtual ever-present until the 1932–33 season, when he made just 22 appearances, but still contributed to the Bees' Third Division South title.[5] Foster departed Griffin Park in 1933, having made 153 appearances and scored 21 goals for the club.[4]

Later career

Foster signed for Third Division North club Barrow in July 1933 and scored 16 goals during the 1933–34 season.[2][4] He later moved to Birmingham & District League club Colwyn Bay United.[1]

Coaching career

After retiring from football, Foster had a spell coaching in Belgium.[4]

Personal life

Foster's brother Jimmy was also a footballer and was on the books at Brentford, but failed to make an appearance for the first team.[4]

Honours

Grimsby Town

Bristol City

Brentford

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sunderland 1920–21[6] First Division 5 0 1 0 6 0
Brentford 1929–30[5] Third Division South 41 6 1 0 47 6
1930–31[5] 39 1 5 0 44 1
1931–32[5] 40 12 5 0 45 12
1932–33[5] 21 2 1 0 22 2
Total 141 21 12 0 153 21
Career total 146 21 13 0 159 21

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 102. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. "Foster Jackie Ashington 1922". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  3. "In The Mad Crowd". In The Mad Crowd. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  4. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 59. ISBN 0955294916.
  5. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 370–372. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. "Season Details 1920–21 : Football League Division 1". Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat. Retrieved 19 December 2016.


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