John Cartwright (footballer)

John Cartwright (born 5 November 1940) is an English former professional footballer who played as an inside forward. He later became a coach.[1]

John Cartwright
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-11-05) 5 November 1940
Place of birth Brixworth, England
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
1956–1959 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1961 West Ham United 4 (0)
1961–1963 Crystal Palace 11 (1)
1963–1964 Bath City
1964–1968 Wimbledon 120 (19)
National team
1957 England U18 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Brixworth,[2] Cartwright went to Parmiter's School in Bethnal Green. He was spotted by Wally St Pier while playing for East London and London Schoolboys and signed for West Ham United.[1] He was part of the youth team that won the Southern Junior Floodlit Cup in 1956–57,[3] and played in the 1958–59 FA Youth Cup Final, under the stewardship of Ted Fenton.[4] He played in both legs of the Youth Cup final, which the Hammers lost 2–1 on aggregate. He had set up West Ham's first-leg goal, a long cross which Andy Smillie headed past Blackburn goalkeeper Barry Griffiths.[5]

Cartwright played in three youth international matches. The first was a challenge match against Luxembourg on 2 February 1957 at West Ham's own Boleyn Ground.[6] He then played against the Netherlands in the UEFA International Youth Tournament on 14 April 1957,[7] and against Ireland in the British Youth Championships on 11 May 1957.[3]

It was through Ted Fenton that Cartwright got into coaching at an early age, as Fenton encouraged all the players at the Academy to take their coaching badges so that after playing they had something to fall back on.[8] He gained his junior coaching qualification in 1958, while still playing for the youth team. He added the senior qualification in 1961, the year he left West Ham.[9] He had also witnessed the influence that players such as Malcolm Allison had had on team tactics and motivation,[10] later describing it as "a form of communism at the club. The players really ruled it. In short, a dictatorship of the football proletariat".[11]

Cartwright made his senior debut for West Ham on 17 October 1959, starting the match against Everton at Goodison Park. "I made Malcolm Musgrove's goal in my first game", Cartwright later recalled.[1] The match ended in a 1–0 win for West Ham.[12] However, with competition from the likes of Phil Woosnam and Ron Boyce, Cartwright found his chances limited at West Ham. He made just four senior appearances in the Football League for the club between 1959 and 1961,[4] although he managed three goals in four appearances in the League Cup and it's forerunner, the Southern Professional Floodlit Cup.[13]

Shortly after Ron Greenwood took over the reins at West Ham, Cartwright moved to Crystal Palace,[1] where he made 11 appearances in the League,[14] before dropping down to the Southern League to join Malcolm Allison at Bath City in the summer of 1963.[15][16] He played 60 games for the Somerset club, scoring 30 goals, and left in October 1964.[17][18]

He joined Wimbledon, also of the Southern League,[16] becoming their first player to be paid a fee after the club turned professional in 1964. He made 120 league appearances for the Dons, scoring 19 goals.[8]

Cartwright worked as youth coach at Crystal Palace between 1971 and 1978, working with the team that won the FA Youth Cup in 1976–77 and 1977–78.[9]

He managed the England Youth (under 18) team,[4] as England's first full-time youth coach,[19] between 1978 and 1982.[9]

After a spell coaching with Kuwait Sporting Club, where he was assistant to Geoff Hurst,[20] he joined Arsenal as assistant manager in March 1985.[13] He, along with manager Don Howe, resigned in March 1986.[16]

After another spell in Kuwait,[8][9] he became technical director at the Football Association's National School of Excellence, Lilleshall.[21] He resigned after two years in the job after disagreeing with former director of coaching and education, Charles Hughes.[22] He has since been a vocal critic of coaching methods in England.[23][24]

Cartwright went on to join Charlton Athletic as youth team manager,[4] and was then technical director at the Professional Footballers' Association between 1993 and 1995[9][25]

After a third spell in Kuwait, Cartwright became academy director at Crystal Palace.[9][26] In 2001, he set up Premier Skills, a company which delivers coach education and player development courses.[23]

Cartwright is also a former chairman of the London Football Coaches Association.[27]

Cartwright is an author of two books about football coaching. Teaching Soccer to Boys, cowritten with Alan Gibbon, was released in 1972,[28] and Football for the Brave was released in 2008.[29]

Career statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Ham United 1958-59[30] Division 1 ———1[lower-alpha 1]0 1 0
1959-60[32] Division 1 30——2[lower-alpha 2] 353
1960-61[34] Division 1 1 0 — 1 0 — 2 0
Total 4 0 — 1 0 3 3 8 3
Crystal Palace 1961-62[14] Division 3 7 01 0—— 8 0
1962–63[14] Division 3 41———41
Total 11 1 1 0 — — 12 1
Bath City[18] 1963–64 Southern Premier Not available[lower-alpha 3]
1964–65 Southern Premier
Wimbledon[35] 1964–65 Southern Division 1 32 80 02 0— 34 8
1965–66 Southern Premier 3632 02 2—415
1966–67 Southern Premier 41 33 04 1— 47 4
1967–68 Southern Premier 1151 02 0—145
Total1201960103 — 136 22
Career total 13520801133315626

Notes

  1. Southern Professional Floodlit Cup (First Round) v Charlton Athletic, 27 October 1958[31]
  2. Southern Professional Floodlit Cup (Semi-Final) v Arsenal, 5 April 1960 (2 goals); Southern Professional Floodlit Cup (Final) v Coventry City, 27 April 1960 (1 goal)[33]
  3. Cartwright made 60 competitive appearances for Bath City, scoring 30 goals. In 1963–64, he made 50 appearances, scoring 26 goals (21 league and 5 cup). In 1964–65, he made 10 appearances, scoring 4 goals (all league).

References
  1. Belton, Brian (1999). Days of Iron: The Story of West Ham United in the Fifties. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. pp. 163–164. ISBN 1-85983-153-2.
  2. "John Cartwright". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  3. Hillier, Roger; Marsh, Steve. "Roy Walker". theyflysohigh.
  4. Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 46. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
  5. Hillier, Roger. "1959 FA Youth Cup Final/The Class of 1959". theyflysohigh. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. "England's Youth/Under 18 Matches 1947–1976". England Football Online. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  7. "John Cartwright". 11v11. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  8. "John Cartwright: Born on this day". theyflysohigh. 5 November 2016 – via Facebook.
  9. "TRENERSAMLING i regi av Fotball-gymnaset og FKH" [Coaching Seminar under the direction of the Football High School and FKH] (PDF). Stegaberg IL. 5 February 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  10. Cartwright, John (3 November 2010). "Malcolm Allison – 'Motivator Magnificent'". Keep the Ball. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  11. Curtis, Simon (1 June 2015). "The Whiskey Option". The Blizzard – The Football Quarterly. No. 17. Blizzard Media Ltd. p. 102. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  12. "Everton v West Ham United, 17 October 1959". 11v11. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  13. Marsh, Steve. "Johnny CARTWRIGHT (1959–1961)". theyflysohigh. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  14. Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. pp. 216–219. ISBN 0907969542.
  15. Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  16. Belton. p. 209
  17. "Past Players". Bath City F.C. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  18. Miller, Kerry (2003). Stars In Stripes - The Official History Of Bath City Football Club. ASIN B007A14EV8.
  19. Jordan, Gary (2017). Out of the Shadows: The Story of the 1982 England World Cup Team. Pitch Publishing. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-78531-372-1.
  20. "Sir Geoff Hurst: Kuwait post proved a dream in the desert". Sport 360°. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  21. "Deabte: Is second-rate youth coaching hurting England? | Football". The Guardian. 15 November 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  22. Durham, Adrian (2013). Is He All That?: Great Footballing Myths Shattered. Simon and Schuster. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-4711-3159-2.
  23. Cartwright, John (22 March 2002). "The guru who is not afraid to upset the apple cart". The Telegraph. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  24. Cartwright, John (25 November 2007). "England managers need direction". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  25. Jones, Ken (16 March 1998). "Football: Coaching the best out of the next Pele". The Independent. Retrieved 13 August 2012.
  26. "Testimonies of Players and Coaches". David Elliott Associates. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  27. "Hall of Fame". London Football Coaches Association. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  28. Teaching Soccer to Boys. ASIN 0713517018.
  29. Cartwright, John (2008). Football for the Brave. ISBN 9780955591785. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  30. Northcutt, John; Marsh, Steve (2015). West Ham United: The Complete Record. pp. 260–261. ISBN 978-1-909245-27-3.
  31. "1958-59 Football League: First Division". theyflysohigh. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  32. Northcut; Marsh. p. 264-265
  33. "1959-60 Football League: First Division". theyflysohigh. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  34. Northcut; Marsh. p. 268-269
  35. Leatherdale, Clive (1995). Wimbledon: From Southern League to Premiership: A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 978-1-874287-09-4.

Further reading
  • Gibbon, Alan; Cartwright, John (1972). Teaching Soccer to Boys. ISBN 978-0713517019.
  • Cartwright, John (2008). Football for the Brave. M Press (Media) Ltd. ISBN 978-095-5591-78-5.
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