Joe Rayment (footballer, born 1934)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Joseph Watson Rayment[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 25 September 1934||
Place of birth | West Hartlepool, England | ||
Date of death | 15 July 2019 | (aged 84)||
Place of death | Stockton-on-Tees, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (1.64 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Middlesbrough | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1952–1955 | Middlesbrough | 24 | (4) |
1955–1958 | Hartlepools United | 63 | (17) |
1958–1965 | Darlington | 173 | (28) |
1965–1966 | Gateshead | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Joseph Watson Rayment (25 September 1934 – 15 July 2019) was an English
Life and career
Rayment was born in
By the start of the 1954–55 season, new manager
His Hartlepools career was also interrupted by the requirement for National Service. Rayment served with a Royal Engineers bomb disposal squad based in Sussex, more than 300 miles (480 km) distant. He was able to appear for the club when military duties permitted.[1][8] Over three years with Hartlepools, he scored 17 goals from 65 matches in League and FA Cup,[9] and signed as a full-time professional for local rivals Darlington in 1958.[1]
In the
Rayment remained with Darlington for seven seasons. He scored 28 goals from 173 league appearances, all in the Fourth Division.[2] He finished his football career with a season at Gateshead, then playing in the North Regional League. He helped the club reach the second round proper of the 1965–66 FA Cup, in which they lost 4–0 at home to Hull City.[14]
After leaving football, Rayment spent eight years as an engineer in the Merchant Navy.[1] He was married three times.[1] He died in North Tees Hospital, Stockton, in July 2019 at the age of 84.[15][16]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Amos, Mike (22 January 2011). "Diminutive Joe looks back at a packed night at Feethams". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Joe Rayment". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ McGhee, Frank (20 September 1952). "Boy from the club's fourth team gets a big game". Daily Mirror. London. p. 11.
- ^ "Liverpool v Middlesbrough, 20 September 1952". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
- ^ "The big-money days of Middlesbrough are over now". Daily Mirror. London. 29 December 1953. p. 11.
- ^ Rose, Henry (12 August 1954). "'Wake up and play' orders Dennison". Daily Express. London. p. 8.
- ^ a b Taylor, George (4 September 1954). "He can't have football – AND his job". Daily Mirror. London. p. 13.
- ^ Ferrier, Bob (6 January 1956). "1,000 will get 'pay as you watch' holiday". Daily Mirror. London. p. 13.
Rayment, outside right, tumbled out of a train yesterday, clutching his Cup passport – a seven-day pass from his Army unit in Sussex.
- ^ "Joe Rayment". In The Mad Crowd. John Phillips. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
- ^ "Rayment the flop laughs". Daily Express. London. 13 October 1960. p. 20.
Slim Joe Rayment, Darlington's nippy right-winger, hadn't much to smile about for the first 56 minutes of this one-way League Cup clash. In that time Rayment flopped four scoring chances and almost convinced himself there was only one goal net – at the other end. But persistent Rayment still laughed last. Just after half-time Rayment slammed lively Darlington into a belated lead after John Swannnell finger-tipped the ball his way.
- ^ "The Darlington dentist yanks Woosnam men out of Cup". Daily Express. London. 25 October 1960. p. 20.
- ^ Amos, Mike (14 October 2008). "Legion comes up for air". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Bolton leave it late". The Guardian. Manchester. 15 November 1960. p. 4.
- ^ Summerbell, Charlie (9 December 1965). "'Reluctant' Hull win". Daily Mirror. London. p. 30.
- ^ Stoddart, Craig (19 July 2019). "Joe Rayment 1934–2019". The Northern Echo. Darlington. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Joseph Rayment". Hartlepool Mail. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019 – via Legacy.com.