John Joyce (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John William Joyce | ||
| Date of birth | 26 June 1877 | ||
| Place of birth | Burton upon Trent, England | ||
| Date of death | June 1956 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Greenwich, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1895–1896 | Burton Pioneers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1896–1897 | Woodville | ||
| 1897–1898 | Overseal Town | ||
| 1898–1900 | Southampton | 7 | (0) |
| 1900–1901 | Millwall Athletic | ||
| 1901–1902 | Burton United | 0 | (0) |
| 1902–1903 | Blackburn Rovers | 14 | (0) |
| 1903 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
| 1903–1909 | Millwall Athletic | ||
| 1909–1915 | Tottenham Hotspur | 73 | (1) |
| 1915–1919 | Millwall | ||
| 1919–1920 | Gillingham | 2 | (0) |
| 1920–1921 | Northfleet United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John William Joyce (26 June 1877 – June 1956) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for various clubs between 1898 and 1920. Throughout his career, he was known to supporters as "Tiny" in allusion to his size, being 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and weighing over 14 stone (90 kg).[1]
Football career
Joyce was born in
Joyce, together with his Overseal teammate,
After a season with Millwall, Joyce returned to his home-town to join the newly formed Burton United in the Football League Second Division in August 1901. After failing to break into the first-team at Burton, Joyce was transferred to Blackburn Rovers of the Football League First Division in May 1902. At Blackburn, he vied for the No.1 shirt with Willie McIver but after making 14 appearances he returned to London in the spring of 1903. After a brief spell with Tottenham Hotspur, he returned to Millwall in the summer where he was to remain for the next six years, before re-joining Spurs in 1909. In December 1905, he was briefly displaced as first-choice 'keeper by Jack Robinson, under whom he had played at Southampton.
At
During the war, Joyce returned to Millwall and after the war, following a brief spell with Gillingham, became assistant trainer and was briefly caretaker manager when Bob Hunter became ill in the 1930s.[1]
Honours
Millwall Athletic[5]
- Western League: 1907–08, 1908–09
- Southern Charity Cup: 1903–04
- London Challenge Cup: 1908–09
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9514862-3-3.
- ISBN 0-907969-22-4.
- ^ "Spurs in History – 9th July". tottenham-spur.blogspot. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ "Spurs once upon a time 13 – Bolton". thefootballnetwork.net. 7 November 2005. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
- ^ "THE MEN WHO'VE SHAPED MILLWALL – 1900's". Millwall Online. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
External links
- "The Name of the Game" – Joyce's great-grandson Mark Bostridge on his great-grandfather from The Guardian, 25 March 2006
- Tiny Joyce fact file
- Millwall Hall of Fame