Ken Coote
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Alexander Coote[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Paddington, England | ||
| Date of death | 2 August 2003 (aged 75)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Isleworth, England[1] | ||
| Position(s) |
Full back, Utility player | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Alperton Old Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1949 | Wembley | ||
| 1949–1964 | Brentford | 514 | (14) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kenneth Alexander Coote (19 May 1928 – 2 August 2003) was an English
Hall of Fame
.
Club career
Early years
Coote began his career as a youth at Alperton Old Boys, a team managed by the father of future England manager Ron Greenwood.[2] He moved on to join Middlesex Senior League club Wembley as an amateur and impressed enough to spend two weeks on trial at First Division club Burnley in the spring of 1949.[2]
Brentford
Ron Greenwood, then playing for
left half for a match versus Notts County in March 1953.[2] Coote gave a strong performance in a 5–0 victory which eased the club's fears of relegation to the Third Division South.[2]
Coote became a near-ever present for Brentford and remained with the club after suffering relegation to the Third Division South in the
full back,[5] he also played in six other outfield positions.[6] After missing the first 9 games of the 1954–55 season, Coote missed only 16 of the club's next 378 league games.[2] Ever-increasingly used as a utility man, Coote filled eight different positions during his time at Griffin Park.[2] Attention from First Division clubs Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion came his way, but deals never materialised.[7] At the end of the 1960–61 season, Coote was jointly-awarded a testimonial with Johnny Rainford versus an All Star XI for his service to the club.[2]
Despite his durability, it was only during the
Football League 125th Anniversary poll of Brentford's best ever captains and he has been inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.[10][11]
Representative career
Coote's exploits for Brentford saw him win representative honours.Barcelona.[12]
Personal life
After completing his
removals.[7] After retiring from football, Coote used the £1,000 earned from his second testimonial match to buy a three-bedroom semi-detached house in the Brentford area.[13] He later became manager of a betting shop in Hounslow, owned by former Brentford teammate Frank Morrad.[2] On 2 August 2003, Coote died aged 75 following a short illness.[6] He had been living in Whitton.[7]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1949–50[4] | Second Division | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | |
| 1950–51[4] | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| 1951–52[4] | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 28 | 4 | |||
| 1952–53[4] | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| 1953–54[4] | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | |||
| 1954–55[4] | Third Division South | 37 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 43 | 1 | ||
| 1955–56[4] | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 47 | 2 | |||
| 1956–57[4] | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 47 | 1 | |||
| 1957–58[4] | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 46 | 2 | |||
| 1958–59[4] | Third Division | 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | ||
| 1959–60[4] | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | |||
| 1960–61[4] | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 1961–62[4] | 45 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
| 1962–63[4] | Fourth Division | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |
| 1963–64[4] | Third Division | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Career total | 514 | 14 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 559 | 15 | ||
Honours
Brentford
- 1962–63[2]
Individual
References
- ^ a b c "Ken Coote". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
- ^ Brentford Football Supporters And Social Club Official Handbook – 1949–50. 1949. p. 36.
- ^ ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ a b c "Hall Of Fame". Brentford Football Club. Archived from the original on 8 February 2002. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Ken Coote RIP". brentfordfc.co.uk. 4 August 2003. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ ISBN 0-9543682-0-7.
- ^ @BrentfordFC (26 October 2012). "The correct answer is Ken Coote and Gerry Cakebread who appeared together 357 times (Cakebread only played 17 games in career without Coote)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ TW8 Matchday versus Oldham Athletic. London: The Yellow Printing Company Limited. 25 August 2003. p. 32.
- ^ "Brentford". Football League 125. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ a b Wickham, Chris. "Kevin O'Connor and Marcus Gayle join others in being added to Brentford FC Hall of Fame". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- ^ "Masterpiece – London XI". Pennantsmuseum.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ Griffin Gazette: Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Crewe Alexandra. Quay Design of Poole. 6 April 1996. p. 20.