Micky Fenton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Fenton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 October 1913[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Portrack, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England[2] | ||
| Date of death | 5 February 2003 (aged 89)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Portrack Shamrocks | |||
| South Bank East | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1932–1950 | Middlesbrough | 240 | (147) |
| Total | 240 | (147) | |
| International career | |||
| 1938 | England | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Michael Fenton (30 October 1913 – 5 February 2003) was an England international footballer for Middlesbrough either side of World War II. A forward, he scored 162 goals in 269 appearances in all competitions.
Early and personal life
Michael Fenton was born on 30 October 1913 in Portrack, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[2] He married Alfreda Davies in 1937.[2] He ran a newsagents in the Roseworth shopping area of Stockton-on-Tees in the 1950s and 1960s.[2]
Club career
Fenton started his professional career with
David Jack's "Boro" failed to break into the top ten. His retirement came at the end of the 1949–50 season, at which point he joined the back-room staff.[3] He scored a total of 162 goals in 269 league and FA Cup appearances, leaving him fifth in the club's all-time goalscoring charts.[3] He remained on the staff until 1966.[2] He has a corporate lounge named after him at the Riverside Stadium.[4]
International career
Fenton gained his one and only England cap on 9 April 1938 in a 1–0 defeat to Scotland at Wembley.[3][5]
Career statistics
Source:[6]
| Club | Season | First Division | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Middlesbrough | 1932–33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1933–34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1934–35 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 8 | |
| 1935–36 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1936–37 | 35 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 22 | |
| 1937–38 | 36 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 26 | |
| 1938–39 | 33 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 37 | 25 | |
| 1945–46 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |
| 1946–47 | 40 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 23 | |
| 1947–48 | 40 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 28 | |
| 1948–49 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 12 | |
| 1949–50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 240 | 147 | 29 | 15 | 269 | 162 | |
Honours
England
References
- ^ ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "England Players - Mickey Fenton". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d e "MICKY FENTON 1933–48". mfc.premiumtv.co.uk. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ^ "The Fenton Club – a Club to Call Home". mfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "Micky Fenton". Englandstats.com.
- ^ Micky Fenton at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
