Sid Wallace
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 30 May 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Wigan, England | ||
Position(s) |
Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
–1975 | Everton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1980 | Waterford | 112 | (52) |
1976 | Utah Golden Spikers | ||
1977 | Windsor Stars | 24 | (25) |
1978 | Southern California Lazers | 24 | (14) |
1979 | Cleveland Cobras | ||
International career | |||
1977 | League of Ireland XI | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sid Wallace (born 30 May 1957) was an English
Wallace's first competitive match was a rugby league one, playing for Greenburg Street in the Wigan Amateur league, where he remained for four years before switching codes to the round ball. He signed for Everton Youths, where his teammates included
Syd's bad luck was to work in Waterford's favour however, as he began his return from the injury. The Blues manager at the time, John McSeveney, happened to be a good friend of Everton manager Billy Bingham, and in fact was best man at his wedding, and he asked Bingham if he could help out by sending someone over who could get some goals. Syd decided to come to Waterford and see how it worked out, and what started out to be a twelve-month stint went on for five years.
He made his League of Ireland debut for the Blues against Bohemians on 9 November 1975 [1]
The following week he netted his first goal against Shelbourne at
He scored the winning goal in the 1979
In the summer of 1976, Wallace played for the
Honours
- FAI Cup:
- Waterford United– 1980
References
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- ^ "Ireland - List of Topscorers".
- ^ Hall, Dave Hall (2 May 1977). "City shuts down Stars". Newspapers.com. The Windsor Star. p. 26. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ Wilkinson, Jeff (15 August 1977). "Townsend apologizes for Stars' bad night". Windsor Star. p. 17.
- ^ The Year in American Soccer - 1978