Tommy Johnson (footballer, born 1901)

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Tommy Johnson
Personal information
Full name Thomas Clark Fisher Johnson
Date of birth (1901-08-19)19 August 1901
Place of birth Dalton-in-Furness, England
Date of death 28 January 1973(1973-01-28) (aged 71)
Place of death Manchester, England
Height 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Dalton Athletic
Dalton Casuals
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919–1930 Manchester City 328 (158)
1930–1934 Everton 146 (56)
1934–1936 Liverpool 36 (8)
1936–1939 Darwen
Total 511 (222)
International career
1926–1933 England 5 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Clark Fisher Johnson (19 August 1901 – 28 January 1973)

1926 FA Cup Final, and was a member of the City side which won the Second Division
in 1927.

Johnson signed for Everton in 1930, acting as a foil for the prolific centre-forward Dixie Dean. In four seasons at Everton, Johnson won the Second Division, the First Division and the FA Cup, before finishing his professional career with a short spell at Liverpool.

Personal life

Johnson was born at Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire on 19 August 1901,[2] the son of John and Margaret Johnson. He was baptised at Dalton-in-Furness on 8 September 1901.[3]

He married Hannah Smith in Manchester in late 1924.[2]

Career

Manchester City

Born in

King George V.[7]
Johnson made a further three appearances in the remainder of the season.

Over the next two seasons Johnson featured intermittently in the first team. He scored five goals in 12 appearances for the first team in 1920–21, playing more regularly for the

reserves, for whom he was the leading goalscorer with 18 goals.[8] He became a regular first team selection in 1922–23, playing 35 matches. In 1923 Manchester City moved from Hyde Road to a new stadium, Maine Road, in the Moss Side area of the city. Johnson scored in the first match at the new stadium, against Sheffield United. While Johnson was a regular goalscorer at this point in his career, he did not score as frequently as teammates Frank Roberts and Horace Barnes. Firmly established in the first team, he missed only one match in the 1924–25 season.[9]

In the 1925–26 season Johnson reached the 20 goal mark for the first time, despite playing in a side struggling at the bottom of the division. Though the team endured a difficult league season, some of their wins were high scoring, including a record 6–1 Manchester derby win in which Johnson made a goalscoring appearance. The FA Cup proved a fruitful competition for the club that season, as they reached the final, scoring 31 goals in six matches. Johnson played in every cup match, scoring his first competitive hat-trick in the quarter-final, against Clapton Orient. However, Johnson's appearance at Wembley was not a happy one, his Manchester City team losing the final 1–0 to Bolton Wanderers. To compound the disappointment, City lost their final league game and were relegated to the Second Division.[10] Three weeks after the end of the season Johnson made his debut for England, scoring in a 5–3 win against Belgium.[11] Johnson played 5 times for England and scored five goals.

The following season, Johnson was City's leading goalscorer with 25 goals as the club sought an immediate return to the top division. The race for promotion went to the final match, with Manchester City and

goal average by a margin of one two-hundredth of a goal.[12]
Johnson and his teammates overcame the disappointment of the preceding season in 1927–28, winning the Second Division to return to the top flight. His Second Division winner's medal was to be the only honour Johnson won in his Manchester City career. He reached the 20 goal mark for the third consecutive season, finishing joint-top goalscorer with Frank Roberts.

The first season back in the top division proved to be a remarkable one for Johnson. Early in the season he scored five goals in a single match, a 6–2 win away to

British Home Championship win against Wales.[11] The other goals were scored by George Camsell (who scored a hat trick) and Hugh Adcock
.

In March 1930, with the club management believing him to be past his peak,

2017.[17]

Everton and Liverpool

At Everton, Johnson was part of a forward line spearheaded by record-breaking goalscorer

1933 FA Cup Final, where Johnson faced his former club Manchester City. Everton were comfortable victors, winning 3–0, and seven years after suffering defeat in an FA Cup final Johnson gained a winners medal. Accounts of the match suggest Johnson had a quiet game, with reports focusing on the play of Dixie Dean and Cliff Britton. The final was the first to use shirt numbers to identify the players, Johnson becoming the competition's first number 10.[18] During his Everton career Johnson won a further three England caps. Johnson scored twice in a 7–1 victory over Spain in 1931. Jack Smith and Sammy Crooks
also scored braces while Dixie Dean scored the other goal.

In the

Ireland in a 1–0 victory.[19]

Johnson moved to

Second World War.[22]

International goals

Scores and results list England's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 24 May 1926 Olympic Stadium, Antwerp  Belgium 2–1 5–3 Friendly
2. 20 November 1929 Stamford Bridge, London  Wales 1–0 6–0
1930 British Home Championship
3. 4–0
4. 9 December 1931 Arsenal Stadium, London  Spain 2–0 7–1 Friendly
5. 6–0

Later life and death

Johnson later became a publican, running the Woodman Inn in Stockport before taking over the Crown Inn in Gorton in February 1939,[2] and lived in the area for the remainder of his life.[21]

He died in Monsall Hospital, Manchester on 28 January 1973, at the age of 71.[2][5] In 1977 a street near Maine Road, Tommy Johnson Walk, was named in his honour.[21]

References

  1. ^ The Pilgrim (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Manchester City". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  2. ^ a b c d e "England players: Tosh Johnson". englandfootballonline. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Thomas Clark Fisher Johnson in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  4. ^ a b Clayton, Everything Under the Blue Moon, p. 112.
  5. ^
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  6. ^ a b Penney, The Maine Road Encyclopedia, p. 103.
  7. ^ a b James, The Official Manchester City Hall of Fame, p. 20.
  8. ^ Baskcomb, Julian, ed. (1997). Manchester City F.C. Official Handbook 1997–98. Leicester: Polar. p. 96.
  9. ^ James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 327.
  10. ^ James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 328.
  11. ^ a b James, The Official Manchester City Hall of Fame, p. 21.
  12. ^ James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 116.
  13. ^ James, The Official Manchester City Hall of Fame, p. 24.
  14. ^ "125 Years of Football the Mancunian Way". Manchester City v Blackburn Rovers match programme. 19 November 2005.p. 43
  15. ^ "Roll of Honour". Manchester City FC. Archived from the original on 8 February 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2008.
  16. ^ James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 174.
  17. ^ "City Top Tens". Manchester City FC. Archived from the original on 8 February 2008. Retrieved 26 February 2008.
  18. ^ James, The Official Manchester City Hall of Fame, p. 25.
  19. ^ "Tommy Johnson". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 19 January 2008. Edit this at Wikidata
  20. ^ "Player profile – Thomas Johnson". Lfchistory. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
  21. ^ a b c The Official Manchester City Hall of Fame, p. 28.
  22. ^ "Thomas Johnson". Darwen FC. Retrieved 19 January 2008.

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