- Harold Gough
Infobox Football biography
playername = Harry Gough
fullname = Harold C. Gough
dateofbirth =December 31 ,1890
cityofbirth =Chesterfield
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1970|6|16|1890|31|12
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = ?-?
?-1910
1910-?
?-1913
1913-1923
1923-?
?-1926
1926-1927
1927-1928
1928-1930
clubs = Spital Olympic
Castleford Town
Bradford Park Avenue
Castleford Town
Sheffield United
Castleford Town
Harrogate Town
Oldham Athletic
Bolton Wanderers
Torquay United
caps(goals) =
003 (0)
242 (0)
004 (0)
004 (0)
056 (0)
nationalyears = 1921
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) =1 (0)Harold C. (Harry) Gough (
December 31 ,1890 -16 June 1970 ) was an English professional footballer. He made one appearance in goal for the England national team.Club career
Harry Gough was born in
Chesterfield and played for non-league sides Spital Olympic and Castleford Town before joining Bradford Park Avenue in 1910. He played 3 games for Bradford before returning to Castleford Town.In 1913 he moved to Sheffield United where over the next 10 years he would make 242 league appearances and win an
FA Cup winners' medal in 1915. A decision to become a publican in Castleford broke the conditions of his contract and he leftBramall Lane at the end of the 12923-24 season. His final game for United was a 2-0 County Cup Final victory over the Wednesday.Returning to play for Castleford Town Gough subsequently moved to Harrogate from where he joined Oldham Athletic in 1926. He played four times for Oldham, moving to Bolton Wanderers in 1927, playing four league games before joining Torquay United in the summer of 1928. He immediately dislodged
Archie Bayes as Torquay's first choice goalkeeper, missing just 3 games in his first season. He played 17 times the following season, losing his place to Bayes, and retired at the end of the season.International career
Gough won his only full England international cap on
9 April 1921 against Scotland atHampden Park , Scotland winning 3-0.Honours
Sheffield United
*FA Cup : Winners 1915External links
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