- Joe Toner
Infobox Football biography
playername = Joe Toner
fullname = Joseph Samuel Toner
dateofbirth =March 30 ,1894
cityofbirth =Castlewellan ,County Down
countryofbirth =Ireland
dateofdeath = November 18, 1954
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Left-winger
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = "?"-1919 1919-1926 1926-"?"
clubs = Belfast United Arsenal St. Johnstone
caps(goals) = 89 (6)
nationalyears = 1922-1927
nationalteam = Northern Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 8 ("?")Joseph Samuel Toner (
March 30 ,1894 - November 1954) was an Irish professional footballer. He played eight times for the Northern Ireland national team.Born in
Castlewellan ,County Down , Toner played for Belfast United before joining Arsenal in August 1919, making his debut for the side against Everton onOctober 11 1919 . An outside-left, he was a semi-regular in his first two seasons before breaking through properly in 1921-22. He won his first Northern Ireland cap onApril 4 1922 against Wales in Belfast; the match finished 1-1. His second cap came a year later, again against Wales, this time at Wrexham.By now he had been dropped by Arsenal; thanks to fierce competition for the outside left spot from
Jimmy Paterson andSamson Haden , Toner only played eight games in total during 1922-23 and 1923-24. He became a regular again in 1924-25 before being dropped after Arsenal were given a 5-0 hiding at home to Huddersfield Town. He also won four more Northern Ireland caps as an Arsenal player, before leaving to join St. Johnstone in January 1926 after new Arsenal managerHerbert Chapman decided Toner wasn't part of his plans. In total he played exactly 100 times for Arsenal (89 in the league and 11 in theFA Cup ), scoring six goals (all of them in the league).He won two further Northern Ireland caps while with St. Johnstone, playing in the Home International games against England and Scotland in 1927. A broken leg forced him to retire, but he subsequently returned to Ireland and became a coach Coleraine, and on one occasion came out retirement to deputise in the side.
Toner also played
hurling for his county andGaelic football for Castlewellan GAC.References
*cite book
author=Harris, Jeff & Hogg, Tony (ed.)
title=Arsenal Who's Who
publisher=Independent UK Sports
year=1995
id=ISBN 1-899429-03-4
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