Cyril Done

Cyril Done

Personal information
Full name	Cyril Charles Done
Date of birth	21 October 1920(1920-10-21)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death	24 February 1993(1993-02-24) (aged 72)
Place of death	Formby, Liverpool, England
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
	Bootle Boys' Brigade
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1938–1952	Liverpool	93	(32)
1952–1954	Tranmere Rovers	87	(61)
1954–1957	Port Vale	52	(34)
1957–1959	Winsford United
	Skelmersdale United
Total		232+	(127+)
Teams managed
1959–1962	Skelmersdale United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Cyril Charles Done (21 October 1920 – 24 February 1993) was an English former footballer, most notable for his 14 years with Liverpool.

Playing career

Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, Done played for Bootle Boys' Brigade before being spotted as a 17 year old by Reds manager George Kay who took him to Anfield in January 1938. He made his debut 18 months later on 2 September 1939 in a 1–0 home win over Chelsea, it was Done who got the winner, thus opening his account in the same match. This game proved to be the last 'official' game for six years due to the outbreak of World War II.

Upon the wars conclusion, Done rejoined the Anfield club and after missing the first nine games of the 1946–47 season, made an impact on the side scoring the Reds goal in their 1–1 home draw with Charlton, he then followed this up by scoring his first hat-trick for the club on 19 October 1946 at Leeds Road, his goals, which came in the 29th, 43rd and 76th minute, along with a Jack Balmer last minute strike helped humble their hosts, Huddersfield, by a 4–1 scoreline. He repeated this feat, this time at Anfield on 12 February 1947 in a 5–0 victory over Grimsby, his goals came in the 24th, 40th and 85th minutes, Willie Fagan scored the other two in the 30th and 32nd minutes. Done's contribution in his 17 appearances, scoring 10 goals, went a long way in helping Liverpool go on to win the first post-war championship.

Done began to struggle to hold down a place in the Liverpool starting line-up and completely missed out on the 1950 FA Cup run. Done was allowed to leave in May 1952, he joined Merseyside neighbours Tranmere Rovers, where he made more of an impact scoring nearly 100 goals in his time at the club.

Cyril transferred to Port Vale in December 1954 for a four-figure fee. During his time at Vale Park Done came up against his former employers, Liverpool, and gave them a reason to think that they had let him go too soon, he got all 4 goals in Vale's 4–3 Second Division home win and was the club's top scorer in 1954–55 and 1956–57 seasons with 13 and 9 goals respectively. In May 1957 he was given a free transfer to Winsford United and later became player-manager of Skelmersdale United.^[1]

Post retirement

Upon retirement from the game Done worked raising awareness for a cancer charity. He died on the 24 February 1993, the same day as fellow footballer Bobby Moore.

Honours

with Liverpool

• Football League First Division champion: 1946–47 season

References

1. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 87. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200. 

External links

• Official player profile at Liverpoolfc.tv
• Player profile at LFChistory.net

Persondata
Name	Done, Cyril
Alternative names	Cyril Charles Done
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	21 October 1920
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Date of death	24 February 1993
Place of death	Formby, Liverpool, England