Micky Fenton

Micky Fenton

Personal information
Full name	Michael Fenton
Date of birth	30 October 1913(1913-10-30)
Place of birth	Stockton-on-Tees, England
Date of death	5 February 2003(2003-02-05) (aged 89)
Place of death	Stockton-on-Tees, England
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	South Bank East
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1932–1950	Middlesbrough	240	(147)
Total		240	(147)
National team
1938	England	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Michael "Micky" Fenton (30 October 1913 – 5 February 2003) was an English footballer for Middlesbrough either side of World War II.

Club career

Fenton started his professional career with Middlesbrough in 1932, having previously played youth football with South Bank East. He made his debut in 1933, gradually replacing George Camsell as Boro's leading goalscorer.^[1] Camsell was top scorer for ten consecutive seasons, from 1926–27 to 1935–36. The 1936–37 season marked the beginning of "the Fenton era" at Ayresome Park, he was the top scorer with 22 goals. The next season he bagged 26, with 35 in the final pre-war season.

He was the club's top scorer in the 1939–40 wartime league. During the war he guested for Port Vale, Notts County, Rochdale, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Blackpool.^[2]

After the war, despite being wanted by Everton, Fenton returned to Teesside,^[1] where he continued his scoring record, ending as top goalscorer for the next four seasons. He scored 27 in 1945–46, 23 in 1946–47, 29 in 1947–48 and 12 in 1948–49.

His retirement came in 1950, at which point he joined the backroom staff.^[1]

Fenton is fifth in the Boro all-time goalscoring charts with 162 goals. This record is despite the fact that World War II limited his appearances to 269 over his 18 year one-club career.^[1]

International career

Fenton gained his England cap in 1938 in a match against Scotland.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "MICKY FENTON 1933–48". mfc.premiumtv.co.uk. http://www.mfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/HeroesDetail/0,,1~156,00.html. Retrieved 19 May 2009. 
2. ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 99. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200. 

External links

• England profile

Persondata
Name	Fenton, Micky
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	30 October 1913
Place of birth	Stockton-on-Tees, England
Date of death	5 February 2003
Place of death	Stockton-on-Tees, England