Fred Mouncher

Infobox Football biography
playername = Fred Mouncher


fullname = Frederick William Mouncher
height =
dateofbirth = birth date|1883|10|19|df=y
cityofbirth = Southampton
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = 1918
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currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Winger
youthyears =
youthclubs = Fitzhugh Rovers
Southampton Cambridge
years = 1903–1907
1907–1911
clubs = Southampton
Fulham
caps(goals) = 99 (14)
43 (10)
manageryears =
managerclubs =

Frederick William Mouncher (19 October 1883 – 1918) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger for Southampton and Fulham in the 1900s.

Playing career

Mouncher was born in Southampton and played as an amateur with local sides Fitzhugh Rovers and Southampton Cambridge. He started his professional career in the summer of 1903 at The Dell where he teamed up with his former colleague at Fitzhugh Rovers, Fred Harrison. He made his debut for Southampton on 26 September 1903 at outside left, replacing Joe Turner for one match. In February he started a longer run as replacement to the injured John Fraser, and played a total of ten games as the "Saints" took the Southern League title for the sixth (and last) time.

He joined Southampton's summer 1904 tour of South America, during which they played teams representing Argentina and Uruguay, winning 8–0 and 8–1 respectively. [cite web | title=1901-1910 Matches|work=www.srcf.ucam.org| url=http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~nfm24/football/1901-1910oth.html| accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2008] Mouncher, who was a "fast, direct forward", [cite book | author=Gary Chalk & Duncan Holley | title=Saints - A complete record| publisher= Breedon Books| year=1987|pages=p. 251| isbn= 0-907969-22-4] retained the left wing position for the start of the following season, but his lack of consistencycite book | author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk | title=The Alphabet of the Saints| publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing | year=1992|pages=p. 249| isbn=0-9514862-3-3] led to him being dropped in favour of the veteran Harry Wood. He was recalled later in the season on the right, making a total of twenty appearances in 1904–05. For 1905–06 he featured more regularly, missing only two matches and contributing six goals, and at the end of the season he nearly joined Dundee who offered him "flattering terms" For 1906–07 he continued on the left missing only a few games, with a further seven goals.

By now Southampton were beginning to struggle both on the pitch and financially and in November 1907, along with Fred Harrison, he was sold to Fulham for a combined fee of £1,000. In his five seasons with Southampton he made 108 appearances, scoring 16 goals.

At Fulham he made twenty appearances in his first season, with six goals, as Fulham finished fourth in the Second Division. His form earned him an international trial in Manchester in January 1908. Although he switched to left-half in the latter part of his Fulham career, ill-health began to affect his career and he was forced to retire with consumption.

He returned to Southampton and became the licensee of the Railway Hotel in St Denys.

Honours

;Southampton
*Southern League championship: 1903–04

References