Jackie Mordue

Infobox Football biography
playername = Jackie Mordue


fullname = John Mordue
dateofbirth = birth date|1886|12|13|df=y
cityofbirth = Edmondsley, County Durham
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1957|12|14|1886|12|13|df=y
height =
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = Outside right
youthyears =
youthclubs = Sacriston
years =
1906–1907
1907–1908
1908–1920
1920–1923
1923–1924

clubs = Spennymoor United
Barnsley
Woolwich Arsenal
Sunderland
Middlesbrough
Durham City
Ryhope
caps(goals) =
025 (12)
026 0(1)
262 (71)
035 0(1)
006 0(1)

manageryears = 1923–1924
managerclubs = Durham City
nationalyears = 1912–1913
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 02 0(0)
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John "Jackie" Mordue (December 13, 1886 – 14 December 1957) was an English footballer who played at outside right, and won the Football League championship with Sunderland in 1912–13 and made two appearances for England.

Career

Early career

Mordue was born in Edmondsley, County Durham, the fifth son of Thomas Mordue, coal miner. As a youth he played for various local village teams and was spotted by Barnsley whilst playing for Spennymoor United. He joined the Oakwell club in October 1906, and played 25 Second Division games with 12 goals. In April the following year he moved to London when he was sold to Woolwich Arsenal for £450,cite book | author=Graham Betts| title=England: Player by player | publisher=Green Umbrella Publishing | year=2006|pages=p.174| isbn=1-905009-63-1] where he linked up with his brother-in-law, goalkeeper Jimmy Ashcroft.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 ]

Mordue made his debut for Arsenal on April 13 1907 and went on to play 28 games for Arsenal (26 in the First Division, two in the FA Cup) in thirteen months, scoring one goal. Arsenal finished 7th and 14th in the league in the 1906-07 and 1907-08 seasons, and Mordue was considered one of the team's best assets. With Woolwich Arsenal in financial trouble, he was sold for £750 to Sunderland, returning to his native north east in May 1908.

underland

He made his Sunderland debut on 9 September 1908 at Middlesbrough scoring in a 3–0 victory. [ [http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Imatchdets/IMD4002.asp Middlesbrough 0 Sunderland 3, 9 September 1908 (Match summary)] ] He soon became a fixture at outside right, contributing some vital goals including one against Newcastle United in a 9–1 victory at St James' Park on 5 December 1908. [ [http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Imatchdets/IMD4015.asp Newcastle United 1 Sunderland 9, 5 December 1908 (Match summary)] ]

He went on to form an excellent partnership on the right-wing with Charlie Buchan and Francis Cuggy, his 15 goals helping the club to win the Football League Championship in 1913. Sunderland narrowly missed out on the Double, losing the FA Cup final 1–0 to Aston Villa, who themselves were runners-up in the League.

Mordue also became Sunderland's main penalty taker, scoring 26 in total, reaching the age of 34 before he missed one in a competitive game.

Mordue made two England appearances, making his debut against Ireland on 10 February 1912. In this match, he played alongside his Sunderland colleague George Holley as England ran out 6–1 victors. [ [http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=111 Ireland 1 - England 6, 10 February 1912 (Match summary)] ] . His second, and final, England match was also against Ireland a year later. In this match, Mordue was teamed up with his Sunderland colleagues Charlie Buchan and Francis Cuggy and although Buchan scored early in the game, England went down 2–1. [ [http://www.englandstats.com/matchreport.php?mid=114 Ireland 2 - England 1, 15 February 1913 (Match summary)] ] Mordue also represented the Football League on three occasions.

Mordue left Sunderland in 1920, having played 294 games in total, with 80 goals.

Later career

He was sold to Middlesbrough in May 1920, spending three years at Ayresome Park before accepting the position of player-manager at Durham City in February 1923, a post he held for twelve months. Mordue died on 14 December 1957, the day after his 71st birthday.

Honours

;Sunderland
*The Football League champions: 1912–13
*FA Cup finalist: 1913

References

External links

*Englandstats|id=679|name=Jackie Mordue
* [http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=683 England profile]
* [http://www.thestatcat.co.uk/Mplayers/MPG627.asp Full details of Sunderland career]
* [http://www.safc.com/history/?page_id=6538 Profile on Sunderland AFC website]
* [http://www.a-love-supreme.com/100%20greatest/20-11.htm Sunderland profile]
* [http://weltonia.co.uk/More_about/morab014.htm Mordue family history]
* [http://weltonia.co.uk/Personal_details/pd014s08.htm Personal details on Mordue family history]