Vivian John Woodward (3 June 1879 – 31 January 1954) was an English footballer who enjoyed the peak of his career from the turn of the 20th century to the outbreak of the First World War. He played for Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea.[5]

Vivian Woodward
Woodward while playing for England
Personal information
Full name Vivian John Woodward[1]
Date of birth 3 June 1879
Place of birth Kennington, Surrey, England
Date of death 31 January 1954(1954-01-31) (aged 74)[2]
Place of death Ealing, England
Height 5 ft 10+12 in (1.79 m)[3]
Position(s) Centre forward, inside forward
Youth career
Ascham College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1895–1900 Clacton Town 25+ (46+[4])
1900–1901 Harwich & Parkeston
1901 Chelmsford
1901–1909 Tottenham Hotspur 146 (68[a])
1909 Chelmsford
1909–1915 Chelsea 106 (30)
1919–1920 Clacton Town 6 (4)
Total 283 (148)
International career
1903–1911 England 23 (29)
1906–1914 England Amateurs 30 (46)
1908–1912 Great Britain 6 (5)
Southern League XI
1908–1913 Football League XI 3 (3)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1908 London Team competition
Gold medal – first place 1912 Stockholm Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Internationally, Woodward captained Great Britain to gold medals at the 1908 Olympics in London and in Stockholm in 1912, and made a combined 59 international appearances for a combination of England, England Amateurs, and Great Britain. His combined record for England of 75 goals in 53 matches (1.42 goals a game) is still the highest international record of any player to have scored more than 50 goals for their country, whilst his record of 75 goals is still the highest combined total of international goals scored by any English footballer. Woodward took part in ten British Home Championships, lifting the trophy eight times. In the 1903-04 Home Championship, Woodward was the top scorer with 4 goals, whilst in the 1908-09 tournement he was the joint top goalscorer with 3 goals. Woodward is the 5th highest all-time record goalscorer of the Home Championship with 14 goals in total.

He served in the British Army during the First World War, and as a result missed out on Chelsea's run to their first-ever FA Cup final in 1915. Woodward's injuries during the war caused his retirement from football. He then served on Cheleas's Board between 1922 and 1930 as a director of the club.

Club career

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An architect by profession, Woodward began his career at Clacton Town. Following spells at Harwich & Parkeston and Chelmsford, he joined Tottenham Hotspur in March 1901,[2] who in the same year would win the FA Cup.[6] Woodward's debut for Tottenham occurred in the Southern League on 6 April 1901 in a home match against Bristol City which Spurs won 1–0.[7][8] Due to work and cricket commitments, he did not begin to appear regularly for the team until the 1902–03 season.[9] In nine seasons at White Hart Lane, he made 169 appearances and scored 73 goals.[10] Tottenham was elected to the Second Division of the Football League for the 1908–09 season, and Woodward scored Spurs' first-ever goal in the Football League in September 1908 against Wolverhampton Wanderers that finished 3–0.[11] He helped the team win promotion to the First Division that season.[12]

Before the start of the 1909 season, Woodward decided to retire to concentrate on his architectural practice and cricket. He had a short spell back with Chelmsford, but was persuaded to join David Calderhead's Chelsea on 20 November 1909. He went on to play in a total of 116 games for them, scoring 34 goals.[9][13][14] He was their leading scorer in the 1912–13 season with ten goals.[15]

At the start of the First World War Woodward enlisted in the British Army and as a result did not play many matches during the 1914–15 season. He was given special leave to join Chelsea at Old Trafford for the FA Cup Final as Bob Thomson was injured, however Thomson recovered and Woodward refused to play, believing it was immoral to deny Thomson his chance to play in an FA Cup final as Woodward himself had not played in any of Chelsea's matches in their run to the final.[16]

In January 1916, Woodward was injured in the right thigh by a German Grenade whilst fighting for Britain in the Great War. Following this injury he was unable to return to top-tier football, returning to his first club, Clacton Town before retiring.[9][17]

International career

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He made his England debut in 1903, scoring twice in a 4–0 win against Ireland. Between 1903 and 1911, he won 23 full caps and scored 29 goals, setting an English record that would last until the 1950s. He also played in three unofficial international matches against South Africa in 1910, scoring a further four goals. At the time, England only usually played three matches a season, for the British Home Championship, but two tours to central Europe in 1908 and 1909 netted Woodward 15 goals (over half his total). He held the overall England goalscoring record, either jointly or alone, for 47 years – longer than any other player until surpassed by Tom Finney in 1958. With his 28th and 29th goals, the last of his career, he overhauled Steve Bloomer against Wales in March 1911, and was not himself overtaken until Tom Finney scored his 30th (and last) goal in October 1958.

He also turned out 44 times for England Amateurs and scored 57 goals. England Amateurs played most of its internationals against the full representative sides of Europe, whose football was much less developed than that of the British at the time, and this huge gap between them often resulted in the Europeans getting trashed by the English, and Woodward would thus often score several goals per match.[18] For instance, in one match against France in 1906, the Times and Sporting Life credit Woodward with eight goals in a 15–0 win, although FIFA's official record of the match credits him with only four goals. However, he did score six against Netherlands in 1909.

The Home Nations did not recognise its matches against England Amateurs, and thus, 12 goals in 14 of his appearances are considered unofficial, four against Ireland, six against Wales, and 2 goals in an unofficial match against Sweden on 12 June 1914 as this game was not regarded as a full international by the Swedish Football Association.[18][19] However, the remaining 30 appearances for England amateurs and 46 goals (including 6 matches and 5 goals for Great Britain at the Olympics) were made in matches recognised as full internationals by FIFA and the opposition's Football Associations, though not by the FA, which means that Woodward scored a total of 75 goals in 53 matches that were considered official internationals by the opposing sides,[20] which would make him the first footballer to score 50 international goals, ahead of Imre Schlosser, who achieved it on 3 June 1917.[21] Woodward scored a combined total of 10 international hat-tricks for the England teams,[22] 4 for the main side and 6 for the Amateurs, all of which in friendlies sept for the one he netted against Wales at the 1907–08 British Home Championship on 16 March 1908, which is also the only one he netted against a Home Nation. His hat-trick tally also includes a 6-goal haul in a 9–1 win over the Netherlands on 11 December 1909,[23] and four 4-goal hauls, two for each of the England teams.

Woodward also represented the Football League XI and the Southern League XI.[2] He also toured the United States with The Pilgrims in 1905.[2]

Olympic career

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Woodward captained Great Britain to gold medals at the 1908 Olympics in London and then in Stockholm in 1912, scoring three goals in 1908, including one in the final, and other two in 1912.[2][24][25]

Military career

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He joined the 17th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment.[2] This was one of the Pals battalions formed during the early stages of World War I.[26] It was known as a "Footballers Battalion" and it included many members of Woodward's former team Tottenham Hotspur.[26] He served on the Western Front and was wounded in 1916.[27] He attained the rank of Captain.[2]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season, and competition. Only official games are included in this table.[28][4]
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Clacton Town 1895–96 Division 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 2
1896–97 7 13 0 0 0 0 7 13
1897–98 1 2 0 0 1[b] 0 2 2
1898–99 8 18 0 0 1[c] 0 9 18
1899–1900 4 4 0 0 1[d] 0 5 4
1900–01 Division 1 4 7 0 0 1[e] 0 5 7
Total 25 46 0 0 4 0 29 46
Harwich 1900–01 Division 1 0 0 0 0 1[f] 3 1 3
Tottenham Hotspur 1900–01 Southern League First Division 1 0 0 0 1[g] 1 2 1
1901–02 2 0 0 0 1[g] 2 3 2
1902–03 12 4 4 3 3[g] 0 19 7
1903–04 17 10 4 1 6[h] 2 27 13
1904–05 20 7 4 0 3[i] 5 27 12
1905–06 12 5 3 1 1[g] 2 16 8
1906–07 20 7 3 0 0 0 23 7
1907–08 20 10 1 0 1[g] 0 22 10
1908–09 Second Division 27 18 4 0 31 18
Total 131 61 23 5 16 12 170 78
Chelsea 1909–10 First Division 13 5 2 0 15 5
1910–11 Second Division 19 6 3 3 22 9
1911–12 14 2 0 0 14 2
1912–13 First Division 27 10 3 1 30 11
1913–14 27 4 2 0 29 4
1914–15 6 3 0 0 6 3
Total 106 30 10 4 116 34
Career total 262 137 33 9 21 15 316 161
  1. ^ Fourteen appearances and seven goals in Western League, one appearance in London League
  2. ^ Appearance in Essex Junior Cup
  3. ^ Appearance in Essex Junior Cup
  4. ^ Appearance in Essex Junior Cup
  5. ^ Appearance in Harwich Charity Cup
  6. ^ Appearance in FA Amateur Cup
  7. ^ a b c d e Appearances in Western League
  8. ^ Five appearances and two goals in Western League, one appearance in London League
  9. ^ Two appearances in Western League, one appearance and 5 goals in Southern Charity Cup

International goals

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Sources:[29][30]

England national team
Year Apps Goals
1903 3 4
1904 2 0
1905 3 2
1906 0 0
1907 1 0
1908 7 10
1909 5 11
1910 1 0
1911 1 2
Total 23 29
Scores and results of England is listed first and score column indicates the score after each Woodward goal.
List of international goals scored by Vivian Woodward
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 1 14 February 1903 Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, England   Ireland
1–0
4–0 1902–03 British Home Championship
2
2–0
3 2 2 March 1903 Fratton Park, Portsmouth, England   Wales
2–1
2–1
4 3 4 April 1903 Bramall Lane, Sheffield, England   Scotland
1–0
1–2
5 7 27 March 1905 Anfield, Liverpool, England   Wales
1–0
3–1 1904–05 British Home Championship
6
3–1
7 10 15 February 1908 Solitude, Belfast, Northern Ireland   Ireland
2–1
3–1 1907–08 British Home Championship
8 11 16 March 1908 Racecourse Ground, Wrexham, Wales   Wales
1–0
7–1
9
6–0
10
7–0
11 13 6 June 1908 Cricketer Platz, Vienna, Austria   Austria
3–0
6–1 Friendly
12 14 8 June 1908 Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria
1–0
11–1
13
5–0
14
6–0
15
10–1
16 15 10 June 1908 Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest, Hungary   Hungary
1–0
7–0
17 17 13 February 1909 Park Avenue, Bradford, England   Ireland
2–0
4–0 1908–09 British Home Championship
18
3–0
19 19 29 May 1909[a] Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest, Hungary   Hungary
2–0
4–2 Friendly
20
4–2
21 20 31 May 1909
2–0
8–2
22
4–0
23
6–1
24
7–1
25 21 1 June 1909 Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria   Austria
1–0
7–1
26
3–0
27
6–1
28 23 13 March 1911 The Den, London, England   Wales
1–0
3–0 1910–11 British Home Championship
29
3–0
  1. ^ Other sources credit England's fourth goal to an own goal from János Weinber, but the official report of the Games and contemporary newspaper reports agree Woodward scored the last goal.

England amateurs

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Scores and results of England amateur is listed first and the score column indicates the score after each Woodward goal.
List of international goals scored by Vivian Woodward[18][20]
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 1 1 November 1906 Parc des Princes, Paris, France   France
3–0
15–0 Friendly
2
9–0
3
10–0
4
11–0
5 2 1 April 1907 De Diepput, Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands   Netherlands
3-1
8–1
6 3 21 December 1907 Feethams, Darlington, England   Netherlands
1–0
12–2
7
5–0
8
9–1
9 4 23 March 1908 Park Royal Stadium, London, England   France
3–0
12–0
10
8–0
11
10–0
12 5 18 April 1908 Sukkelweg, Bruxelles, Belgium   Belgium
?
8–2
13
?
14
?
15 6 20 April 1908 Viktoria field, Berlin-Mariendorf, Germany   Germany
2-0
5–1
16
5–1
17 7 20 October 1908 White City, London, England   Sweden
?
12–1 1908 Summer Olympics First round
18
?
19 9 24 October 1908   Denmark
2-0
2–0 1908 Summer Olympics Final
20 10 17 April 1909 White Hart Lane, London, England   Belgium
?
11–2 Friendly
21
?
22 11 20 May 1909 Landhof, Basel, Switzerland    Switzerland
?
9–0
23
?
24
?
25
?
26 12 22 May 1909 Stade de la F.G.S.P.F., Paris, France   France
1–0
11–0
27 13 6 November 1909 Anlaby Road, Hull, England   Sweden
6–0
7–0
28 14 11 December 1909 Stamford Bridge, Fullham, England   Netherlands
2-0
9–1
29
3-0
30
4-0
31
5-0
32
7-1
33
8-1
34 15 4 March 1911 Crystal Palace Park, London, England   Belgium
4–0
4–0
35 17 25 May 1911 Spitalacker, Bern, Switzerland    Switzerland
1–0
4–1
36 19 16 March 1912 Anlaby Road, Hull, England   Netherlands
2-0
4–0
37 21 30 June 1912[a] Stockholms Olympiastadion, Stockholm, Sweden   Hungary
7–0
7–0 1912 Summer Olympics Quarter-finals
38 22 2 July 1912   Finland
4–0
4–0 1912 Summer Olympics Semi-finals
39 24 9 November 1912 County Ground, Swindon, England   Belgium
1-0
4–0 Friendly
40
4-0
41 25 21 March 1913 Viktoria field, Berlin-Mariendorf, Germany   Germany
2–0
3–0
42 26 24 March 1913 HBS Craeyenhout, The Hague, Netherlands   Netherlands
1–1
1–2
43 27 15 November 1913 Anlaby Road, Hull, England
2–1
2–1
44 28 24 February 1914 Stade du Vivier d'Oie, Bruxelles, Belgium   Belgium
?
2–0
45 30 10 June 1914 Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden   Sweden
2-0
5–1
  1. ^ The RSSSF credits Woodward with having scored two goals in this match; however, the official English report of the games agree he scored just one.
  2. ^ In the aggregate, the RSSSF credits Woodward with having scored 46 goals, but the sources vary in some match reports at this time, so that the number of goals can result in a different number of goals depending on the source.

England amateurs (non-official)

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Scores and results of England amateur is listed first and the score column indicates the score after each Woodward goal.[18]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 15 December 1906 Dalymount Park, Dublin, Ireland   Ireland
?
1–2 Friendly
2 7 December 1907 White Hart Lane, London, England
?
12–2
3 22 February 1908 Edgeley Park, Stockport, England   Wales
1–0
1–0
4 6 November 1909 Elland Road, Leeds, England   Ireland
?
4–4
5 19 February 1910 Leeds Road, Huddersfield, England   Wales
?
6–0
6 18 February 1911 Recreation Ground, Newtown
?
5–1
7
?
8 18 November 1911 Leeds Road, Huddersfield, England   Ireland
?
2–0
9 7 February 1914 Home Park, Plymouth, England   Wales
?
9–1
10
?
11 12 June 1914 Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden   Sweden
?
5–0
12
?

See also

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Further reading

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  • Jacobs, Norman (1 August 2005). Vivian Woodward: Football's Gentleman. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0-7524-3430-6.

Bibliography

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  • Soar, Phil (1995). Tottenham Hotspur The Official Illustrated History 1882–1995. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-58706-1.
  • Goodwin, Bob (1992). The Spurs Alphabet. ACL & Polar Publishing (UK) Ltd. ISBN 0-9514862-8-4.
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