Place of birth Southampton, England Playing position Name Fred Mouncher Died 1918 | Date of death 19 February 1918 Years Team Role Footballer | |
Full name Frederick William Mouncher Date of birth (1883-10-19)19 October 1883 | ||
Frederick William Mouncher (19 October 1883 – 1918) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger for Southampton and Fulham in the 1900s.
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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. Mouncher, who was a "fast, direct forward", retained the left wing position for the start of the following season, but his lack of consistency 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.
He is now buried in a cemetery in south California.