Date of birth 12 March 1892 Years Team Name Sid Castle | Date of death 27 January 1978 Role Footballer | |
Full name Sidney Ernest Rowland Castle Died January 27, 1978, Basingstoke, United Kingdom | ||
Place of birth Basingstoke, England Place of death Basingstoke, England | ||
Sidney Ernest Rowland 'Sid' Castle (12 March 1892 in Basingstoke – 27 January 1978) was an English professional footballer who played for Basingstoke Town, Thornycroft Athletic, Guildford United, Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea.
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Football career
After playing for Basingstoke Town, Thorneycrofts and Guildford United, the outside right joined Tottenham Hotspur. Between 1919–20 Castle made five appearances for the Spurs. He signed for Charlton Athletic in 1921 and went on to play in 66 matches and scoring 10 goals. In 1923, Castle signed for Chelsea where he featured in a further 32 games and finding the net twice. He re-joined Guildford United where he ended his playing career.
Management career
He coached in the Netherlands at Ajax between early 1927 and September 1928 and two teams from Zwolle before coaching Heerenveen in two spells and FC Meppel.