Joe Fidler
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Edward Fidler[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Date of death | 1948 (aged 62–63)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Full-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| South Steer New Connexion | |||
| 1903–1904 | Sheffield United | 2 | (0) |
| Fulham | |||
| 1906–1912 | Queens Park Rangers | 165 | (0) |
| 1912–1913 | Woolwich Arsenal | 25 | (0) |
| 1914–1915 | Port Vale | 5 | (0) |
| Bird-in-Hand | |||
| Industry Sports | |||
| Turton Platts | |||
| National team | |||
| Southern League XI | 1 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Joseph Edward "Joe" Fidler (1885–1948) was an English professional football left back who played in the Football League for Woolwich Arsenal and Sheffield United.[1]
Playing career
Fidler joined Sheffield United from South Steer New Connexion, and played one First Division game in both the 1903–04 and 1904–05 seasons. He moved on to Fulham and then Queens Park Rangers, spending six years at QPR. He joined Woolwich Arsenal in February 1913, and played 13 games as the club were relegated out of the First Division in 1912–13.[2] He made 12 Second Division appearances in the 1913–14 campaign, but fell out of the first team picture in November.[2] He joined Port Vale of the Central League in summer 1914, but was unable to establish himself in the first team at the Old Recreation Ground.[3]
Military service
In January 1915 he enlisted in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) to fight in World War I.[4]
Statistics
- Sourced from Joe Fidler profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sheffield United | 1903–04 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1904–05 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Woolwich Arsenal | 1912–13 | First Division | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 1913–14 | Second Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Port Vale | 1914–15 | Central League | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
References
- 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 97. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 "Joe Fidler | Arsenal.com". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ↑ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 100. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ↑ "Pitching into the battle". www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-12-16.