Cyril Sidlow:  Goalkeeper in club 1946 - 1951
 
 Cyril Sidlow:  Goalkeeper
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 Date of Birth: 26.11.1915
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 With the Reds: 1947-1951
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 Bought from: Wolverhampton Wanderers
 Signed for LFC: Ј4,000 - February 1946
 Debut: 31st August 1946 v Sheffield United (A) D1 win 1-0 (Aged 30)
 Debut goal:
 1st team league games:  149
 1st team league goals: 
 Total 1st team games: 165
 Total 1st team goals:
 Total 1st team Wartime games: 9
 Total 1st team Wartime goals: 
 Contract expiry: August 1952, transferred to New Brighton, free
 International caps:  7 (7 as Liverpool) Wales
 International goals: 
 International debut:
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 Former clubs: Llanludno, Colwyn Bay, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Notts County, Wrexham, Darlington, Burnley and Hartlepools United (wartime guest), New Brighton (amateur)
 Birth Place: Colwyn Bay, Wales
 Honours: 1 Division One Championships 46-47

  Runners up: 1 FA Cups 49/50
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  Total LFC and other club games/goals

League FA Cup FL Cup Europe Other Total
Seasons App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls App Gls
1946-47 34 6 40
1947-48 29 29
1948-49 38 3 41
1949-50 37 7 44
1950-51 11 11
Total 149 16 165

  A more detailed look at the player's appearances

  Total   Competition
  149   League
  16   FA Cup

  Career Milestones for Cyril Sidlow:

  Appearances in all competitions

Date Against Result Venue Competition
1 31.08.1946   Sheffield U 1-0   Bramall Lane League
50 27.09.1947   Everton 3-0   Goodison Park League
100 26.03.1949   Stoke City 4-0   Anfield League
150 01.04.1950   Charlton A 1-0   Anfield League

  Goals in all competitions

Date Min Against Result Venue Competition
Didn't find any goals

  Total LFC Wartime games/goals

League
Seasons App Gls
1945-46 9
Total 9

  Update: 29.01.2007

  PROFILE

  After serving in the Second World War, Cyril Sidlow arrived late in the game but was a safe goalkeeper with fine distribution, who would often opt to throw the ball rather than kick it.

  His professional career began with Wolves but when the Midlander's signed future England keeper Bert Williams Sidlow sought a move. Liverpool stepped in and paid ?4,000 for his services in February 1946 for ?4,000.

  He quickly established himself as Liverpool's number one and capped his first full season at Anfield by winning a League Championship medal.

  Ironically, the Reds pipped Sidlow's former club to the title and it was on his return to Molineux in a crucial end-of-season clash that he enjoyed perhaps his finest performance in a Liverpool shirt.

  Wolves required a win to take the title, while Liverpool needed the points to keep their hopes alive. Sidlow gave an inspired performance to deny his old club and the Reds won 2-1.

  Sidlow kept his place for most of the next three years and helped the club reach its first Wembley FA Cup final but it ended in disappointment with a 2-0 defeat to Arsenal in 1950.

  He played in the opening 10 League fixtures of 1950-51 before missing the next four (his place being taken by Charlie Ashcroft and Russell Crossley for two games each) before making what was to be his last Liverpool appearance in a home First Division game against Newcastle United on 4th November 1950, when he conceded four goals in 10 minutes.

  WALES

  1946 v Scotland, England; 1947 v England, Scotland; 1948 v Northern Ireland, Scotland; 1949 v England (7).
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