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| Cyril Sidlow: Goalkeeper |
| Nickname: |
| Date of Birth:
26.11.1915 |
| Squad: number: |
| With the Reds: 1947-1951 |
| Height: |
| Weight: |
| 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: |
| Characteristics: |
| 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 |
| Personal Honours: |
| Fact: |
| Website: |
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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). |
