Ernie Morgan
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ernest Morgan | ||
Date of birth | (1927-01-13)13 January 1927 | ||
Place of birth | Royston, England | ||
Date of death | 3 October 2013(2013-10-03) (aged 86) | ||
Place of death | Rainham, Kent, England | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1943–? | Royston Youth Club | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
?–1949 | Royston Colliery | ||
1949–1953 | Lincoln City[1] | 3 | (0) |
1953–1957 | Gillingham[2] | 155 | (73) |
Managerial career | |||
1962–1966 | Chatham Town | ||
1966–1972 | Dartford | ||
1972–1973 | Maidstone United | ||
1973–1975 | Dartford | ||
1978–1980 | Tonbridge | ||
1982–1983 | Dartford | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ernest Morgan (13 January 1927 – 3 October 2013) was an English professional football player and manager. He spent the bulk of his career with Gillingham, where he set a record for the highest number of goals scored in a single season which still stands.
Playing career
Born in Royston, Morgan worked as a miner from the age of 14 and played for his colliery football team, leading them to a Sheffield Senior Cup win shortly after World War II, the first time a works team had won the cup.[3]
Morgan initially turned down the chance to turn professional, despite being offered a contract by Barnsley, but eventually signed for Lincoln City, albeit on a part-time basis. He only managed three Football League appearances for the "Red Imps" and was allowed to move on to Gillingham in 1953 for a fee of £3,000.[3]
Finally turning fully professional with the Kent club, he scored 21 goals in his debut season and then topped this by scoring 31 in 1954–55, a new club record. This record was equalled by Brian Yeo during the 1970s but Morgan remains the joint holder of the record to this day.[4][5]
He was selected to play for the Third Division South team against the North in 1955–56.
Morgan's playing career came to an end due to injury in 1957.[3]
Managerial career
In 1962 Morgan was appointed manager of Chatham Town, having previously served as coach. He went on to manage a number of other Kent non-league clubs, with his greatest success coming at Dartford, whom he led to the Southern League championship and an appearance in the FA Trophy final at Wembley Stadium.[3]
Morgan died, aged 86, in Rainham, Kent on 3 October 2013.[6]
References
- ^ "LINCOLN CITY : 1946/47 - 1986/87 & 1988/89 - 2005/06". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 22 August 2007.
- ^ "GILLINGHAM : 1950/51 - 2005/06". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 20 August 2007.
- ^ a b c d Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 226. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
- ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 348. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
- ^ "History of the Gills". Gillingham. Archived from the original on 21 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-23.
- ^ Tributes to Gillingham FC legend Ernie Morgan after death aged 86
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- 1921: Conner, Simms & Whitworth
- 1922: CarmichaelN / RichardsonS
- 1923: Beel & CarmichaelN / PagnamS
- 1924: BrownN / HainesS
- 1925: BrownN / FowlerS
- 1926: CooksonN / CockS
- 1927: WhitehurstN / MorrisS
- 1928: SmithN / MorrisS
- 1929: McConnellN / RennieS
- 1930: NewtonN / GoddardS
- 1931: McConnellN / SimpsonS
- 1932: HallN / BourtonS
- 1933: McNaughtonN / BourtonS
- 1934: LythgoeN / DawesS
- 1935: AlsopN / R. AllenS
- 1936: BellN / DawesS
- 1937: HarstonN / PayneS
- 1938: J. RobertsN / CrawshawS
- 1939: HuntN / MortonS
- 1947: JordanN / ClarkS
- 1948: HutchinsonN / TownsendS
- 1949: ArdronN / McGibbonS
- 1950: R. Phillips & DohertyN / LawtonS
- 1951: ShawN / ArdronS
- 1952: GraverN / BlackmanS
- 1953: WhitehouseN / BradfordS
- 1954: AshmanN / EnglishS
- 1955: Travis, Connor & BottomN / MorganS
- 1956: CrosbieN / CollinsS
- 1957: StrawN / E. PhillipsS
- 1958: AckermanN / Reeves & McCroryS
- 1959: Towers
- 1960: Reeves
- 1961: Richards
- 1962: Holton
- 1963: Hudson
- 1964: Biggs
- 1965: Wagstaff
- 1966: L. Allen
- 1967: Marsh
- 1968: Rogers
- 1969: Rogers
- 1970: Ge. Jones
- 1971: Ingram & D. Roberts
- 1972: MacDougall
- 1973: Horsfield
- 1974: Jennings
- 1975: McNeil
- 1976: McNeil
- 1977: Ward
- 1978: Bruce
- 1979: Jenkins
- 1980: Curran
- 1981: Kellow
- 1982: Davies
- 1983: Dixon
- 1984: Edwards
- 1985: Tynan
- 1986: Senior
- 1987: A. Jones
- 1988: Crown
- 1989: Bull
- 1990: Taylor
- 1991: Angell & Philliskirk
- 1992: Holdsworth & I. Roberts
- 1993: Foreman & Griffiths
- 1994: Ellis
- 1995: Freedman
- 1996: White & Saville
- 1997: Gr. Jones
- 1998: Ga. Jones
- 1999: Gabbiadini
- 2000: Gabbiadini
- 2001: Zamora
- 2002: Howard
- 2003: Morrell
- 2004: MacLean
(N) Football League Third Division North; (S) Football League Third Division South