Arthur Horsfield

Arthur Horsfield (born 5 July 1946) is an English former footballer who played as a striker.

Career Horsfield was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England. He joined Middlesbrough as an apprentice – "I was in my local under eleven's side at the age of nine, and Joe Soones, the Boro scout was the first one on the scene, knocking on my door and turning up at the matches." – and eventually made 111 appearances for the club scoring 51 league goals and helping them win promotion to the Second Division in the 1966–67 season. During his time at the club he was also included in the England Youth international team.

After an acrimonious period at Middlesbrough, he left the club in January 1969 after a heated exchange with the then manager Stan Anderson.

'When I left, it stemmed from being dropped again after we got beat 0–3 at Bristol City (January 1969). I was really angry and lost my rag. I went into Stan's office and had a right go at him. I remember we were still 'exchanging views' after I had stormed out of his office and was on my way down the stairs! (laughs) When I'd got to the bottom he shouted out "If you don't f****** like it, you know what to do!" So I shouted back "yeah, well you can have it from me in writing tomorrow morning." Don't get me wrong, I did actually get on well with Stan, but I was young and feeling frustrated.'

He took part in Swindon Town's European cup winning games scoring a hat-trick against AS Roma to win the 1969 Anglo-Italian League Cup and also the winning goal against SSC Napoli to win the 1970 Anglo-Italian Cup.

In June 1972 he moved to Charlton Athletic (another record signing), here he scored 53 goals in 139 appearances.

"Danny Williams left Swindon Town soon after I joined and was replaced by Fred Ford. Then Dave Mackay who was playing for Swindon Town at that time, took over and he wanted to bring in his own players. Anyway, he brought in Ray Treacy from Charlton Athletic for a club record fee. When I came back for pre-season training he told me that he'd sold me to Charlton Athletic; I was not happy. [...] In the end though, I really enjoyed my time at Charlton Athletic. All those appearances I made for them were consecutive you know – I never missed a match in three years."

Hounours Swindon Town Anglo-Italian League Cup: 1969 Anglo-Italian Cup: 1970