Sid Wood

Frank Sidney Wood was an English footballer who played as a defender for White Rovers and Club Français.

Early life Frank Sidney Wood was born in Dalston, as the youngest of three brothers: Thomas William, born in Edmonton, and Jack, born in 1872 in Tottenham. Sid, who was either already in Paris or arrived with or soon after Jack, was one of the club's first players; however, several sources state that the name of Jack's brother was Tom; Among his Rovers teammates in 1894, there were Ernest Cotton, Emile Cox, MacQueen, and his brother Jack, who was named team captain in October 1894.

Club Français Wood (seated, first from the left) with Club Français at the Parc des Princes on 26 December 1897. At some point in either 1896 or 1897, Sid Wood left Rovers to join Club Français, and likewise, on 26 December 1897, he started as a defender in the very first football match in the history of the Parc des Princes, which was refereed by his brother Jack as Club Français was defeated 1–3 by the English Ramblers. A few months later, on 28 March 1898, he started for Club Français in the 1898 Coupe Manier final at the Vélodrome de Vincennes, helping his side to keep a clean-sheet in a 10–0 win over Paris Star. In the following week, on 3 April, he started in the final of the 1898 USFSA Football Championship against Standard AC at Courbevoie, which ended in a 2–3 loss.

A few months later, on 13 December 1898, the Woods (Jack and Sid) were among the five players from Club Français who featured in a selection of the best Parisian players in a friendly match against a German national selection in front of 200 people; Paris lost 1–2.

Honours Club Français USFSA Football Championship: Runner-up (1): 1898 Coupe Manier: Champions (1): 1898