Syd Puddefoot

Sydney Charles Puddefoot (17 October 1894 – 2 October 1972) was an English footballer who played for West Ham United, Falkirk and Blackburn Rovers. He played mainly as a centre forward or inside right. He was also a cricketer for Essex. He went on to manage Galatasaray and Northampton Town.

Club career Early years and West Ham United Puddefoot was born in Limehouse in the East End of London. He was a pupil at Park School in West Ham and played junior football with Condor Athletic and Limehouse Town before joining West Ham United as an amateur in June 1912. He then signed on as a professional in February 1913. Under the tutelage of coach and future manager Charlie Paynter, he quickly developed into a formidable force and scored 28 goals in 55 Southern League appearances for the club. He broke the club record for most individual goals scored in an FA Cup match, landing five (including a hat-trick in seven minutes) in an 8–1 mauling of Chesterfield in a first-round game on 10 January 1914. The record remains to this day and is also West Ham's biggest victory in the competition.

Wartime Puddefoot worked at a munitions factory for most of World War I and was not called up for service until late on in the conflict. He made 126 appearances in the wartime London Combination and scored 100 goals, including seven against Crystal Palace in April 1918 (a record for the competition).

During his service, he was stationed at Bridge of Allan in Stirlingshire and guested for Falkirk during his time in Scotland.

After the war and Falkirk After the end of the war, Puddefoot played in the newly enlarged Football League Division Two for the 1919–20 season. He scored 21 goals for West Ham that season, and was selected to play for England in three Victory International games (he scored in all three). He then scored 29 goals in the 1920–21 season and 14 in 1921–22. text=When will this folly on the part of football clubs come to an end? source=The Football Post, on Puddefoot's transfer to Falkirk. Puddefoot himself earned a £1000 signing-on fee. His younger brother Len followed him to Falkirk at the start of the following season for a month's trial, but only made a single appearance.

The record would last less than a month, however, as Warney Cresswell was transferred from South Shields to Sunderland for £5,500 on 3 March 1922.

Puddefoot spent three seasons at Brockville Park, scoring 45 goals in 113 league appearances.

In 1929, Puddefoot was among the first to take advantage of the new FA rule that allowed for personal hearings for disciplinary matters, after his sending off against Bolton Wanderers.

He left Blackburn, having scored 87 goals in 267 appearances in all competitions.

Cricket career Puddefoot played cricket for Essex.

Coaching career After the end of his playing career, Puddefoot travelled to Turkey to manage Istanbul side Galatasaray for the 1933–34 season. As a result, 17 of the 22 players who were involved in the match were suspended by the Turkish Football Association.

Puddefoot returned to England in 1934 for the birth of his child. He worked as an FA instructor to Kent Secondary Schoolboys, replacing Wally Hardinge in the role in 1935, but left to take on the managers role at Northampton Town. He joined the East Midlands club on 8 March 1935 and stayed for two years, resigning on 10 March 1937 after a disagreement over club policy.

During World War II, he worked as a War Reserve Constable for the Blackpool Borough Police and went on to become a civil servant with the Ministry of Pensions. !!

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