John Stanger

John Stanger (active 1932–37) was an English footballer who played as an outside right in the Football League for Stockport County and Darlington. He also played for North Eastern League club Workington.

For the Vancouver, Washington, settler, see John Stanger House.

John Stanger
Personal information
Full name John Stanger[1]
Place of birth Carlisle,[1] England
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1934 Workington
1934–1936 Stockport County 14 (2)
1936–1937 Darlington 21 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Stanger was a member of the Workington team that in the 1933–34 season won eight games in a row in the North Eastern League[2] and reached the fourth round of the 1933–34 FA Cup. He scored one of the goals as Workington came back from 3–1 down to beat Manchester North End in the fourth qualifying round replay,[3] scored the only goal of the first round match against Southport,[4] and in the fourth round, against Second Division club Preston North End, he indirectly gave his team the lead when from his corner kick, goalkeeper Harry Holdcroft could only punch the ball into his own net.[5] He moved on to Third Division North club Stockport County, but played infrequently: over two seasons, he scored twice from 14 league matches, and played one FA Cup and two Third Division North Cup matches.[6] He then spent the 1936–37 season with division rivals Darlington, playing more regularly, with five goals from 21 league matches.[1]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. "Workington shock. Great winning sequence comes to an end". Lancashire Daily Post. 18 December 1933. p. 9 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Exciting replay at Workington. Manchester N.E. well beaten". Lancashire Daily Post. 16 November 1933. p. 12 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. "Results, scorers and tables". Yorkshire Post. 27 November 1933. p. 3 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Exit Workington". Daily Mirror. London. 29 January 1934. p. 27.
  6. "John Stanger". GoGoGoCounty.org. I. Watts. Retrieved 21 October 2014.


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