Shirley Hubbard

Shirley Hubbard (18 February 1885 – 22 February 1962) was an English professional football forward and manager who made 140 appearances in the Football League for Leicester City. He was later player-manager of Ashby Town.

Shirley Hubbard

Personal information
Full name	Shirley Hubbard[1]
Date of birth	18 February 1885
Place of birth	Leicester, England
Date of death	22 February 1962 (aged 77)[2]
Place of death	Houghton on the Hill, England
Position(s)	Inside right, centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1902–1903	St. Andrew's
1903–1905	Leicestershire Regiment
1905–1906	Leicester Imperial
1906–1913	Leicester Fosse	137	(36)
1913–1914	Darlington
	South Shields
1915	→ Bloxwich Strollers (guest)	1	(0)
1916	→ Port Vale (guest)	1	(0)
1916	→ Leicester Fosse (guest)	4	(0)
1917	→ Birmingham (guest)	1	(0)
1918	→ Leicester Fosse (guest)	13	(5)
1919–1920	Leicester City	3	(1)
1920–192?	Ashby Town
Teams managed
1920–192?	Ashby Town (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

After beginning his career with local Leicester clubs, Second Division club Leicester Fosse bought Hubbard out of the army to sign him on 22 April 1907.[1][3] Over the course of the next six years he made 151 appearances and scored 39 goals for the club and helped the Foxes to promotion to the First Division at the end of the 1907–08 season.[4] Hubbard departed Filbert Street for North Eastern League club Darlington in May 1913 and was playing for South Shields upon the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.[1][2] During the war, he guested for Port Vale, Bloxwich Strollers, Birmingham and on two occasions for Leicester Fosse.[1][4][5] Hubbard briefly resumed his professional career with the reformed Leicester City during the 1919–20 season and finished his Foxes career with 154 appearances and 40 goals.[4] He took over as player-manager at Leicestershire Senior League club Ashby Town.[2] Hubbard later returned to Leicester City as a coach prior to the Second World War.[2]

Personal life

As of 1901, Hubbard was working as a shoe finisher and enlisted in the Leicestershire Regiment on 14 July 1903.[2][3] He was posted to India and served until April 1907.[3] As of 1911, Hubbard was married with one child.[4] In November 1914, three months after the outbreak of the First World War, Hubbard re-enlisted in the Leicestershire Regiment and was sent to the Western Front in February 1915.[2] He saw action at Hooge, the Hohenzollern Redoubt, the Somme and during the Hundred Days Offensive.[2] After his retirement from football, Hubbard remained on the sports scene and wrote a column in the local Leicestershire press.[2]

Honours

Leicester Fosse

• Football League Second Division second place promotion: 1907–08[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Leicester Fosse	1906–07[4]	Second Division	6	2	—		6	2
	1907–08[4]	Second Division	25	7	2	0	27	7
	1908–09[4]	First Division	21	8	2	0	23	8
	1909–10[4]	Second Division	26	9	4	2	30	11
	1910–11[4]	Second Division	26	4	3	0	29	4
	1911–12[4]	Second Division	26	3	3	1	29	4
	1912–13[4]	Second Division	7	3	0	0	7	3
	Total		137	36	14	3	151	39
Leicester City	1919–20[4]	Second Division	3	1	0	0	3	1
	Leicester City/Fosse total		140	37	14	3	154	40
Career total			140	37	14	3	154	40

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 145. ISBN 190589161X.
2. "Leicester Fosse And The First World War: Part 22". Retrieved 23 November 2017.
3. "Shirley Hubbard | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
4. "Shirley Hubbard | Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
5. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 144. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.