Player #413
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1948-49
1949-50
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Syd Howarth
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1948-49 🕒 9 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 - | #413 |
Season :
1948-49 | 1949-50 |
Age :
25 | 26 |
Division :
D1 | D1 |
Squad # :
# | # |
Appearances :
8 | 1 |
Starts :
8 | 1 |
Substitute :
0 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 |
Goals :
2 | 0 |
Assists :
- | - |
Involvements :
2 | 0 |
Games / Goal :
Bookings :
- | - |
Sendings Off :
- | - |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Sydney Howarth
Birth Date
28 June 1923
Birth Place
Newport, Gwent
Birth Country
Wales
🏴
Citizenship
🏴
Wales
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
Barry Town
Aberaman
1947-48 Merthyr Tydfil
Southern League
Original Transfer
Aged
24
From
Merthyr Tydfil
For
£6,500
On
June 1948
Under
Alex Massie
Returning Transfer 1
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Returning Transfer 2
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
27
Swansea Town
Free
September 1950
George Martin 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Transfer Out 3
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Subsequent Clubs
1950-52 Swansea Town
Football League Second Division
🕒 40 | ⚽ 7 | (League)
1952-53 Walsall
Football League Third Division South
🕒 6 | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1953- Merthyr Tydfil
Southern League
Retired
Died
11 January 2004, Aged 80
Syd Howarth
Villa Career
1948-49, £6,500
Football League First Division
🕒 9 | ⚽ 2 | 🔥 - | #413 |
Seasons Active | In Fee
Active in League
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
🟩 Won | 🟨 Drew | 🟥 Lost |
Cards 🟨 Booking | 🟥 Sending Off |
Played Under
Alex Massie 🏴
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
23 October 1948
Under
Alex Massie 🏴
First Squad
23 October 1948
Manager
Alex Massie 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1948-49
23 October 1948
Charlton Athletic (h), Division One
25
Alex Massie 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1949-50
15 October 1949
Manchester United (h), Division One
26
Alex Massie 🏴
Final Squad
15 October 1949
Manager
Alex Massie 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
(5 ft 9 in) 1.76 m
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
Syd Howarth
Player #413 for Aston Villa, Sydney Howarth known as Syd Howarth, an nicknamed 'Tucker', played as a centre corward for the club between 1948-49 and 1949-50 making 9 appearances and scoring twice.
Syd was born in Newport, Wales on 28 June 1923 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 23 October 1948 at the age of 25.
Syd joined Villa from Southern League side Merthyr Tydfil on 16 June 1948, having played for Welsh sides Barry and Aberaman with footballing pedigree through his father Tom Howarth who appeared as a centre forward for Bristol City.
A clever and good worker of the ball, Syd was a forward of more than average ability who could play in all three inside positions.
Villa had signed Syd from for a fee of £6,500 in June 1948 which was the record transfer fee for a non-league player at the time.
Villa also travelled to Merthyr to play a friendly against the Southern League club as part of the deal. Syd’s deal to join Villa was allegedly signed at a pub in Merthyr owned by one of the club’s directors.
Syd made the bulk of his appearances and scored both his goals for Villa in his debut season of 1948-49 and added just one further appearance the following season, his last for the club on Saturday, 15 October 1949 before moving on to Swansea Town in September 1950.
Former Merthyr team-mate Dai Lloyd recalled:
“Everyone admired Syd, he was a very good player and he could have gone further.
“His shooting ability was something to be admired and he always inspired others.
“You very rarely saw Syd have a bad game and he was well worth the transfer fee - he was a damned good player.”
Syd made his final appearance for the club on Saturday, 15 October 1949 at the age of 26 before moving on to Swansea Town
in September 1950.
Syd had played under Alex Massie.
Syd passed away in Cardiff on 11 January 2004 aged 80.
A note on player numbering
Players are allotted a number following their debut, and those making debuts in the same match are listed in order of position played
i.e. Goalkeeper -> Defender -> Midfielder -> Forward.
Players making debuts as substitutes in the same game are listed in the order in which they went on.
Matches which have been expunged from the records, including those which were abandoned and the first three fixtures of 1939-40 before the outbreak of the Second World War, are not included. Neither are the unofficial games which were played during the war years before the FA Cup resumed in 1946.