Syd Gibbons

Gibbons started his football career with Birmingham School Boys, before going on to sign for Wolverhampton Wanderers who played in the Third Division North, as an amateur in March 1924.

In April 1925 he was granted a free transfer and joined Walsall who also played in Third Division North in the summer of 1925.

He went on to play four games for the first-team in 1925–26 (v Grimsby in August 1925, v Halifax on Boxing Day 1925 and v Chesterfield and New Brighton, both in February 1926).

He was also an ever-present the following season when they just missed promotion to the First Division of the football league, finishing third behind Stoke City and Tottenham.

Cup run in 1936, beating First Division sides Chelsea and Derby County before finally losing in the semi-final to Sheffield United.

[8] Syd went on to run a newsagents in Putney and worked part-time for Fulham after the war ended, as a scout, but died aged 47 on 17 July 1953.