Bert Linnecor

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bert Linnecor

| image =

| fullname = Albert Roy Linnecor{{Hugman|11765|accessdate=28 November 2017}}

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| position = Wing half / Inside forward

| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|11|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|11|25|1933|11|30|df=y}}

| death_place = Lincoln, England

| youthyears1 = – | youthclubs1 = Brookhill Juniors

| years1 = 1950–1957 | clubs1 = Birmingham City | caps1 = 17 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1957–1964 | clubs2 = Lincoln City | caps2 = 264 | goals2 = 52

| years3 = 1964–1967 | clubs3 = Boston | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1967–1969 | clubs4 = Grantham Town | caps4 = 71 | goals4 = 10

| years5 = 1969–1970 | clubs5 = Worksop Town | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 1970–1973 | clubs6 = Bourne Town | caps6 = | goals6 =

| manageryears1 = 1974–19xx | managerclubs1 = Ruston Sports

}}

Albert Roy Linnecor (30 November 1933 – 25 November 2012) was an English professional footballer who made 281 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham City and Lincoln City.{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player7/bertlinnecor.html |title=Bert Linnecor |website=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=6 August 2015}} He played as a wing half or inside forward.

Career

Linnecor was born in the Nechells district of Birmingham. He attended Lea Village School and played representative schools football for Saltley Boys. When he left school he worked for the Hercules Cycle and Motor Company, assembling bicycles, and played for his works team on Saturday mornings and for Brookhill Juniors on Sundays. A Birmingham City supporter, he signed for the club in 1950, initially as an amateur. After completing his national service in the Royal Army Service Corps, he turned professional in May 1952.{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=107 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/LeagueLegends/0,,10440~976661,00.html |title=#30 – Bert Linnecor |work=League Legends |publisher=Lincoln City F.C. |date=28 June 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724172743/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/LeagueLegends/0%2C%2C10440~976661%2C00.html |archivedate=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}

He had to wait nearly four years for his first-team debut, which came on 7 March 1956, deputising for the injured Roy Warhurst in a First Division game at Huddersfield Town which finished 1–1. One of several players tried in the half-back line in the run-up to the 1956 FA Cup Final, Linnecor was not selected for that game. He played 11 times in the following season,Matthews, pp. 191–192. and in April 1957 was sold to Lincoln City as a makeweight in the £15,000 deal which took Dick Neal in the opposite direction.{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/LeagueLegends/0,,10440~961563,00.html |title=#42 – Dick Neal |work=League Legends |publisher=Lincoln City F.C. |date=28 June 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724172848/http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/LeagueLegends/0%2C%2C10440~961563%2C00.html |archivedate=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}

After narrowly avoiding relegation from the Second Division in 1957, Linnecor remained at Lincoln for the rest of his Football League career, a further seven full seasons, during which he scored 55 goals from 287 appearances in all competitions.{{cite web |url=http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=linn01 |title=Bert Linnecor |work=The Lincoln City FC Archive |publisher=Lincoln City F.C |accessdate=5 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172640/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=linn01 |archivedate=3 March 2016}} He is remembered for the hat-trick he scored against Liverpool at Anfield in 1960 to give Lincoln a 3–1 victory and inflict on Liverpool their first home league defeat of the year.{{cite web |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/SeasonArchive/Game/37 |title=Liverpool 1–3 Lincoln City |publisher=LFChistory.net |accessdate=30 November 2012}}
{{cite news |url=http://www.lfchistory.net/Articles/Article/1856 |title=Two penalties baffle Anfield |via=LFChistory.net |newspaper=The People |location=London |accessdate=30 November 2012}} In the 1964 close season, Linnecor left Lincoln, by then in the Fourth Division, and moved into non-league football with Boston, newly formed and playing in the Lincolnshire League.{{cite web |url=http://www.communigate.co.uk/brad/bostontownfc/page11.phtml |title=Season by season record |website=One Team in Boston |publisher=Newsquest |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017191751/http://www.communigate.co.uk/brad/bostontownfc/page11.phtml |archivedate=17 October 2012}}

He then played for Grantham Town, where he scored 11 goals from 88 appearances,{{cite web |url=http://www.thegingerbreads.co.uk/gtfcstats/player.php?id=875 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130505064427/http://www.thegingerbreads.co.uk/gtfcstats/player.php?id=875 |url-status=dead |archivedate=5 May 2013 |title=Bert Linnecor |website=thegingerbreads.co.uk |accessdate=5 June 2009}} helping the club reach the second round of the 1968–69 FA Cup, where they were defeated only in the last few minutes of the match by that season's League Cup winners Swindon Town,{{cite news |title=Grantham a reluctant victim |newspaper=The Times |location=London |first=Norman |last=Fox |date=9 December 1968 |page=12}} and to victory in the Midland League Cup. After that he played for Worksop Town and Bourne Town, whom he assisted to successive United Counties League titles,{{cite news |url=http://www.bournelocal.co.uk/sport/football-successful-wakes-side-of-old-joins-forces-again-1-423409 |title=Football: Successful Wakes side of old joins forces again |newspaper=Bourne Local |date=24 October 2008 |accessdate=30 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723031610/http://www.bournelocal.co.uk/sport/football-successful-wakes-side-of-old-joins-forces-again-1-423409 |archive-date=23 July 2012 |url-status=dead }} and coached junior players at Lincoln City.

After leaving full-time football, Linnecor worked as a salesman before becoming a storeman at Ruston's. He managed Ruston Sports football team for a number of years, and was a vice-president of the club.{{cite web |url=http://www.rustonsportsjfc.co.uk/committee.htm |title=The Committee |publisher=Ruston Sports F.C. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407002815/http://www.rustonsportsjfc.co.uk/committee.htm |archivedate=7 April 2009}} On retirement, Linnecor and his wife, Beryl, settled in the Lincoln area. Linnecor died on 25 November 2012.{{cite news |url=http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Tributes-Imps-stalwart/story-17454921-detail/story.html |title=Tributes to an Imps stalwart |newspaper=Lincolnshire Echo |date=29 November 2012 |accessdate=30 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130421113430/http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Tributes-Imps-stalwart/story-17454921-detail/story.html%23axzz2R63vGjbk |archivedate=21 April 2013}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172640/http://www.redimps.com/archive3/index.mv?cat=players&drop=playerdetsdrop&play=linn01 Linnecor's profile and photo] at The Lincoln City FC Archive (via archive.org)

Category:1933 births

Category:2012 deaths

Category:Footballers from Birmingham, West Midlands

Category:English men's footballers

Category:Men's association football inside forwards

Category:Men's association football wing halves

Category:Birmingham City F.C. players

Category:Lincoln City F.C. players

Category:Boston Town F.C. players

Category:Grantham Town F.C. players

Category:Worksop Town F.C. players

Category:Bourne Town F.C. players