Jack Eyres

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jack Eyres

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = John Eyres

| birth_date = {{birth date|1899|3|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lostock Gralam, England{{cite book |first1=Tim |last1=Carder |first2=Roger |last2=Harris |title=Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. |publisher=Goldstone Books |location=Hove |date=1997 |page=80 |isbn=978-0-9521337-1-1}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|10|2|1899|3|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Gainsborough, England{{cite web |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCY-87Y6 |title=John Eyres |work=England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837–2007 |accessdate=23 August 2018 |via=FamilySearch |url-access=registration }}

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7+1/2}}{{cite news |title=Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Stoke |author=Onward |newspaper=Athletic News |location=Manchester |date=21 August 1922 |page=5}}

| position = Inside forward

| years1 = 1920–1921 | clubs1 = Nantwich Town | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1921–1922 | clubs2 = Witton Albion | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 1922–1928 | clubs3 = Stoke City | caps3 = 64 | goals3 = 23

| years4 = 1929–1930 | clubs4 = Walsall | caps4 = 81 | goals4 = 34

| years5 = 1931 | clubs5 = Brighton & Hove Albion | caps5 = 11 | goals5 = 3

| years6 = 1932–1934 | clubs6 = Bristol Rovers | caps6 = 64 | goals6 = 12

| years7 = 1934–1935 | clubs7 = York City | caps7 = 37 | goals7 = 13

| years8 = 1935 | clubs8 = Gainsborough Trinity | caps8 = | goals8 =

| totalcaps = 257 | totalgoals = 85

}}

John Eyres (20{{nbsp}}March 1899{{snd}}2{{nbsp}}October 1975) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol Rovers, Brighton & Hove Albion, Walsall, York City and Stoke City.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}

Career

Eyres was associated with Stoke for a period of seven years without really establishing himself in the first team. He had spells with Nantwich Town and Witton Albion before joining Stoke in 1922. His best season in red and white came in 1926–27 which saw Eyres score 12 goals helping Stoke win the Football League Third Division North title. After scoring on average a goal every three games for the "Potters" he was transferred to Walsall in 1929 for a small fee. He did well for the "Saddlers" scoring 37 goals in 89 matches in two seasons. He then spent a season at Brighton & Hove Albion, two at Bristol Rovers and ended his career with York City and non-league Gainsborough Trinity.

Career statistics

Source:{{ENFA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
rowspan="8"|Stoke City

|1922–23

|First Division

|4

10041
1923–24

|Second Division

|19

700197
1924–25

|Second Division

|14

200142
1925–26

|Second Division

|3

00030
1926–27

|Third Division North

|17

12101812
1927–28

|Second Division

|6

10061
1928–29

|Second Division

|1

00010
colspan=2|Total

!64

23106523
rowspan="3"|Walsall

|1929–30

|Third Division South

|42

18414619
1930–31

|Third Division South

|39

16424318
colspan=2|Total

!81

34838937
Brighton & Hove Albion

|1931–32

|Third Division South

|11

300113
rowspan="3"|Bristol Rovers

|1932–33

|Third Division South

|36

752419
1933–34

|Third Division South

|28

520305
colspan=2|Total

!64

12627014
York City

|1934–35

|Third Division North

|37

13304013
colspan="3"|Career Total

!257

8519527990

Honours

References