Bert Fishwick

Albert Edward Fishwick (1899–1961) was an English footballer. He scored 61 goals in 188 league games in a ten-year career in the Football League, playing for Plymouth Argyle, Blackpool, Port Vale, and Tranmere Rovers. He helped Vale to the Third Division North title in 1929–30.

Bert Fishwick

Personal information
Full name	Albert Edward Fishwick[1]
Date of birth	1899[1]
Place of birth	Chorley, England[1]
Date of death	1961 (aged 61–62)
Place of death	Chorley, England
Playing position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Leyland
	Hamilton Central
	Chorley
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1923–1925	Plymouth Argyle	7	(1)
1925–1928	Blackpool	58	(36)
1928–1931	Port Vale	39	(15)
1931–1933	Tranmere Rovers	83	(9)
	Chorley
Total		187+	(61+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Fishwick played for Leyland, Hamilton Central, Chorley (in two spells) and Plymouth Argyle, before joining Blackpool in 1925. He made his debut for Frank Buckley's team on 24 October, in a 4–0 victory over Wolves at Bloomfield Road.[2] He scored his first (two) goals for the club in the next game – a 4–3 win at South Shields on 31 October.[2] He went on to make a total of 28 league appearances in the 1925–26 campaign. He finished as the team's top scorer, with nineteen goals to his name, helping the "Seasiders" to a sixth-placed finish in the Second Division.[2] The following season, 1926–27, Fishwick made 25 league appearances, scoring thirteen goals in the process, including a hat-trick in the third league game of the season – a 6–1 win at home to Barnsley.[3]

After making six league appearances for Blackpool during the 1927–28 season,[4] Fishwick joined Port Vale in March 1928.[1] His first game was a Potteries derby match on 17 March 1928, which finished goalless.[1] He enjoyed regular football for the rest of the season, scoring once in nine Second Division games.[1] He hit six goals in 15 appearances in 1928–29, as the "Valiants" were relegated into the Third Division North.[1] They came straight back up as champions in 1929–30, with Fishwick scoring four goals in five games.[1] He hit four goals in 12 games in 1930–31, all coming within the space of three games.[1] He was sold to Tranmere Rovers in March 1931 and later returned to his home town club Chorley.[1] Rovers finished fourth in the Third Division North in 1931–32 and 11th in 1932–33.

Statistics

Source:[5]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Plymouth Argyle	1923–24	Third Division South	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	1
	1924–25	Third Division South	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
Blackpool	1925–26	Second Division	26	19	0	0	0	0	26	19
	1926–27	Second Division	25	13	0	0	0	0	25	13
	1927–28	Second Division	7	4	0	0	0	0	7	4
	Total		58	36	0	0	0	0	58	36
Port Vale	1927–28	Second Division	9	1	0	0	0	0	9	1
	1928–29	Second Division	14	6	1	0	0	0	15	6
	1929–30	Third Division North	5	4	0	0	0	0	5	4
	1930–31	Second Division	11	4	1	0	0	0	12	4
	Total		39	15	2	0	0	0	41	15
Tranmere Rovers	1930–31	Third Division North	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	1931–32	Third Division North	15	5	0	0	0	0	15	5
	1932–33	Third Division North	39	4	6	0	0	0	45	4
	1933–34	Third Division North	28	0	3	0	1	0	32	0
	Total		83	9	9	0	1	0	93	9
Career total			187	61	11	0	1	0	199	61

Honours

Port Vale

• Football League Third Division North champion: 1929–30[6]

References

Specific

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 102. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
2. Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992, p.226
3. Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992, p.228
4. Calley, Roy (1992). Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887–1992, p.230
5. Bert Fishwick at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
6. Kent, Jeff (1990). "From Glory to Despair (1929–1939)". The Valiants' Years: The Story Of Port Vale. Witan Books. pp. 124–150. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.

General

• Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.