Graham Sissons

John Graham Sissons (born 20 May 1934) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He made more than 250 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham City, Peterborough United and Walsall,[5] and played in both legs of the 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final, which Birmingham lost to Roma. For Birmingham, he was used as Trevor Smith's deputy at centre half, and later replaced George Allen at left back.[2]

Graham Sissons

Personal information
Full name	John Graham Sissons[1]
Date of birth	(1934-05-20) 20 May 1934[1]
Place of birth	Chester-le-Street,[1] England
Playing position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Country Girl
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1954–1961	Birmingham City[lower-alpha 1]	91	(0)
1961–1964	Peterborough United	68	(0)
1964–1968	Walsall	98	(1)
1968–19??	Stourbridge
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Honours

Birmingham City

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup runner-up: 1960–61

Notes

1. Some sources list Sissons with 90 League appearances, an error which possibly stems from Matthews (1995) mistakenly attributing an appearance in Birmingham's match against Blackburn Rovers in March 1961 to George Allen.[2][3][4]

References

1. "Graham Sissons". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
2. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 124, 192–98. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
3. "Matches: Saturday, March 25, 1961". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
4. "Birmingham are in confident mood". Sports Argus. Birmingham. 25 March 1961. p. 8.
5. "Graham Sissons". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 28 August 2015.