Ernie Coquet
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ernest Coquet[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1883[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Dunston, Tyne and Wear, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 26 October 1946 (aged 63)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Gateshead, England[1] | ||
| Playing position | Full-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Seaham White Star | |||
| Gateshead Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 190?–1905 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
| 1905–1908 | Reading | ||
| 1908–1911 | Tottenham Hotspur | 76 | (0) |
| 1911–1913 | Port Vale | 47 | (4) |
| 1913–1914 | Fulham | 47 | (0) |
| Leadgate Park | |||
| Total | 170+ | (4+) | |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Ernest "Ernie" Coquet (6 January 1883 – 26 October 1946) was an English professional footballer who played as a full-back for Gateshead Town, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur, Port Vale, Fulham, and Leadgate Park.[2] He helped "Spurs" to win promotion out of the Second Division in 1908–09.
Playing career
Coquet had spells with Seaham White Star and Gateshead Town, before joining Sunderland in 1905. He left the club to join Reading without making a first team appearance. In 1908 the full-back signed for Tottenham Hotspur, together with Billy Minter, in a combined £500 deal.[3] He helped "Spurs" to win promotion out of the Second Division with a second-place finish in 1908–09, one point behind champions Bolton Wanderers. They went on to post 15th places finishes in the First Division in the 1909–10 and 1910–11 campaigns. In his three seasons at White Hart Lane he made 77 Football League, eight FA Cup and six Southern League appearances.[4] Coquet then moved onto the Central League club Port Vale, scoring five goals in 61 games and helping the club lift the Staffordshire Senior Cup in the process.[1] He was sold on to Fulham for a 'substantial' amount in January 1913.[1] The "Lilywhites" finished eighth and ninth in the Second Division in 1911–12 and 1912–13, and Coquet featured in a further 47 matches at Craven Cottage, before ending his career at Northern League club Leadgate Park.
Statistics
- Sourced from Ernie Coquet profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sunderland | 1905–06 | First Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1908–09 | Second Division | 37 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
| 1909–10 | First Division | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 1910–11 | First Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Total | 76 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 84 | 1 | ||
| Port Vale | 1911–12 | Central League | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| 1913–14 | Central League | 18 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
| Total | 47 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 4 | ||
| Fulham | 1912–13 | Second Division | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1913–14 | Second Division | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 1914–15 | Second Division | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | ||
Honours
- with Tottenham Hotspur
- Football League Second Division runner-up: 1908–09
- with Port Vale
- Staffordshire Senior Cup winner: 1912
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 68. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 60. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
- ↑ Ernie Coquet stats Retrieved 29 April 2009
- ↑ A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players Retrieved 27 November 2012