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Jack Astley
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Full Name: Jack Astley Height  5'9,   Weight   11st
Born: Warrington 03.12.1909
Died: Whitley, Coventry 08.11.1984  
Career:  St Elfin's Parish Church; Chadwick Recreation; Warrington Bedouins; Elmwood Avenue Methodists; Southport, amr 28 June 193o, pro 10 June 1931; Shelbourne, July 1932; Brentford, 2 June 1933; Coventry City, 19 Feb. 1936; WW2 guest, Nottingham Forest, Hibernians
Jack got few opportunities at Haig Avenue due to Jack Little's consistent form. Brentford became interested after he had spent a year with Shelbourne whilst Southport retained his F.L. registration. Astley saw Jimmy Fay (q.v.) of the P.F.A. regarding his release. He received the following sound advice 'Bugger off home - if you're that good don't worry about it'. He was transferred to the 'Bees' for a useful fee but in his first season he got his right leg badly injured and spent the next 2 years largely in the Reserves and joined Harry Storer's Coventry City in February 1936. His 14 appearances qualified him for a Third Division South Championship medal and he was an ever-present in the 3 seasons up to the war. He continued to assist Coventry during the war, after which he remained in the Army and was promoted to Captain. He was stationed for five and a half years in Germany where he married his second wife, an Estonian. He returned to Coventry in 1950 and eventually got a job with GEC as a night superintendent until he retired in 1974. He died in Whitley Hospital after a heart attack.

Player Profile reproduced with Permission from:
The Sandgrounders: The Complete League History of Southport F. C., by Michael Braham and Geoff Wilde (Palatine Books, 1995). ISBN 978-1-874181-14-9

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A number of Profiles on this site are referenced and reproduced with Permission from

  • The Sandgrounders: The Complete League History of Southport F. C., by Michael Braham and Geoff Wilde (Palatine Books, 1995). ISBN 978-1-874181-14-9
  • The Complete Non-League History of Southport Football Club 1978 - 2008, by Trust in Yellow (Legends Publishing, 2008). ISBN 978-1-906796-01-3

Particular thanks to Geoff Wilde, Michael Braham and Rob Urwin.
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In all statistics the club are referred to as Southport or Southport Football Club, however were known as Southport Central between June 1888 & July 1918 and Southport Vulcan between July 1918 & July 1919.

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