Ernie Coquet

Ernest 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.[3] He helped "Spurs" to win promotion out of the Second Division in 1908–09.

Ernie Coquet
Personal information
Full name Ernest Coquet[1]
Date of birth (1883-01-06)6 January 1883[1]
Place of birth Dunston, England[1]
Date of death 26 October 1946(1946-10-26) (aged 63)[1]
Place of death Gateshead, England[1]
Height 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in (1.82 m)[2]
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
1903–1904 Seaham White Star
1904–1905 Gateshead Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1905–1907 Sunderland 0 (0)
1907–1908 Reading
1908–1911 Tottenham Hotspur 76 (0)
1911–1913 Port Vale 47 (4)
1913–1914 Fulham 47 (0)
Leadgate Park
Total 170 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Coquet had spells with Seaham White Star and Gateshead Town,[4] before joining Sunderland in 1905.[5] 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.[6] 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 76 Football League, eight FA Cup and six Southern League appearances.[7] Coquet then moved onto the Central League club Port Vale, scoring four goals in 51 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 49 matches at Craven Cottage,[8] before ending his career at Northern League club Leadgate Park.

Personal life

During the First World War, Coquet served in the Football Battalion, the Army Cyclist Corps and the Royal Engineers.[9]

Career statistics
Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 1908–09[10] Second Division 37041411
1909–10[10] First Division 27040310
1910–11[10] First Division 12000120
Total 76081841
Port Vale 1911–12[11] Central League 29300293
1912–13[11] Central League 18140221
Total 47440514
Fulham 1912–13[8] Second Division 160— 160
1913–14[8] Second Division 12000120
1914–15[8] Second Division 19020210
Total 47020490
Career total 170 4 14 1 184 5

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

Port Vale

References
  1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 68. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. "The coming of the big ball: the Second Division: Fulham". Athletic News. Manchester. 18 August 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records. soccerdata. p. 60. ISBN 1-899468-63-3.
  4. "Coquet Ernie Image 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1911". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. "Sunderland AFC – Statistics, History and Records – from TheStatCat". www.thestatcat.co.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. Ernie Coquet stats Retrieved 29 April 2009
  7. A-Z of Tottenham Hotspur players Retrieved 27 November 2012
  8. "Ernest Coquet". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  9. "Ernest Coquet | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  10. "Ernest Coquet". 11v11.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  11. Ernie Coquet at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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