Richard Sloley
Richard W. Sloley (20 August 1891 – 17 October 1946) was an English amateur footballer.
Career
Sloley played as an inside right in the Football League for Aston Villa.[2] He was capped by England at amateur level and represented Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3][4]
After the Olympics, Sloley joined Ealing Association, becoming Club president.[5] In 1928, Sloley proposed a new amateur club, Argonauts, to be an English version of the Scottish Queen's Park.[6] The Argonauts had an arrangement to play at Wembley Stadium, which was otherwise only being used for internationals and the FA Cup final, but, after the Argonauts' application to join the Football League was refused, Sloley arranged for Ealing to move to Wembley, as an encouragement for amateur football as a whole.[7] The move was not a success[8] and the Argonauts were subsequently abandoned.
Personal life
Sloley was a Cambridge Blue and as of 1911, was working as an assistant schoolmaster in Guildford.[9][10] He served as a lieutenant in the Royal Army Service Corps during the First World War.[11]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1913–14[12] | Southern League Second Division | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | |
| 1914–15[12] | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Total | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Aston Villa (loan) | 1919–20[1] | First Division | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
| Career total | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
References
- ^ a b "Richard W Sloley". 11v11.com. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 267. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b c Richard Sloley at Olympedia
- ^ "Forgotten Glories – British Amateur Internationals 1901–1974" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
- ^ "The Traditions of Amateur Football". Middlesex County Times: 6. 31 March 1928.
- ^ "report". Guardian: 4. 17 May 1928.
- ^ "Ealing A.F.C. to play at Wembley". West Middlesex Gazette: 13. 15 September 1928.
- ^ Harris, Nick (5 October 2000). "Magnificent monument to vision of one man". Independent. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Argonauts". Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ Richard Sloley on Lives of the First World War
- ^ "Richard Sloley | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 362–363. ISBN 0951526200.
