Cyril Done
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cyril Charles Done | ||
| Date of birth | 21 October 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Date of death | 24 February 1993 (aged 72) | ||
| Place of death | Formby, Liverpool, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bootle Boys' Brigade | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1938–1952 | Liverpool | 93 | (32) |
| 1952–1954 | Tranmere Rovers | 87 | (61) |
| 1954–1957 | Port Vale | 52 | (34) |
| 1957–1959 | Winsford United | ||
| 1959–1962 | Skelmersdale United | ||
| Total | 232+ | (127+) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1959–1962 | Skelmersdale United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Cyril Charles Done (21 October 1920 – 24 February 1993) was an English footballer. A "strong centre-forward", he scored 127 goals in 232 league appearances in the Football League.
He began his career at Liverpool just before the outbreak of World War II, and was a prolific goalscorer at Anfield throughout the war. After the war he helped the "Reds" to the First Division title in 1946–47, before falling out of the first team picture until his departure to Tranmere Rovers in May 1952. He hit 61 goals in 87 league appearances at Prenton Park, before he moved to Port Vale in December 1954. He hit four goals against Liverpool and hit 34 goals in 52 league games, before switching to non-league Winsford United in May 1957. He later served Skelmersdale United as player-manager from 1959 to 1962.
Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, Done played for Bootle Boys' Brigade before being spotted as a 17-year-old by "Reds" manager George Kay who took him to Anfield in January 1938. He made his debut 18 months later on 2 September 1939 in a 1–0 home win over Chelsea; and it was Done who got the winner, thus opening his account in the same match. This game proved to be the last 'official' game for six years due to the outbreak of World War II; during the war he scored 147 goals in 137 games. Done rejoined Liverpool after the war; after missing the first nine games of the 1946–47 season he made an impact on the side by scoring the "Reds" goal in their 1–1 home draw with Charlton. He then followed this up by scoring his first hat-trick for the club on 19 October 1946 at Leeds Road, his goals, which came in the 29th, 43rd and 76th minute, along with a Jack Balmer last minute strike helped humble their hosts, Huddersfield, by a 4–1 scoreline. He repeated this feat, this time at Anfield on 12 February 1947 in a 5–0 victory over Grimsby, his goals came in the 24th, 40th and 85th minutes, Willie Fagan scored the other two in the 30th and 32nd minutes. Done's contribution in his 17 league appearances, scoring 10 goals, went a long way in helping Liverpool go on to win the first post-war championship. Liverpool dropped to 14th in 1947–48, and Done played just the six games. The club finished in mid-table again in 1948–49, with Done scoring 13 goals in 28 games. Done struggled to hold down a place in the Liverpool starting line-up and completely missed out on the 1950 FA Cup run; he scored five goals in 16 league games. He scored three goals in 25 games in 1950–51, and got four goals in 12 games in 1951–52.
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