Joe Schofield
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Alfred Schofield | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1871 | ||
| Place of birth | Hanley, England | ||
| Date of death | 29 September 1929 (aged 58) | ||
| Place of death | Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Playing position | Left winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1891–1899 | Stoke | 199 | (81) |
| National team | |||
| 1892–1895 | England | 3 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1915–1919 | Stoke | ||
| 1920–1929 | Port Vale | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Joseph Alfred Schofield (1 January 1871 – 29 September 1929) was an English footballer and football manager.
A Winger, he played for Stoke between 1891 and 1899, winning himself three England caps in the process. He was later appointed as Stoke's manager in 1915, before he left the post in 1919. He took up the reins at nearby Port Vale in March 1920. He remained in charge at Vale until his death nine years later. Though he did not pick up any major honours with either Stoke or Vale, he is considered a legend at both clubs as he played for Stoke in the First Division for eight years, and managed Vale in the Second Division for nine years.
A native of Hanley, Schofield was the son of an alderman and rose to prominence playing in the Methodist North Staffordshire leagues. He joined nearby Football League club Stoke in September 1891. He made a goalscoring debut at the Victoria Ground in a 3–0 league win over Burnley on 10 October, and scored again in his next two matches, against Derby County and Aston Villa. He finished the season as the club's top-scorer with 12 goals in 20 appearances. He was again top-scorer in 1892–93 with 13 goals in 30 appearances, including a hat-trick in a 3–3 draw with Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on 25 February. Schofield was again top-scorer in 1893–94 with 16 goals in 30 games. The "Potters" struggled in the 1894–95 season, and were forced to play against Second Division high-flyers Newton Heath in a test match to retain their First Division status – Stoke won the match 3–0, with Schofield getting two of the goals; over the course of the campaign he was the club's joint-top scorer (with William Dickson), with 13 goals in 31 games.
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