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Revision as of 12:03, 16 May 2017
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Alexander Coote[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 May 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Paddington, England | ||
| Date of death | 2 August 2003 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Isleworth, England[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Full back, utility player | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Alperton Old Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wembley | |||
| 1949–1964 | Brentford | 514 | (14) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kenneth Alexander "Ken" Coote (19 May 1928 – 2 August 2003) was an English football full back and utility player. He is best known for his 14 years as a player at Brentford, for whom he tops the all-time appearances list with 559 and was also captain of the club. In 2013, Coote placed second in a Football League 125th Anniversary poll of Brentford's best ever captains.[2]
Club career
Early years
Coote began his career as a youth at Alperton Old Boys, a team managed by the father of future England manager Ron Greenwood.[3] He moved on to join Middlesex Senior League side Wembley as an amateur[4] and impressed enough to spend two weeks on trial at Division One side Burnley in the spring of 1949.[3]
Brentford
Ron Greenwood, then playing for Division Two side Brentford, knew of Coote and recommended to manager Jackie Gibbons that Brentford sign him.[3] Coote duly signed for the Bees and made his debut for the club in a 4–1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur at Griffin Park on the opening day of the 1949–50 season.[5] He began his Brentford career as an inside left and scored his first goal for the club after 20 seconds of an eventual 4–1 defeat to Blackburn Rovers in September 1949.[5] Coote's Brentford career failed to ignite until player-manager Tommy Lawton selected him as left half for a match versus Notts County in March 1953.[3] Coote gave a strong performance in a 5–0 victory which eased the club's fears of relegation to Division Three.[3]
Coote became a near-ever present for Brentford and remained with the club after suffering relegation to the Division Three South in the 1953–54 season.[5] Coote's durability saw him claim the club record for consecutive FA Cup appearances, with 30.[3] After missing the first 9 games of the 1954–55 season, Coote missed only 16 of the club's next 378 league games.[3] Ever-increasingly used as a utility man, Coote filled eight different positions during his time at Griffin Park.[3] Attention from Division One clubs Arsenal and West Bromwich Albion came his way, but deals never materialised.[6] At the end of the 1960–61 season, Coote was jointly-awarded a testimonial with Johnny Rainford versus an All Star XI for his service to the club.[3]
Despite his durability, it was only during the 1962–63 season that Coote was an ever-present and he capped his campaign by captaining the Bees to the Division Four title.[3] Coote made his final appearance in December 1963 and finished his career having made 559 appearances for Brentford.[5] Coote's career virtually ran in parallel with goalkeeper Gerry Cakebread and both players were named on the teamsheet together 357 times.[7] He remains the club's record appearance-maker and (rarely for a defender) was never booked in his career.[8] Coote was offered opportunities to continue his career in Non-League football, but chose to remain retired.[3] He was awarded a second testimonial in September 1965.[9]
Representative career
Coote's exploits for Brentford saw him win representative honours. He was named as a reserve for the Third Division South representative side in a match against the Third Division North in a match on 2 April 1957.[3] Coote also played for the representative London XI side which reached the final of the 1955–58 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, appearing in the group stage and semi-finals against a Basel XI and Lausanne Sports respectively.[3] Coote appeared in the first leg of the final, which was drawn 2–2 with Barcelona.[10]
Personal life
After completing his National Service and before signing for Brentford, Coote worked for his father in removals.[6] After retiring from football, Coote used the £1,000 earned from his second testimonial match to buy a three-bedroom semi-detached house in the Brentford area.[11] He later became manager of a betting shop in Hounslow, owned by former Brentford teammate Frank Morrad.[3] On 2 August 2003, Coote died aged 75 following a short illness.[12] He had been living in Whitton.[6]
Honours
As a player
As an individual
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1949–50[5] | Second Division | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 3 | |
| 1950–51[5] | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| 1951–52[5] | 24 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 28 | 4 | |||
| 1952–53[5] | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| 1953–54[5] | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | |||
| 1954–55[5] | Third Division South | 37 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 43 | 1 | ||
| 1955–56[5] | 45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 47 | 2 | |||
| 1956–57[5] | 44 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 47 | 1 | |||
| 1957–58[5] | 45 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 46 | 2 | |||
| 1958–59[5] | Third Division | 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | ||
| 1959–60[5] | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 44 | 0 | |||
| 1960–61[5] | 41 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 0 | ||
| 1961–62[5] | 45 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
| 1962–63[5] | Fourth Division | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 0 | |
| 1963–64[5] | Third Division | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Career total | 514 | 14 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 559 | 15 | ||
References
- ^ a b "Ken Coote". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ The Football League. "Brentford – Football League 125". fl125.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 41. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
- ^ Shergold, Adam (25 January 2013). "Brentford v Chelsea – how they compare | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 380–387. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ a b c Lane, David (2005). Cult Bees & Legends: Volume One. Hampton Wick: Woodpecker Multimedia. pp. 13–21. ASIN B00NGFXBBG. ISBN 0-9543682-0-7.
- ^ "Twitter / BrentfordFC: The correct answer is Ken Coote". Twitter.com. 26 October 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ TW8 Matchday versus Oldham Athletic 25/08/03. London: The Yellow Printing Company Limited. p. 32.
- ^ "Ken Coote signed '100 Years of Brentford' for auction". Brentford Independent Association of Supporters. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "Masterpiece – London XI". Pennantsmuseum.com. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
- ^ Griffin Gazette: Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Crewe Alexandra 06/04/96. Quay Design of Poole. 1996. p. 20.
- ^ Simons, Raoul (5 August 2003). "Bees pay homage to former captain". Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ^ Wickham, Chris. "Kevin O'Connor and Marcus Gayle join others in being added to Brentford FC Hall of Fame". www.brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2016.