John Almond (footballer)

John Almond
Personal information
Full name	John Almond
Date of birth	(1915-11-21)21 November 1915
Place of birth	Prescot, England
Date of death	1993 (aged 78)
Playing position	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Prescot Cables
1934–1935	Stoke City	3	(1)
1936–1937	Tranmere Rovers	22	(5)
1937–1939	Shrewsbury Town
Total		25	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

John Almond (21 November 1915 – 1993) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City and Tranmere Rovers.^[1]^[2]

Career

Almond joined Stoke City from Prescot Cables in 1934. He played as a reserve, failing to dislodge Joe Johnson – an England international – from the outside left position.^[1] His only goal for Stoke came on his league debut in a 2–1 defeat at Wolverhampton Wanderers in April 1935.^[1]

Almond joined Tranmere Rovers in 1936 and finished his career with Shrewsbury Town where he was a regular first-team player scoring goals consistently in the Birmingham & District League for two seasons.^[1]^[2]

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City^[1]	1934–35	1	1	0	0	1	1
Stoke City^[1]	1935–36	2	0	0	0	2	0
Tranmere Rovers	1936–37	22	5	1	0	23	5
Career Total		25	6	1	0	26	6

1 2 3 4 5 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
1 2 Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.

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