Fred Monk
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frederick John Monk[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 October 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||
| Date of death | October 1987 (aged 66–67) | ||
| Place of death | Aldershot, England[1] | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward, right back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Guildford City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1946–1948 | Guildford City | (46) | |
| 1948–1954 | Brentford | 206 | (47) |
| 1954–1956 | Aldershot | 49 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| England Schoolboys | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1953 | Brentford (caretaker) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Frederick John "Fred" Monk (9 October 1920 – October 1987) was an English footballer and coach who made played in the Football League for Brentford and Aldershot. He is best remembered for his time with Brentford, making over 200 appearances and serving as caretaker manager. He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in May 2015.[2]
Club career
Guildford City
After leaving school, Monk joined the reserve team at Southern League side Guildford City prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.[3] After the war, Monk broke into the first team and scored 29 goals in the 1946–47 season.[3] He bagged another 17 goals in the 1947–48 season, before departing in March 1948.[3]
Brentford
Monk joined Division Two side Brentford in March 1948,[3] making his debut in a 2–0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Griffin Park on 20 March.[4] He was Brentford's top scorer during the 1948–49 season.[3] A centre forward by trade, Monk moved to right back during the 1949–50 season, but returned to his forward role in January 1951 and set a club record by scoring in 10 consecutive games between January and March 1951.[3] Towards the end of the 1951–52 season, he again reverted to his right back role.[3] Monk had a number of games as caretaker manager between the departure of Tommy Lawton and the appointment of Bill Dodgin Sr. early in the 1953–54 season.[5] He left the Bees at the end of the season, after the club's relegation to the Division Three South was confirmed. He made 219 appearances and scored 49 goals for the Bees.[3][6]
Aldershot
Monk joined Division Three South side Aldershot in the summer of 1954, making 49 appearances before retiring in 1956.[7]
International career
Monk was an England Schoolboy international.[3]
Coaching career
After his retirement from football, Monk returned to Brentford and worked as the first team's trainer between 1957 and 1962.[8]
Honours
References
- 1 2 "Fred Monk". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- 1 2 Chris Wickham. "Kevin O'Connor and Marcus Gayle join others in being added to Brentford FC Hall of Fame". brentfordfc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Yore Publications. p. 110. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ "Brentford Football Club History". Brentfordfchistory.co.uk. 1948-03-20. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
- ↑ White 1989, p. 212.
- ↑ "Brentford Football Club History". brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ↑ http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player10/fredmonk.html
- ↑ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 246. ISBN 0951526200.