He was born at Ponders End and represented Middlesex Schools and played for Enfield prior to signing amateur forms for Tottenham Hotspur in June 1950. He made one appearance on loan to Cheshunt in 1951 in the Herts Charity Cup against Barnet before Tottenham upgraded him to professional status on 21 January 1952, spending most of his early career as understudy to Ted Ditchburn and Ron Reynolds. He eventually made his first team debut in a 5–0 defeat at Blackburn Rovers on 30 August 1958.
In 1958–59 he played 44 games before losing his place to Bill Brown. From then on, he only made occasional appearances, including one in the 1960–61 double season to be one of 17 players used in the Double winning squad.[2] He spent most of his time in the reserves, keeping goal in over 350 competitive games for the second and third teams. He scored a penalty for the reserves in an 8–0 win over Mansfield Town on 17 March 1962. His final senior appearance for Spurs was against Ipswich Town on 4 April 1964.
At the end of the 1963–64 season, he was placed on the transfer list and was snapped up straight away by Southampton's manager Ted Bates for a £3,000 fee. He played 30 consecutive games at the start of the 1964–65 season before losing his place to Tony Godfrey. The following season, he started as first choice for the 'keeper's shirt until sustaining a serious knee injury versus Coventry City on 8 September 1965 which ended his career. He made a total of 40 senior appearances for "the Saints".
He then played for Mullard Sports and was involved in the local football scene around the Southampton area for many years.
Later careeredit
He ran the Manor House Inn at Bursledon from 1966 and later worked as bar manager of the New Forest Golf Club at Bramshaw.
He ran the Sun Inn Public House in Romsey, Hampshire, England up until his migration to Spain with his wife Vera.
In 1994, he retired to Spain — he died following a short illness at Torrevieja, on the Costa Blanca.
Referencesedit
^Hugman, B, J, (Ed)The PFA Premier and Football League Players' Records 1946–2005 (2005) p296 ISBN1-85291-665-6 Retrieved 28 August 2008
Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk (2003). In That Number - A post-war chronicle of Southampton FC. Hagiology Publishing. p. 526. ISBN0-9534474-3-X.
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john, hollowbread, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources John Hollowbread news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message John Frederick Hollowbread 2 January 1934 7 December 2007 was an English football goalkeeper who played for Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton 1 John HollowbreadPersonal informationFull nameJohn Frederick HollowbreadDate of birth 1934 01 02 2 January 1934Place of birthPonders End Middlesex EnglandDate of death7 December 2007 2007 12 07 aged 73 Place of deathTorrevieja SpainHeight5 ft 11 in 1 80 m Position s GoalkeeperYouth careerEnfield1950 1952Tottenham HotspurSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 1951 Cheshunt on loan 0 0 1952 1964Tottenham Hotspur67 0 1964 1966Southampton36 0 Club domestic league appearances and goalsTottenham Hotspur in 1960 with both goalkeeper John Hollowbread Bill Brown and Danny Blanchflower in the team with Bill Nicholson as manager Contents 1 Playing career 2 Later career 3 References 4 External linksPlaying career editHe was born at Ponders End and represented Middlesex Schools and played for Enfield prior to signing amateur forms for Tottenham Hotspur in June 1950 He made one appearance on loan to Cheshunt in 1951 in the Herts Charity Cup against Barnet before Tottenham upgraded him to professional status on 21 January 1952 spending most of his early career as understudy to Ted Ditchburn and Ron Reynolds He eventually made his first team debut in a 5 0 defeat at Blackburn Rovers on 30 August 1958 In 1958 59 he played 44 games before losing his place to Bill Brown From then on he only made occasional appearances including one in the 1960 61 double season to be one of 17 players used in the Double winning squad 2 He spent most of his time in the reserves keeping goal in over 350 competitive games for the second and third teams He scored a penalty for the reserves in an 8 0 win over Mansfield Town on 17 March 1962 His final senior appearance for Spurs was against Ipswich Town on 4 April 1964 At the end of the 1963 64 season he was placed on the transfer list and was snapped up straight away by Southampton s manager Ted Bates for a 3 000 fee He played 30 consecutive games at the start of the 1964 65 season before losing his place to Tony Godfrey The following season he started as first choice for the keeper s shirt until sustaining a serious knee injury versus Coventry City on 8 September 1965 which ended his career He made a total of 40 senior appearances for the Saints He then played for Mullard Sports and was involved in the local football scene around the Southampton area for many years Later career editHe ran the Manor House Inn at Bursledon from 1966 and later worked as bar manager of the New Forest Golf Club at Bramshaw He ran the Sun Inn Public House in Romsey Hampshire England up until his migration to Spain with his wife Vera In 1994 he retired to Spain he died following a short illness at Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca References edit Hugman B J Ed The PFA Premier and Football League Players Records 1946 2005 2005 p296 ISBN 1 85291 665 6 Retrieved 28 August 2008 The Double winning squad permanent dead link Retrieved 28 August 2008External links editDuncan Holley amp Gary Chalk 2003 In That Number A post war chronicle of Southampton FC Hagiology Publishing p 526 ISBN 0 9534474 3 X Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Hollowbread amp oldid 1164037578, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
