*Indicates unconfirmed information. Figures in brackets after English team names indicate all appearances made and goals scored in competitive matches for Football League clubs from 1888 onwards. For Scottish League clubs the figures show details of all competitive appearances and goals scored from 1946/47 onwards.
Vince Wright
Appearances: 26 Goals: 5
Date / Year of birth: 12th April 1931
Position: Winger
Season of first appearance: 1954/55
Season of last appearance: 1954/55
Also played for: Derby County (0), Mansfield Town (2,0), Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells United and Canterbury City
England Schoolboy and Youth international born in Bradford who started his career with Derby before moving to Mansfield for the 1952/53 season.
He then dropped into non-league football and joined Tonbridge.
Vince left the Angels in December 1954 and signed for Margate as a replacement for the tragically deceased Len Dolding. He made his debut in a 4-0 win at Folkestone on 4.12.54 and made an instant impression on Margate's left wing. The local press reported that one spectator claimed Vince had "all the makings of a second Stanley Matthews" and by the end of the 1954/55 season he'd made 26 appearances, scoring five times.
However he was transfer-listed by the club in May 1955 and soon signed for Tunbridge Wells. When they played at Margate during 1955/56 the programme for the game noted that Vince "always enlivens a game" with his "circus-like antics".
In December 1956 he moved onto Canterbury.
Vince died in Canterbury during June 2004 aged 73.
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SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
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FAC |
KSC |
KLC |
KSS |
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1954/55 (MFC) |
26 (46) |
N/A |
5 |
KENT LEAGUE DIVISION ONE (5TH OF 17) |
2QR |
2R |
RU |
RU |
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Played in Kent
League Cup Final (30.04.55 - lost 3-2 to Tunbridge
Wells). Played in Kent Senior Shield Final (14.05.55 - lost 2-1 to Tunbridge Wells). | |||||||||