Graham Sissons

Graham Sissons
Personal information
Full name John Graham Sissons[1]
Date of birth (1934-05-20) 20 May 1934 (age 90)[1]
Place of birth Chester-le-Street,[1] England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Country Girl
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1961 Birmingham City[a] 91 (0)
1961–1964 Peterborough United 68 (0)
1964–1968 Walsall 98 (1)
1968–19?? Stourbridge
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Graham Sissons (born 20 May 1934) is an English former footballer who played as a defender. He made more than 250 appearances in the Football League for Birmingham City, Peterborough United and Walsall,[5] and played in both legs of the 1961 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final, which Birmingham lost to Roma. For Birmingham, he was used as Trevor Smith's deputy at centre half, and later replaced George Allen at left back.[2]

Honours

Birmingham City

Notes

  1. ^ Some sources list Sissons with 90 League appearances, an error which possibly stems from Matthews (1995) mistakenly attributing an appearance in Birmingham's match against Blackburn Rovers in March 1961 to George Allen.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Graham Sissons". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 124, 192–98. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  3. ^ "Matches: Saturday, March 25, 1961". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Birmingham are in confident mood". Sports Argus. Birmingham. 25 March 1961. p. 8.
  5. ^ "Graham Sissons". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 28 August 2015.


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