Joe Fascione

Joe Fascione

Personal information
Full name	Joseph Victor Fascione[1]
Date of birth	(1945-02-05)5 February 1945
Place of birth	Coatbridge, Scotland
Date of death	5 February 2019(2019-02-05) (aged 74)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1959–1961	Burnbank United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1962	Kirkintilloch Rob Roy
1962–1969	Chelsea	29	(1)
1969–1971	Durban City
1972	Dundee United	0	(0)
1972	Barnet	34	(1)
	Romford
	Barking
Managerial career
	Barking
1993–94	Croydon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Victor Fascione (5 February 1945 – 5 February 2019) was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger.

Career

A right-sided winger, Fascione started out with Scottish junior side Kirkintilloch Rob Roy[2] where he won the Scottish Junior Cup in 1962 – believed to be the youngest player to do so – before being signed for Londoners Chelsea by Tommy Docherty in September of that year.[3] Fascione would remain with the club until 1969, but the presence of fellow wingers Bert Murray and Charlie Cooke ensured that he featured only sporadically in the first team, making a total of just 34 appearances. He was, however, one of the eight players infamously sent home by Docherty for breaking a pre-match curfew in Blackpool in April 1965.

Upon leaving Chelsea he signed for Durban City F.C. in South Africa in the summer of 1969.[4] He returned to the UK in late 1971, but because of problems with the release of his registration from South Africa he was unable to sign for a club until July 1972. He then joined Dundee United on a trial basis but was released shortly afterwards, having only appeared in pre-season friendly matches.[5]

He subsequently had spells with Romford in the Southern League,[4] and Barking. He also had a stint as manager of the latter club.[6]

He died on 5 February 2019, his 74th birthday.[7]

References

1. "Joe Fascione". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
2. Joe Fascione at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
3. Scottish junior football's young achievers: Norrie Corbett and Joe Fascione, Douglas Gorman, Scottish Sport History, 14 May 2021
4. Scott Cheshire and Ron Hockings (31 October 1986). Chelsea Football Club The Full Statistical Story 1905 – 1986. R. Hockings. ISBN 0-9511640-0-7.
5. Gracie, Steve (2009). The Rise of the Terrors : Dundee United FC, a Comprehensive History 1945–1979. Dundee: Arabest Publishing. p. 327. ISBN 9780955834110.
6. Archive – Past Managers Archived 16 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine Barking F.C.
7. "Joe Fascione, 1945–2019 – Official Site – Chelsea Football Club". Chelsea F.C.