Eric Sibley

Biography

Eric had been with Spurs and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and joined United from Blackpool during WW2 whilst stationed near Dundee with the RAF. He played frequently for two seasons but left the area in January 1943.

Statistics

Apps
36
Goals
-
Yellow cards
-
Red cards
-
Goals/game
-
Minutes
3300
Seasons
2
SeasonAppsGoalsYellow cardsRed cards
1942-4314000
1941-4222000

Club spells

First Spell

Joined: 17 Jul 1941

Other clubs played for

Managers played under

ManagerFirst appearanceMost recent appearanceApps
Jimmy Allan9 Aug 194131 Oct 194230
Jimmy Littlejohn17 Oct 194216 Jan 19439

Timeline

  1. Born

    Christchurch, Hampshire, England

  2. Signed

  3. First competitive appearance

    Dundee United 1–1 East Fife

    · Wartime · Tannadice Park

    The 4000 crowd at Tannadice showed Dundee is still eager for senior football. First half hour suggested the Fifers were going to run away with the game. There always seemed to be two wasp jerseys to each black and white. Only inept Methil finishing plus…

Appearances (36)

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionResult
16 Jan 1943 Hearts 2–2 Dundee Utd Wartime1942-43 D
2 Jan 1943 Dundee Utd 1–2 East Fife Wartime1942-43 L
1 Jan 1943 Dundee Utd 1–0 Aberdeen Wartime1942-43 W
28 Nov 1942 Rangers 2–1 a.e.t. Dundee Utd Supplementary Cup1942-43 L
21 Nov 1942 Dundee Utd 0–0 Rangers Supplementary Cup1942-43 D
7 Nov 1942 Dunfermline 5–3 Dundee Utd Wartime1942-43 L
31 Oct 1942 Hibernian 6–4 Dundee Utd Wartime1942-43 L
24 Oct 1942 Aberdeen 1–0 Dundee Utd Wartime1942-43 L
17 Oct 1942 Dundee Utd 0–1 East Fife Wartime1942-43 L
12 Sep 1942 Dundee Utd 0–4 Aberdeen Wartime1942-43 L
5 Sep 1942 East Fife 3–0 Dundee Utd Wartime1942-43 L
29 Aug 1942 Dundee Utd 3–1 Dunfermline Wartime1942-43 W
15 Aug 1942 Dundee Utd 3–2 Raith Rovers Wartime1942-43 W
8 Aug 1942 Rangers 2–1 Dundee Utd Wartime1942-43 L
6 Jun 1942 Aberdeen 6–1 Dundee Utd Wartime1941-42 L
30 May 1942 Dundee Utd 5–1 Leith Athletic Wartime1941-42 W
23 May 1942 Aberdeen 3–1 a.e.t. Dundee Utd Mitchell Trophy1941-42 L
16 May 1942 Dundee Utd 4–3 Aberdeen Mitchell Trophy1941-42 W
9 May 1942 Rangers 2–2 Dundee Utd Mitchell Trophy1941-42 D
25 Apr 1942 Dundee Utd 0–2 East Fife Wartime1941-42 L
18 Apr 1942 Dundee Utd 8–1 Rangers Wartime1941-42 W
21 Mar 1942 Rangers 4–2 Dundee Utd Wartime1941-42 L
14 Mar 1942 St Bernard's 1–3 Dundee Utd Wartime1941-42 W
20 Dec 1941 Aberdeen 6–2 Dundee Utd Supplementary Cup1941-42 L
13 Dec 1941 Dundee Utd 4–1 Aberdeen Supplementary Cup1941-42 W
6 Dec 1941 East Fife 1–1 Dundee Utd Supplementary Cup1941-42 D
25 Oct 1941 Dunfermline 7–2 Dundee Utd Wartime1941-42 L
18 Oct 1941 Dundee Utd 0–5 Rangers Wartime1941-42 L
4 Oct 1941 Leith Athletic 2–5 Dundee Utd Wartime1941-42 W
27 Sep 1941 East Fife 2–2 Dundee Utd Wartime1941-42 D

Goals scored (0)

No goals recorded for these filters.