Charlie Ashcroft

Position
Goalkeeper
Nationality
Place Of Birth
Chorley, Lancashire
Date Of Birth
3 July 1926
Date Of Death
13 March 2010 (83)
Games Played
19
-
Per Game
Games Started
19
1.0
Per Game
Minutes
1710
90.0
Per Game
Goals Conceded
28
1.5
Per Game
Clean Sheets
3
0.2
Per Game
Bio
Stats
Matches
Gallery
Transfers
Internationals

After selling Reg Matthews, City were without any experienced goalkeeper. Ashcroft was considered an appropriate short-term option having made 89 appearances for Liverpool in the early 1950s and won an England B cap before joining City in 1957 via Ipswich. He had previously broken an arm, which had not healed properly. Consequently, City signed a goalkeeper who couldn't straighten his arm! Replacing the famous Reg Matthews proved to be a difficult task especially during one of the club’s worst post-war seasons and he was released soon after City slid into Division Four and rejoined his home town club.

Third Division (South) (England)
1957-1958
Coventry City
19
19
1710′
28
3
19
19
0
1710′
0
0
0
28
3
Date
For
Against
H/A
Result
Football League Third Division (South) 1957-1958
Football League Third Division (South) 1957-1958
Coventry City
Gillingham
A
L 3:2
90`
3
Coventry City
Gillingham
H
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Norwich City
H
W 2:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Aldershot
A
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Swindon Town
H
L 0:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town
H
W 5:0
90`
Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town
A
W 1:3
90`
1
Coventry City
Exeter City
A
L 1:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Plymouth Argyle
H
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Walsall
H
W 4:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Aldershot
H
W 6:0
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
H
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Southend United
A
L 5:1
90`
5
Coventry City
Norwich City
A
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
D 2:2
90`
2
Coventry City
Newport County
H
L 1:2
90`
2
Coventry City
Northampton Town
A
L 4:0
90`
4
Coventry City
Newport County
A
D 2:2
90`
2
Coventry City
Reading
H
W 1:0
90`