Chelsea FC Profile: Eric Oakton

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Full Name: Albert Eric Oakton

Born: Friday, 28th December 1906
Place of birth: Kiveton Park, England
Height: 5' 9"
Died: Wednesday, 5th August 1981 (aged 74)
Place of death: Harthill, South Yorkshire, England
Burial: Cremated - 11 Aug 1981 • Rotherham Crematorium. His cremated remains were scattered in the summer section of the garden of remembrance.

Involvement with Chelsea:

Men's 1st Team Player from 1932 to 1937

Playing Career:

Grimsby Town (A)
Rotherham United
Worksop Town
Sheffield United
Scunthorpe United
Bristol Rovers
Chelsea (May 1932 to Jun 1937) - cost: unknown
Nottingham Forest

* (A) = Amateur

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Competitive Debut: Saturday, 27th August 1932, Chelsea 2 - 2 Blackburn Rovers

Age on debut: 25 years 7 months 30 days

100th Appearance: Saturday, 3rd October 1936, Chelsea 1 - 1 Portsmouth

Last Competitive First-Team Appearance: Saturday, 23rd January 1937, West Bromwich Albion 2 - 0 Chelsea

See full chronological appearance listing HERE

Appearances Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1932 / 33 34 0 0 0 0 34 1933 / 34 41 5 0 0 0 46 1934 / 35 8 0 0 0 0 8 1935 / 36 8 0 0 0 0 8 1936 / 37 16 0 0 0 0 16 Total 107 5 0 0 0 112

Goals Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1932 / 33 8 0 0 0 0 8 1933 / 34 14 1 0 0 0 15 1934 / 35 1 0 0 0 0 1 1935 / 36 3 0 0 0 0 3 1936 / 37 3 0 0 0 0 3 Total 29 1 0 0 0 30

* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Eric Oakton made 112 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
League	27th Aug 1932	Chelsea	2	2	Blackburn Rovers	32,657
League	31st Aug 1932	Portsmouth	2	0	Chelsea	20,856
League	3rd Sep 1932	Huddersfield Town	2	0	Chelsea	13,032
League	7th Sep 1932	Chelsea	4	4	Portsmouth	20,984
League	10th Sep 1932	Chelsea	3	0	Sheffield United	32,775
League	17th Sep 1932	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Chelsea	31,922
League	24th Sep 1932	Chelsea	0	1	Newcastle United	51,857
League	1st Oct 1932	Aston Villa	3	1	Chelsea	32,684
League	8th Oct 1932	Chelsea	2	1	Middlesbrough	18,181
League	15th Oct 1932	Bolton Wanderers	2	3	Chelsea	15,021
League	22nd Oct 1932	Chelsea	1	3	Derby County	37,834
League	29th Oct 1932	Blackpool	4	0	Chelsea	7,311
League	5th Nov 1932	Chelsea	4	2	Birmingham	25,619
League	12th Nov 1932	West Bromwich Albion	3	2	Chelsea	21,569
League	19th Nov 1932	Chelsea	0	2	Sheffield Wednesday	20,677
League	26th Nov 1932	Leeds United	2	0	Chelsea	19,739
League	31st Dec 1932	Blackburn Rovers	1	3	Chelsea	10,583
League	7th Jan 1933	Chelsea	0	1	Huddersfield Town	23,844
League	21st Jan 1933	Sheffield United	4	1	Chelsea	13,622
League	28th Jan 1933	Chelsea	3	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16,919
League	4th Feb 1933	Newcastle United	2	0	Chelsea	29,405
League	11th Feb 1933	Chelsea	0	1	Aston Villa	34,378
League	25th Feb 1933	Chelsea	1	1	Bolton Wanderers	12,590
League	1st Mar 1933	Middlesbrough	2	1	Chelsea	8,219
League	11th Mar 1933	Chelsea	1	0	Blackpool	31,222
League	29th Mar 1933	Derby County	0	1	Chelsea	7,141
League	1st Apr 1933	Sheffield Wednesday	2	2	Chelsea	10,121
League	8th Apr 1933	Chelsea	6	0	Leeds United	31,095
League	14th Apr 1933	Chelsea	4	1	Leicester City	45,608
League	15th Apr 1933	Everton	3	2	Chelsea	27,635
League	18th Apr 1933	Leicester City	1	1	Chelsea	22,647
League	22nd Apr 1933	Chelsea	1	3	Arsenal	72,260
League	3rd May 1933	Manchester City	1	4	Chelsea	14,827
League	6th May 1933	Chelsea	1	1	Sunderland	22,322
League	26th Aug 1933	Stoke City	1	0	Chelsea	32,725
League	2nd Sep 1933	Chelsea	5	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31,792
League	4th Sep 1933	Huddersfield Town	6	1	Chelsea	7,508
League	9th Sep 1933	Sheffield United	4	1	Chelsea	13,598
League	13th Sep 1933	Chelsea	2	3	Huddersfield Town	20,006
League	16th Sep 1933	Chelsea	1	0	Aston Villa	44,679
League	23rd Sep 1933	Leicester City	1	1	Chelsea	21,164
League	30th Sep 1933	Chelsea	0	4	Tottenham Hotspur	67,454
League	7th Oct 1933	Liverpool	3	0	Chelsea	31,039
League	14th Oct 1933	Chelsea	2	3	Middlesbrough	16,078
League	21st Oct 1933	Blackburn Rovers	4	2	Chelsea	12,570
League	28th Oct 1933	Chelsea	2	1	Newcastle United	26,657
League	4th Nov 1933	Sheffield Wednesday	2	1	Chelsea	10,248
League	11th Nov 1933	Chelsea	0	2	Derby County	24,422
League	25th Nov 1933	Chelsea	1	1	Birmingham	17,843
League	2nd Dec 1933	Everton	2	1	Chelsea	15,584
League	9th Dec 1933	Chelsea	1	2	Manchester City	18,048
League	16th Dec 1933	Arsenal	2	1	Chelsea	43,897
League	23rd Dec 1933	Chelsea	1	1	Leeds United	18,157
League	26th Dec 1933	Chelsea	4	0	Sunderland	12,800
League	30th Dec 1933	Chelsea	2	0	Stoke City	24,487
League	1st Jan 1934	Sunderland	0	0	Chelsea	12,820
League	6th Jan 1934	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Chelsea	21,459
F.A. Cup	13th Jan 1934	Chelsea	1	1	West Bromwich Albion	51,451
F.A. Cup	17th Jan 1934	West Bromwich Albion	0	1	Chelsea	20,061
League	20th Jan 1934	Chelsea	5	0	Sheffield United	31,287
F.A. Cup	27th Jan 1934	Chelsea	1	1	Nottingham Forest	53,269
F.A. Cup	31st Jan 1934	Nottingham Forest	0	3	Chelsea	37,187
League	7th Feb 1934	Aston Villa	2	0	Chelsea	15,688
League	10th Feb 1934	Tottenham Hotspur	2	1	Chelsea	39,652
F.A. Cup	17th Feb 1934	Stoke City	3	1	Chelsea	42,219	(1 Pen)
League	21st Feb 1934	Chelsea	2	0	Liverpool	14,152
League	24th Feb 1934	Middlesbrough	2	2	Chelsea	12,962
League	3rd Mar 1934	Chelsea	3	0	Blackburn Rovers	26,409
League	10th Mar 1934	Newcastle United	2	2	Chelsea	14,108
League	17th Mar 1934	Chelsea	0	1	Sheffield Wednesday	31,606
League	24th Mar 1934	Derby County	1	0	Chelsea	13,644
League	30th Mar 1934	Portsmouth	0	2	Chelsea	29,100
League	31st Mar 1934	Chelsea	3	2	West Bromwich Albion	36,593
League	2nd Apr 1934	Chelsea	4	0	Portsmouth	47,114
League	7th Apr 1934	Birmingham	0	3	Chelsea	29,104
League	14th Apr 1934	Chelsea	2	0	Everton	34,029
League	21st Apr 1934	Manchester City	4	2	Chelsea	25,861
League	23rd Apr 1934	Chelsea	2	0	Leicester City	16,304
League	28th Apr 1934	Chelsea	2	2	Arsenal	65,344
League	5th May 1934	Leeds United	3	1	Chelsea	6,092
League	25th Aug 1934	Derby County	3	0	Chelsea	20,265
League	29th Aug 1934	Chelsea	1	2	Sheffield Wednesday	19,756
League	1st Sep 1934	Chelsea	3	1	Leicester City	20,084
League	3rd Sep 1934	Sheffield Wednesday	3	1	Chelsea	13,029
League	8th Sep 1934	Sunderland	4	0	Chelsea	33,592
League	15th Sep 1934	Chelsea	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	46,715
League	22nd Sep 1934	Preston North End	2	0	Chelsea	18,332
League	29th Sep 1934	Chelsea	2	0	Grimsby Town	25,373
League	28th Dec 1935	Liverpool	2	3	Chelsea	26,523
League	11th Apr 1936	Portsmouth	2	0	Chelsea	18,605
League	13th Apr 1936	Derby County	1	1	Chelsea	21,407
League	18th Apr 1936	Chelsea	5	2	Preston North End	26,274
League	22nd Apr 1936	Chelsea	1	0	Portsmouth	13,982
League	25th Apr 1936	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3	3	Chelsea	12,683
League	27th Apr 1936	Arsenal	1	1	Chelsea	40,402
League	2nd May 1936	Chelsea	5	1	Blackburn Rovers	18,078
League	16th Sep 1936	Chelsea	2	0	Liverpool	18,123
League	19th Sep 1936	Chelsea	3	0	West Bromwich Albion	41,112
League	26th Sep 1936	Manchester City	0	0	Chelsea	30,004
League	3rd Oct 1936	Chelsea	1	1	Portsmouth	45,735
League	10th Oct 1936	Preston North End	1	0	Chelsea	20,040
League	17th Oct 1936	Chelsea	1	1	Sheffield Wednesday	34,488
League	24th Oct 1936	Manchester United	0	0	Chelsea	29,854
League	31st Oct 1936	Chelsea	1	1	Derby County	15,529
League	7th Nov 1936	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	2	Chelsea	16,510
League	14th Nov 1936	Chelsea	1	3	Sunderland	48,901
League	21st Nov 1936	Huddersfield Town	4	2	Chelsea	12,382
League	19th Dec 1936	Arsenal	4	1	Chelsea	49,917
League	25th Dec 1936	Stoke City	2	0	Chelsea	24,897
League	26th Dec 1936	Chelsea	2	1	Leeds United	27,761
League	28th Dec 1936	Chelsea	1	0	Stoke City	16,675
League	23rd Jan 1937	West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Chelsea	9,642

Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances Season Appearances Total 0

Non-Competitive First-Team Goals Season Goals Total 0

Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Eric Oakton made 0 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played

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Non-First-Team Appearances Season Appearances Total 0

Non-First-Team Goals Season Goals Total 0

Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Eric Oakton made 0 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-First-Team Matches Played

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Games Won:	39
Win Percentage:	34.82%
Total Bookings:	0
Times Sent Off:	0

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 112 appearances, Eric Oakton played alongside the following 39 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

Len Allum (28)
Jimmy Argue (14)
Joe Bambrick (8)
George Barber (83)
Bill Barraclough (4)
Sid Bishop (7)
Harry Burgess (21)
Robert Carter (1)
Alec Cheyne (2)
Wilf Chitty (12)
James Copeland (1)
Allan Craig (84)
Jackie Crawford (9)
Sam Dudley (1)
Willie Ferguson (11)
Hughie Gallacher (58)
George Gibson (64)
Bob Gregg (36)
Bob Griffiths (4)
Jack Horton (49)
Jock Hutcheson (9)
Johnny Jackson (7)
Tommy Law (57)
Bob MacAulay (33)
Jack Mayes (1)
Harold Miller (67)
George Mills (73)
Billy Mitchell (18)
Peter O'Dowd (46)
John O'Hare (17)
Leslie Odell (31)
George Pearson (3)
Tommy Priestley (26)
Stanley Prout (10)
Johnnie Rankin (25)
Willie Russell (62)
Dick Spence (20)
Sam Weaver (13)
Victor Woodley (105)