Chelsea FC Profile: Norman Wood
Full Name: Norman Arthur Wood
Born: 1889
Place of birth: Tooting, London, England
Height: 5' 9"
Died: Friday, 28th July 1916 (aged 27)
Place of death: Longueval, Somme Department, France
Burial: Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B)
Involvement with Chelsea:
Men's Non First-Team from 1912 to 1913
Playing Career:
Tottenham Hotspur
Crystal Palace
Plymouth Argyle
Croydon Common
Chelsea (Jan 1912 to Jan 1913) - cost: unknown
Stockport County
Stalybridge Celtic
Reading
See full chronological appearance listing HERE
Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances
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Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Norman Wood made 1 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.
Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played
Comp | Date | Home | Away | Att | |||
Friendly | 29th Aug 1912 | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | Chelsea | unknown |
Non-First-Team Appearances
| Non-First-Team Goals
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Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Norman Wood made 22 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.
Non-First-Team Matches Played
Comp | Date | Home | Away | Att | |||
Reserve League | 16th Mar 1912 | Fulham | 1 | 0 | Chelsea | 3,000 | |
Reserve League | 18th Mar 1912 | Clapton Orient | 2 | 2 | Chelsea | unknown | |
Reserve League | 25th Mar 1912 | Chelsea | 2 | 1 | Woolwich Arsenal | unknown | |
Reserve League | 6th Apr 1912 | Chelsea | 4 | 0 | Reading | unknown | |
Reserve League | 8th Apr 1912 | Chelsea | 5 | 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 10,000 | |
Reserve League | 17th Apr 1912 | Croydon Common | 0 | 1 | Chelsea | unknown | |
Friendly | 18th Apr 1912 | Peterborough City | 1 | 1 | Chelsea | unknown | |
Friendly | 30th Apr 1912 | Chelsea | 8 | 0 | Peterborough City | unknown | |
Reserve League | 2nd Sep 1912 | Chelsea | 3 | 2 | Brighton And Hove Albion | unknown | |
Friendly | 7th Sep 1912 | Southall | 0 | 2 | Chelsea | 600 | |
Middlesex Professional Reserve Cup | 23rd Sep 1912 | Chelsea | 3 | 1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3,000 | |
Reserve League | 19th Oct 1912 | Fulham | 0 | 0 | Chelsea | unknown | |
Reserve League | 26th Oct 1912 | Chelsea | 1 | 0 | Peterborough City | unknown | |
Friendly | 23rd Nov 1912 | Biggleswade Town | 0 | 3 | Chelsea | unknown | |
Friendly | 30th Nov 1912 | Southend Amateurs | 0 | 3 | Chelsea | unknown | |
Friendly | 14th Dec 1912 | Barnet and Alston | 1 | 0 | Chelsea | unknown | |
Reserve League | 25th Jan 1913 | Chelsea | 4 | 0 | West Ham United | unknown | |
Friendly | 1st Feb 1913 | Ilkeston United | 1 | 3 | Chelsea | unknown | |
Friendly | 1st Mar 1913 | Gillingham | 0 | 0 | Chelsea | unknown | |
Friendly | 8th Mar 1913 | Chelsea | 5 | 0 | Gillingham | unknown | |
Reserve League | 15th Mar 1913 | Bristol City | 1 | 3 | Chelsea | unknown | |
Reserve League | 24th Mar 1913 | Peterborough City | 3 | 1 | Chelsea | 4,000 |
Chelsea Graves Society Info & External Research Links:
In February 1915, Norman enlisted in the Army, joining 17th Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, the Football Battalion, but then signing for Stalybridge Celtic the following month, later playing for Reading whilst undergoing military training.
In the summer of 1916, he was by now a Sergeant and involved in the heavy fighting to take Delville Wood during the Somme Campaign and on 28 July he was killed in action.
Norman’s body was never recovered.
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