Alf Amos

Alfred Herbert Amos (9 February 1893 – 27 October 1959) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Brentford and Millwall. He is a member of the Millwall Hall of Fame.

Alf Amos

Amos lining up for Brentford in 1919.
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Herbert Amos[1]
Date of birth	(1893-02-09)9 February 1893
Place of birth	Forest Hill, England
Date of death	27 October 1959(1959-10-27) (aged 66)
Place of death	Dunstable, England
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1913	Old Kingstonians
1913–1922	Brentford	131	(5)
1922–1929	Millwall Athletic	217	(13)
	Hitchin Town
Managerial career
1930–1937	Hitchin Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

A wing half, Amos began his career as an amateur with Old Kingstonians and joined Southern League Second Division club Brentford in 1913.^[2] He remained with Brentford during the First World War and was still a regular in the team when the club was admitted to the new Football League Third Division for the 1920–21 season.^[2][3] By the time Amos transferred to Millwall in 1922, he had made 139 appearances and scored five goals for Brentford.^[3] He remained with Millwall for seven seasons and was an ever-present in the team which finished the 1927–28 season as Third Division South champions,^[2] which secured promotion to the Second Division for the first time in the club's history.^[4] Amos' achievements were recognised posthumously with a place in the Millwall Hall of Fame.^[5] He finished his career with non-league club Hitchin Town and had a successful spell as the club's manager.^{[2][6][7][8][9][10]}

Personal life

Amos served in the British Armed Forces during the First World War.^[11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brentford	1914–15[3]	Southern League Second Division	23	0	3	0	26	0
	1919–20[3]	Southern League First Division	33	1	1	0	34	1
	1920–21[3]	Third Division	35	2	1	0	36	2
	1921–22[3]	Third Division South	40	2	3	0	43	2
	Total		131	5	8	0	139	5
Millwall	1922–23[12]	Third Division South	40	2	3	0	43	2
	1923–24[13]		39	4	0	0	39	4
	1924–25[14]		25	0	1	0	26	0
	1925–26[15]		24	2	5	2	29	4
	1926–27[16]		37	3	5	0	42	3
	1927–28[4]		42	2	1	0	43	2
	1928–29[17]	Second Division	8	0	0	0	8	0
	Total		217	13	15	2	232	15
Career total			348	18	23	2	371	20

Honours

Player

Brentford

• London Combination (1): 1918–19^[2]

Millwall

• Football League Third Division South (1): 1927–28^[4]

Manager

Hitchin Town

• Spartan League Premier Division (1): 1934–35^[6]
• Spartan League First Division second-place promotion (1): 1930–31^[7]
• Spartan League Challenge Cup (1): 1935^[8]
• AFA Senior Cup (1): 1931–32^[9]
• Herts Senior Cup (3): 1930–31, 1931–32, 1933–34^[10]

Individual

• Millwall Hall of Fame^[5]

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 8. ISBN 978-1905891610.
2. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-0955294914.
3. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 363–366. ISBN 0951526200.
4. "Millwall Season 27/28 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
5. "The Millwall Hall of Fame". Millwall FC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
6. "Season 1934–35". Hitchin Town Football Club. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
7. "Spartan League 1907–1934". www.nonleaguematters.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. "Season 1931–32". Hitchin Town Football Club. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
11. "Brentford FC players in the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
12. "Millwall Season 22/23 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
13. "Millwall Season 23/24 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
14. "Millwall Season 24/25 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
15. "Millwall Season 25/26 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
16. "Millwall Season 26/27 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
17. "Millwall Season 28/29 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 August 2019.