George Jobey (July 1885 – 9 May 1962) was an English

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player and manager. He won the league championship as a player with his hometown club

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Career

Jobey was born in 1885 in Heddon,

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, and played football for local boys' clubs in Morpeth before joining

in 1906. He made his senior debut on 20 April 1907 in a 4–2 loss at

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. He spent seven seasons with the ''Magpies'' but only played 53 matches, mostly playing at centre or right half; however, he played enough times to win a

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winner's medal in 1908–09 and also picked up a runners-up medal in the

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; Newcastle lost 1–0 in a replay to

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after a goalless first match. Jobey was transferred to Woolwich Arsenal in May 1913, and made an immediate impact. On 6 September 1913, Arsenal faced

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in their very first match at their new

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. After Leicester's Tommy Benfield had become the first player to score at the new stadium, Jobey joined him in the record books as the first Arsenal player to do so, heading home just before half-time. In the second half, he was injured and so became the first player to be stretchered off at Highbury. He played 28 league matches that season before being transferred during the close season to

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. He only spent a single season at Bradford before

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intervened and the

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was suspended. He served in the

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and played for Scottish club

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during the conflict, before moving to

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after hostilities ended. Jobey then became player-manager of

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in 1920, as the club became founder members of the Third Division. He achieved two mid table finished before quitting the game in April 1922 to become a hotelier. He was tempted back into the game five months later to become manager of

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. His first season at Molineux proved a struggle and the club slipped down to the Third Division for the first time in their history. The following season saw an immediate return though as they won the 1923–24 Third Division (North) title. However, he again dropped out of the game though after this success, returning to running a hotel. In 1925, he returned to football when he was appointed manager of

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. He was an immediate success, leading them to promotion in 1925–26 and twice securing runners-up place in the First Division, in 1929–30 and 1935–36. Derby toured Nazi Germany with Jobey as manager in 1934. In 1941, he was accused of making illegal payments to players, as an inducement for them to sign for Derby; a

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inquiry found him guilty and banned him from football for life. Jobey's suspension was lifted in 1945, but apart from a year in charge of

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between 1952 and 1953, he remained out of the game. He died in hospital in

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on 9 May 1962, aged 76.

Honours

Newcastle United (as player) *

championship: 1908–09 *

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runner-up:

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Wolverhampton Wanderers * Third Division championship: 1923–24

Notes

References

Notes Bibliography * *

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jobey, George 1885 births 1962 deaths Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Military personnel from Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle United F.C. players Arsenal F.C. players Bradford (Park Avenue) A.F.C. players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Leicester City F.C. players Northampton Town F.C. players English Football League managers English Football League players Scottish Football League players English football managers Northampton Town F.C. managers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. managers Derby County F.C. managers Mansfield Town F.C. managers British Army personnel of World War I Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers