Sidney Tickridge (10 April 1923 – 6 January 1997) was a professional

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who played for

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, Chelsea,

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and represented

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at schoolboy level.

Football career

Tickridge joined Spurs as a junior in April 1946. He played a total of 101 games in all competitions for the club in the position of full back from 1946 to 1950. Tickridge took part in the

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side of 1950–51 when he completed one match.League champions 1950–51 players
Retrieved 18 September 2008 He left the club in March 1951 to join Chelsea in a transfer deal, and went on to make 61 appearances. He ended his senior career at Brentford and featured in 62 matches from 1955 to 1956.

External links

Retrieved 4 December 2012

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tickridge, Sid 1923 births 1997 deaths Footballers from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets People from Stepney Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players Chelsea F.C. players Brentford F.C. players English Football League players English men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks 20th-century English sportsmen England men's amateur international footballers