Career statistics

Club

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

|1934||2||1

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|1935||1||0

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|1936||0||0

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|1937||3||4

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|1938||8||3

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|1939||3||0

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|1940||0||0

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|1941||0||0

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|1942||0||0

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|1943||0||0

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|1944||0||0

|-

|1945||0||0

|-

|1946||0||0

|-

|1947||6||1

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|1948||6||1

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|1949||1||0

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|1950||2||0

|-

|1951||1||0

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|1952||0||0

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|1953||3||0

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|1954||5||0

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|1955||5||0

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|1956||5||1

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|1957||3||0

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!colspan="2"|Total!!54!!11

|}

:Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Matthews goal.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Stanley Matthews

|-

!scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

|-

| align="center"|1 || 29 September 1934 || Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales || || || align="center"|4–0 || 1934–35 British Home Championship

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| align="center"|2 || 17 November 1937 || Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough, England || || || align="center"|2–1 || 1937–38 British Home Championship

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| align="center"|3 || rowspan="3"|1 December 1937 || rowspan="3"|White Hart Lane, London, England || rowspan="3"| || || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|5–4 || rowspan="3"|Friendly

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| align="center"|4 ||

|-

| align="center"|5 ||

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| align="center"|6 || 14 May 1938 || Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany || || || align="center"|6–3 || Friendly

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| align="center"|7 || 22 October 1938 || Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales || || || align="center"|2–4 || 1938–39 British Home Championship

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| align="center"|8 || 18 November 1938 || Old Trafford, Manchester, England || || || align="center"|7–0 || 1938–39 British Home Championship

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| align="center"|9 || 25 May 1947 || Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal || || || align="center"|10–0 || Friendly

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| align="center"|10 || 9 October 1948 || Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland || || || align="center"|6–2 || 1948–49 British Home Championship

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| align="center"|11 || 6 October 1956 || Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland || || || align="center"|1–1 || 1956–57 British Home Championship

|}

Managerial statistics

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

|-

!rowspan="2"|Team

!rowspan="2"|From

!rowspan="2"|To

!colspan=5|Record

|-

!!!!!!!!!

|-

|align=left|Port Vale

|align=left|31 May 1967

|align=left|31 May 1968

|-

!colspan="3"|Total runner-up: 1947–48, 1950–51

England

  • British Home Championship: 1935, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957

::a. The Championship was shared with Scotland in 1935, with Wales and Scotland in 1939, and with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1956.

Manager

Hibernians

  • Maltese FA Trophy: 1970–71
  • Independence Cup: 1970–71
  • PFA Merit Award: 1987
  • FIFA Gold Order of Merit: 1992
  • FWA Tribute Award: 1995
  • Ontario Sports Hall of Fame: 1995 (Honorary member)
  • Football League 100 Legends: 1998
  • English Football Hall of Fame: 2002
  • PFA Team of the Century (1907–1976): 2007
  • IFFHS Legends
  • IFFHS men's All Time England dream team
  • IFFHS England Player of the Century: #2
  • IFFHS European Player of the Century: #8
  • IFFHS World Player of the Century: #11

Orders

  • CBE: 1957
  • Knight Bachelor: 1965

Autobiography

Matthews' autobiography, The Way It Was, was released by Headline in 2000. The book is dedicated to his wife Mila, who died the year before its publication.

Matthews had previously written another autobiography. Titled Feet First, it was published by Ewen And Dale in 1948.

References

Bibliography

  • BBC Archive Collections: Football Legends – collection of archived material by the BBC