Harry Goslin

Harry Goslin

Football player infobox
playername= Harry Goslin


fullname = Henry Goslin
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date|1909|11|9
cityofbirth = Willington
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|1943|12|18|1909|11|9
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath = Italy
height =
currentclub =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1930-1939
clubs = Bolton Wanderers
caps(goals) = 306 (23)
nationalyears =
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Henry Goslin MC, (born 9 November 1909, died December 1943), better known as Harry Goslin, was an English footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers for the whole of his professional career. He played in defence.

Born in Willington, he was signed from Nottingham amateur football team Boots Athletic in 1930 for the fee of £25. His debut was inauspicious, playing in the 7–2 defeat by Liverpool. He suffered both relegation and promotion with the club, and in 1936 was made captain of the team by manager Charles Foweraker. In total he played 306 games for the club, scoring 23 times.

on 8 April, 1939 with war seemingly inevitable, Goslin stood in front of a microphone in the middle of Burnden Park and told the assembled crowd that after the game the Bolton team would make their way to the local Territorial Army hall to sign up. When Germany invaded Poland, the cessation of official football games was immediate but local games were allowed and, subject to leave, Goslin played in four games for Bolton as well as guesting for Chelsea and Norwich City when posted temporarily in the south of England and East Anglia. He was also selected for an unofficial international for England against Scotland.

The majority of the team were posted to the 53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment and Goslin, now promoted to sergeant, and the other players saw action in France leading up to the withdrawals at Dunkirk. Back in England Golsin was promoted to Lieutenant for his actions in the withdrawal. The regiment were sent to East Anglia to patrol potential enemy landing sites and Goslin was again selected for England, again to play Scotland, twice, as well as Wales.

In the summer of 1942 the regiment set sail for Egypt and took part in the defence of Alam el Halfa. With victory in the campaign, the regiment were sent to Kirkurk and then Kifri, where various members of the Bolton team, including Goslin, played for the British Army against the Polish Army in a 4–2 victory.

The 53rd Regiment then joined in the invasion of Italy, making their way from Taranto to Foggia without much trouble. They then took part in the battle to take control of the River Sangro crossing. Fighting took place for over a month and a number of Goslin's fellow Bolton players were removed. on 14 December, 1943, a mortar bomb exploded in the tree under which Goslin had made his observation point. He was hit in the back by shrapnel and wood and mortally wounded although he fought for life for a few more days. He left a wife and two children, one of whom, his son Bob, became a senior figure in the Bolton police as well as in South Yorkshire and Cambridgeshire. He died in August 2008 [cite news | title=Former police chief dies after illness| url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/3626999.Former_police_chief_dies_after_illness/ | publisher=The Bolton News | date=27 August 2008 | first=Saiqa | last=Chaudhari | accessdate=2008-09-10] .

As a mark of respect, the Bolton players lined up before the centre stand of Burnden Park for a minutes silence and wearing black armbands before their New Year's Day War League game. Goslin was the only member of the Bolton team to die during the war and is buried at the Sangro River War Cemetery. [Cite web|url=http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2377981|title=Casualty Details|work=cwgc.org|accessdate=2008-09-10|]

References

*cite book
author=Tim Purcell and Mike Gething
title=Wartime Wanderers
publisher=Mainstream Sport
year=1996
id=ISBN 1-84018-583-X

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