Enoch West

Enoch West

Enoch James "Knocker" West (31 March 1886 – September 1965) was an English football player.

Born in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, West started his career for Sheffield United. He was not a success at Bramall Lane, and in 1905 a ridiculously low fee of £5 was enough to convince the Blades to sell him to Nottingham Forest.web cite|url=http://www.forest-gazzette.pp.se/goal100.htm|title=The 100 goal Club|publisher=Nottingham Forest Gazzette|accessdate=2006-12-13|last=Nordic|first=Chris] In 1910, he transferred to Manchester United. He helped the club win the 1911 league medal. He scored 80 goals in his Manchester United career.

In 1915, he was banned for life by the Football Association, along with three other United players and four Liverpool players after being found guilty of match-fixing. West protested his innocence, but his ban was not lifted until 1945. His suspension, which lasted 30 years, was the longest in football league history. As he was 61 by the time his ban was lifted, he was never involved in football again.

West died in 1965 at the age of 81.

"Free The Manchester United One", written by Graham Sharpe, was a book written about Enoch West's attempts to clear his name in connection with the match-fixing scandal, many years after his death. [http://www.totalgambler.com/othersports/reviews/79/free_the_manchester_united_one.html]

ee also

* 1915 British football betting scandal

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