# Jack Pickering > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_Pickering > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_Pickering.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Pickering > Source revision: 1276633030 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use British English|date=September 2012}} {{Infobox football biography | name= Jack Pickering | image = | fullname = John Pickering | height = 5 ft 10+1/2 in{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-vii/134492706/ |title=Sheffield United. Likeliest side for promotion in Division II |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=vii |via=Newspapers.com}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1908|12|18|df=y}} | birth_place = [High Green](/source/High_Green), [Sheffield](/source/Sheffield), England | death_date = {{death date and age|1977|5|10|1908|12|18|df=y}} | death_place = [Bournemouth](/source/Bournemouth), England | position = [Inside left](/source/Inside_forward) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1925–1948 | clubs1 = [Sheffield United](/source/Sheffield_United_F.C.) | caps1 = 344 | goals1 = 102 | nationalyears1 = 1933 | nationalteam1 = [England](/source/England_national_football_team) | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''John Pickering''' (18 December 1908 – 10 May 1977){{cite web |title=England players: Jack Pickering |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersP/BioPickeringJ.html |website=englandfootballonline |date=10 May 2018 |accessdate=4 October 2018}} was an English [footballer](/source/association_football) who played for [Sheffield United](/source/Sheffield_United_F.C.) between 1925 and 1948. He played in the position of [inside left](/source/Inside_forward). == Life and career == Pickering learned his football at [Barnsley Grammar School](/source/Barnsley_Grammar_School) and [Mortomley St. Saviours](/source/Mortomley_St._Saviours) from where he came directly to [Sheffield United](/source/Sheffield_United_F.C.) at the age of 17, in 1925.Young, Percy A. (1962). ''Football in Sheffield''. {{ISBN|0-9506272-4-0}} He was a tall, long striding attacking player, and was instantly seen as a successor to [Billy Gillespie](/source/Billy_Gillespie) at inside-forward. Pickering was a part-time player, first working as a [bookmaker](/source/bookmaker) and then an [accountant](/source/accountant). He was a clever manipulator of the ball and a master of the long cross field pass which had been a feature of Sheffield United's play in the 1890s.Clarebrough, Denis. (1989) ''Sheffield United F.C., The First 100 years''. {{ISBN|0-9508588-1-1}} An intelligent player, he generally lay far back behind, directing his fellow forwards with discriminating passes. Pickering became a regular first team player at the end of the 1920s as Gillespie's playing career wound down. His ball control was excellent as was his passing. He played a thoughtful studied game, simple in essence, but he was also a fast runner and began to score splendid goals with hard shots often from around the edge of the six-yard box. Yet, the United matchday programme writer in October 1930 grumbled that Pickering did not put 'enough ginger' into his play and judged him as 'moody'.Clarebrough, Denis. ''From The Past, Sheffield United matchday programme, 26 December 1986''. He was chosen for the [Football League side](/source/The_Football_League_XI) in 1932 and for the Rest against England in an international trial in March 1933. The Rest forward line played so well (winning 5-1) that they were all chosen to play [Scotland](/source/Scotland_national_football_team) at [Hampden Park](/source/Hampden_Park). Pickering received what turned out to be his only international cap for England in that match.{{Englandstats|ref=y|access-date=4 October 2018}}[http://www.englandfc.com/nostal/yrbyyr/1930_1934.html England Match Details] (Retrieved 19 December 2006) Pickering scored two goals in the [FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) 5th round tie against [Leeds United](/source/Leeds_United_F.C.) at [Bramall Lane](/source/Bramall_Lane) on 15 February 1936, in a match watched by a record crowd of 68,287. He possessed a strong shot and played in 39 matches in [season 1935-36](/source/1935%E2%80%9336_in_English_football), scoring 17 goals as Sheffield United reached the [1936 FA Cup Final](/source/1936_FA_Cup_Final). Pickering partnered striker [Bobby Barclay](/source/Bobby_Barclay) in the final against [Arsenal](/source/Arsenal_F.C.) at [Wembley Stadium](/source/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)), and both impressed with their stylish distribution and approach play. But it was not to be United's day and they lost the match 1–0. In season [1938–39](/source/1938%E2%80%9339_in_English_football), Pickering was partnered with [Jimmy Hagan](/source/Jimmy_Hagan) in possibly one of United's most exciting teams of the 1900s. When [World War II](/source/World_War_II) broke out, United were standing at the top of the [First Division](/source/Football_League_First_Division) – the season was canceled after just three matches. He played in wartime matches for Sheffield United, and made eleven appearances in the team which won the [League North](/source/Football_League_North_and_South) title in [season 1945-46](/source/1945%E2%80%9346_in_English_football). The first [post-war season](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_in_English_football) saw him make just one appearance and that was in the Championship decider against [Stoke City](/source/Stoke_City_F.C.). Pickering scored United's second goal that was to take the title to [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool_F.C.) with United finishing sixth in Division One. In a career that spanned 22 seasons, he made his final appearance for Sheffield United against [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth_F.C.) at Bramall Lane on 1 January 1948 when he was 39 years old. Overall, he made 344 league appearances and scored 102 league goals, in a career exclusively with United. Pickering had trained as an accountant, and he cut his formal links with the soccer world taking a [hotel](/source/hotel) in [Bournemouth](/source/Bournemouth). He died aged 68. ==Club statistics== {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{ENFA|name=Jack Pickering}}{{Cite book |last=Clarebrough & Kirkham |title=Sheffield United: the Complete Record |publisher=Derby Books Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=978-1-78091-019-2}} |- ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |[FA Cup](/source/FA_Cup) ! colspan="2" |Other{{efn|Appearance(s) in [Sheffield & Hallamshire County Cup](/source/Sheffield_%26_Hallamshire_County_Cup)}} ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- | rowspan="15" |[Sheffield United](/source/Sheffield_United_F.C.) | [1926–27](/source/1926%E2%80%9327_Football_League) | [Division One](/source/Football_League_First_Division) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |0 |0 | 1 | 0 |- | [1927–28](/source/1927%E2%80%9328_Football_League) | Division One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |0 |0 | 2 | 0 |- | [1928–29](/source/1928%E2%80%9329_Football_League) | Division One | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |0 |0 | 10 | 4 |- | [1929–30](/source/1929%E2%80%9330_Football_League) | Division One | 38 | 14 | 2 | 0 |2 |2 | 42 | 16 |- | [1930–31](/source/1930%E2%80%9331_Football_League) | Division One | 23 | 4 | 1 | 0 |0 |0 | 24 | 4 |- | [1931–32](/source/1931%E2%80%9332_Football_League) | Division One | 34 | 10 | 2 | 1 |0 |0 | 36 | 11 |- | [1932–33](/source/1932%E2%80%9333_Football_League) | Division One | 39 | 13 | 2 | 0 |1 |0 | 42 | 13 |- | [1933–34](/source/1933%E2%80%9334_Football_League) | Division One | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 |2 |1 | 30 | 13 |- | [1934–35](/source/1934%E2%80%9335_Football_League) | [Division Two](/source/Football_League_Second_Division) | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 |1 |0 | 35 | 8 |- | [1935–36](/source/1935%E2%80%9336_Football_League) | Division Two | 35 | 14 | 4 | 3 |2 |1 | 41 | 18 |- | [1936–37](/source/1936%E2%80%9337_Football_League) | Division Two | 39 | 8 | 3 | 1 |2 |2 | 44 | 11 |- | [1937–38](/source/1937%E2%80%9338_Football_League) | Division Two | 37 | 11 | 3 | 1 |0 |0 | 40 | 12 |- | [1938–39](/source/1938%E2%80%9339_Football_League) | Division Two | 24 | 5 | 4 | 1 |0 |0 | 28 | 6 |- | [1946–47](/source/1946%E2%80%9347_Football_League) | Division One | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 1 | 1 |- |[1947–48](/source/1947%E2%80%9348_Football_League) |Division One |1 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |- |- ! colspan="3" |Career total ! 344 ! 102 ! 23 ! 9 !10 !6 ! 377 ! 117 |- |} {{notelist}} ==References and notes== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pickering, Jack}} Category:1908 births Category:1977 deaths Category:Footballers from Sheffield Category:English men's footballers Category:England men's international footballers Category:Sheffield United F.C. players Category:Men's association football inside forwards Category:English Football League players Category:English Football League representative players Category:20th-century English sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jack Pickering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Pickering) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Pickering?action=history)). 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