{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | image = | name = Sid Wallace | fullname = | height = | position = [[Forward (association football)#Striker|Striker]] | birth_date = {{birth date |1957|05|30|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Wigan]], England | youthyears1 = –1975 | youthclubs1 = [[Everton F.C. Under-21s and Academy|Everton]] | years1 = 1975–1980 | years2 = 1976 | years3 = 1977 | years4 = 1978 | years5 = 1979 | clubs1 = [[Waterford F.C.|Waterford United]] | clubs2 = [[Utah Golden Spikers]] | clubs3 = Windsor Stars | clubs4 = [[Southern California Lazers]] | clubs5 = [[Cleveland Cobras]] | caps1 = 112 | caps2 = | caps3 = 24 | caps4 = 24 | caps5 = | goals1 = 52 | goals2 = | goals3 = 25 | goals4 = 14 | goals5 = | nationalyears1 = 1977 | nationalteam1 = [[League of Ireland XI]] | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Sid Wallace''' (born 30 May 1957) was an English [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]], most famously for [[Waterford F.C.|Waterford United]].
==Career== Wallace's first competitive match was a rugby league one, playing for Greenburg Street in the Wigan Amateur league, where he remained for four years before switching codes to the round ball. He signed for [[Everton F.C. Under-21s and Academy|Everton Youths]], where his teammates included [[Cliff Marshall]] (the ''Toffees''{{'}} first ever black player) and [[Dave Jones (footballer, born 1956)|Dave Jones]]. He also recalled [[Bob Latchford]] as the star at the club, an England international who was a prolific goalscorer. Wallace was himself not shy in front of goal, but in the 1973–74 season, after making 22 appearances and scoring 21 times, he had the misfortune to break his leg against Blackpool.
Wallace's bad luck was to work in Waterford's favour however, as he began his return from the injury. The ''Blues'' manager at the time, [[John McSeveney]], happened to be a good friend of Everton manager [[Billy Bingham]], and in fact was best man at his wedding, and he asked Bingham if he could help out by sending someone over who could get some goals. Wallace decided to come to Waterford and see how it worked out, and what started out to be a twelve-month stint went on for five years.
He made his [[League of Ireland]] debut for the Blues against Bohemians on 9 November 1975.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1975/1110/Pg004.html#Ar00403:07A7D30947EA2FE82B3368432D0B182FDB28.html |date=1975-11-10 |issn=0791-5144 |location=Dublin |language=en-ie |title=Register |access-date=25 June 2023 |url-access=subscription |via=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref> The following week, he netted his first goal against [[Shelbourne F.C.|Shelbourne]] at [[Harold's Cross Stadium]]. In January 1976, he briefly played with [[Bobby Charlton]], who had signed a short-term contract at Waterford. He was the top scorer in the [[1976–77 League of Ireland]] season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html|title = Ireland - List of Topscorers}}</ref> Wallace was Player of the Month in December 1977.
He scored the winning goal in the 1979 [[FAI Cup]] semi final against [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.|Shamrock Rovers]] at [[Dalymount Park]]. Despite losing the [[FAI Cup]] final to [[Dundalk F.C.|Dundalk]], this guaranteed entry to the [[1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup]] as the ''Lilywhites'' had won the [[Double (association football)|Double]]. Unfortunately for Wallace, he missed both ties against [[IFK Göteborg]] through injury.
In the summer of 1976, Wallace played for the [[Utah Golden Spikers]] of the [[American Soccer League (1933–1983)|American Soccer League]]. In the summer of 1977, he played in Canada in the [[Canadian National Soccer League|National Soccer League]] with the Windsor Stars.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hall|first=Dave Hall|date=May 2, 1977|title=City shuts down Stars|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/503084552/?terms=ron+clayton|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-13|website=Newspapers.com|publisher=The Windsor Star|page=26|language=en}}</ref> In his debut season with Windsor, he recorded 25 goals in 24 matches.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wilkinson|first=Jeff|date=August 15, 1977|title=Townsend apologizes for Stars' bad night|page=17|work=[[Windsor Star]]}}</ref> In the summer of 1978, he played for the [[Southern California Lazers]].<ref>[http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1978.html#ASL The Year in American Soccer - 1978]</ref> In the summer of 1979, he played for the [[Cleveland Cobras]].
== Honours == '''Waterford United''' * [[FAI Cup]]: 1980
==References== {{reflist}}
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