# Sid Wallace

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English footballer

Sid Wallace Personal information Date of birth (1957-05-30)30 May 1957 Place of birth Wigan, England Position Striker Youth career –1975 Everton Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1975–1980 Waterford United 112 (52) 1976 Utah Golden Spikers 1977 Windsor Stars 24 (25) 1978 Southern California Lazers 24 (14) 1979 Cleveland Cobras International career 1977 League of Ireland XI 2 (0) * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Sid Wallace** (born 30 May 1957) was an English [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [striker](/source/Forward_(association_football)#Striker), most famously for [Waterford United](/source/Waterford_F.C.).

## 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 Youths](/source/Everton_F.C._Under-21s_and_Academy), where his teammates included [Cliff Marshall](/source/Cliff_Marshall) (the *Toffees*' first ever black player) and [Dave Jones](/source/Dave_Jones_(footballer%2C_born_1956)). He also recalled [Bob Latchford](/source/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](/source/John_McSeveney), happened to be a good friend of Everton manager [Billy Bingham](/source/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](/source/League_of_Ireland) debut for the Blues against Bohemians on 9 November 1975.[1] The following week, he netted his first goal against [Shelbourne](/source/Shelbourne_F.C.) at [Harold's Cross Stadium](/source/Harold's_Cross_Stadium). In January 1976, he briefly played with [Bobby Charlton](/source/Bobby_Charlton), who had signed a short-term contract at Waterford. He was the top scorer in the [1976–77 League of Ireland](/source/1976%E2%80%9377_League_of_Ireland) season.[2] Wallace was Player of the Month in December 1977.

He scored the winning goal in the 1979 [FAI Cup](/source/FAI_Cup) semi final against [Shamrock Rovers](/source/Shamrock_Rovers_F.C.) at [Dalymount Park](/source/Dalymount_Park). Despite losing the [FAI Cup](/source/FAI_Cup) final to [Dundalk](/source/Dundalk_F.C.), this guaranteed entry to the [1979–80 European Cup Winners' Cup](/source/1979%E2%80%9380_European_Cup_Winners'_Cup) as the *Lilywhites* had won the [Double](/source/Double_(association_football)). Unfortunately for Wallace, he missed both ties against [IFK Göteborg](/source/IFK_G%C3%B6teborg) through injury.

In the summer of 1976, Wallace played for the [Utah Golden Spikers](/source/Utah_Golden_Spikers) of the [American Soccer League](/source/American_Soccer_League_(1933%E2%80%931983)). In the summer of 1977, he played in Canada in the [National Soccer League](/source/Canadian_National_Soccer_League) with the Windsor Stars.[3] In his debut season with Windsor, he recorded 25 goals in 24 matches.[4] In the summer of 1978, he played for the [Southern California Lazers](/source/Southern_California_Lazers).[5] In the summer of 1979, he played for the [Cleveland Cobras](/source/Cleveland_Cobras).

## Honours

**Waterford United**

- [FAI Cup](/source/FAI_Cup): 1980

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Register"](https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1975/1110/Pg004.html#Ar00403:07A7D30947EA2FE82B3368432D0B182FDB28.html). Dublin. 10 November 1975. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0791-5144](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0791-5144). Retrieved 25 June 2023 – via [The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Ireland - List of Topscorers"](http://rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hall, Dave Hall (2 May 1977). ["City shuts down Stars"](http://www.newspapers.com/image/503084552/?terms=ron+clayton). *Newspapers.com*. The Windsor Star. p. 26. Retrieved 13 August 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Wilkinson, Jeff (15 August 1977). "Townsend apologizes for Stars' bad night". *[Windsor Star](/source/Windsor_Star)*. p. 17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [The Year in American Soccer - 1978](http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1978.html#ASL)

v t e League of Ireland A Division top scorers 1921–22: Kelly 1922–23: Fullam 1923–24: Roberts 1924–25: Farrell 1925–26: Farrell 1926–27: D. Byrne & McMillan 1927–28: Heinemann 1928–29: Carroll 1929–30: Ledwidge 1930–31: Hair 1931–32: Ferguson & Forster 1932–33: Ebbs 1933–34: Rigby 1934–35: Rigby 1935–36: Turnbull 1936–37: Sclater 1937–38: W. Byrne 1938–39: Bradshaw 1939–40: Bradshaw 1940–41: O'Flanagan 1941–42: T. Byrne 1942–43: McCarthy 1943–44: McCarthy 1944–45: McCarthy 1945–46: O'Leary 1946–47: Coad & Hanson 1947–48: McCarthy 1948–49: Lester, E. Noonan & O'Leary 1949–50: McCulloch 1950–51: Glynn 1951–52: Gibbons 1952–53: Gibbons 1953–54: Jordan 1954–55: Gauld 1955–56: Gibbons 1956–57: T. Hamilton & Leahy 1957–58: Leahy 1958–59: Leahy 1959–60: A. Noonan 1960–61: McCaffrey 1961–62: Bailham 1962–63: Lynch 1963–64: Bailham 1964–65: Mooney 1965–66: Lynch 1966–67: Brookes & D. Hale 1967–68: Davenport & Hannigan 1968–69: Leech 1969–70: Bradley 1970–71: Bradley 1971–72: A. Hale & Marsden 1972–73: A. Hale & Harkin 1973–74: Flanagan & T. O'Connor 1974–75: Bradley 1975–76: Bradley 1976–77: Wallace 1977–78: T. O'Connor 1978–79: Delamere 1979–80: Campbell 1980–81: Davis 1981–82: M. O'Connor 1982–83: Larkin 1983–84: Campbell 1984–85: Gaynor & M. O'Connor

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