Keith Bannister (footballer, born 1930)

Keith Bannister
Personal information
Full name Keith Bannister
Date of birth (1930-11-13) 13 November 1930
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Wing half
Youth career
1948–1950 Sheffield United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948–1950 Sheffield United 0 (0)
1950–1954 Birmingham City 22 (0)
1954–1955 King's Lynn
1955 Wrexham 14 (0)
1955–1956 Chesterfield 21 (1)
1956–1957 Norwich City 7 (0)
1957–1958 Peterborough United 1 (0)
1958–195? King's Lynn
195?–1959 Worksop Town
1959–196? Matlock Town

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Keith Bannister (born 13 November 1930) is an English former professional footballer who played 64 games in the Football League representing Birmingham City, Wrexham, Chesterfield and Norwich City.[1] He played as a wing half.

Life and career

Bannister was born in Sheffield. He was capped at youth level by England, played as a junior with Sheffield United and turned professional in 1948,[2] but never played for the club in the Football League.[1] He joined Birmingham City in August 1950, but National Service obligations delayed his debut until 29 November 1952, when he deputised for club captain Len Boyd in a home game against Nottingham Forest which Birmingham lost 5–0.[2][3] He had a run of games in the second half of the season replacing the injured Roy Warhurst, and a few more at the start of the 1953–54 season, but was unable to dislodge either player from the starting eleven.[3]

In August 1954 Bannister left for King's Lynn of the Midland League.[2] After one season he returned to the Football League with Wrexham, six months later moved to Chesterfield, and after a further six months signed for Norwich City, but he was unable to establish himself as a first-team player. In the 1957 close season he dropped back into non-league football with Peterborough United, for whom he played one Midland League and one FA Cup match,[4] and went on to play for King's Lynn,[2] Worksop Town, and Matlock Town. In the 1959–60 season, Bannister, by now playing as a centre-half, captained Matlock through four rounds of qualifying to reach the First Round Proper of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history,[5][6] and contributed to their championship of the Central Alliance League, Division One North.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Keith Bannister". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  3. 1 2 Matthews, p. 188.
  4. ↑ "Keith Bannister Matches For Peterborough". Up The Posh. Chris Wilkinson. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Pen Pictures And Player Profiles – Matlock Town 1959/60". Down Causeway Lane. Matlock Town F.C. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.
  6. ↑ "Matlock Town". Football Club History Database. Richard Rundle. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  7. ↑ "Crook Town and that 1959/60 season". Down Causeway Lane. Matlock Town F.C. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008.
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