Cliff bastin autobiography of a face
Cliff bastin autobiography of a face
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CLIFFORD SYDNEY BASTIN – ARSENAL LEGEND WHO APPEARS AROUND THE EMIRATES WITH OTHER GREATS AS PART OF OUR CLUBS GREAT HISTORY:
POSITION – WINGER – OUTSIDE LEFT:
Born 14th March 1912 – Died 4th December 1991
Club Details for league only.
Exeter City – 1928-1929 making 17 appearances and 6 goals.
Arsenal – 1929-1947 making 350 appearances and scoring 150 goals.
England International details.
1931 – 1938 making 21 appearances and scoring 12 goals.
HISTORY.
It was Herbert Chapman who brought the 17-year-old to the famous Arsenal when he signed him at the end of the 1928-29 season.
The rumour goes that Herbert had gone to the Exeter/Watford game, to look at a Watford player, but was so impressed by this young man, he made the decision to sign him from that one game.
Cliff made his debut on the 5th October 1929 against Everton and made 21 first team appearances in his first season.
From then, until the outbreak of the second world war, “Boy Bastin” as he was nicknamed, played