12 Facts About Bernard Joy

Bernard Joy was an English footballer and journalist.

Bernard Joy is notable for being the last amateur player to play for the England national team.

Bernard Joy studied at the University of London, playing in his spare time for the university football side at centre half.

Bernard Joy won ten caps for the England amateur team and was captain of the Great Britain football side at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin where they played China and Poland.

Bernard Joy played 29 games for Corinthians between December 1933 and October 1936 including on Corinthian's Easter Tours of France and Germany and in Denmark for a game to celebrate KB Copenhagen's 60th Anniversary.

Arsenal won the FA Cup that season but Bernard Joy played no part in the final.

Bernard Joy continued to play for Arsenal, mainly deputising for the Gunners' established centre-half Herbie Roberts.

Bernard Joy appeared as a guest player for West Ham United later in World War II making two appearances.

Bernard Joy began his career in journalism as a football writer on The Star, one of three London evening papers published in the 1940s.

Bernard Joy later moved to the Evening Standard and the Sunday Express as football and lawn tennis correspondent until retirement in 1976.

Bernard Joy was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1977 Silver Jubilee and Birthday Honours.

Bernard Joy often held dinner parties at his house in Osterley which many footballing celebrities would attend.