Edward Gaskell was an English professional footballer, coach and manager.
16 Facts About Ted Gaskell
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Ted Gaskell is best remembered for his time in the Football League with Brentford, with whom he had a 15-year association as a goalkeeper and coach.
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Ted Gaskell held coaching positions at non-League clubs Hendon, Wealdstone, Southall and with the Football Association at Lilleshall.
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Ted Gaskell moved to Second Division club Chesterfield in June 1936 and departed the following year, again without making an appearance.
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Ted Gaskell ultimately failed to make a professional appearance for the club before the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 saw professional football suspended.
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Ted Gaskell remained with the club for a short time during the early part of the war and suffered the ignominy of conceding seven goals in the last 25 minutes of a West London derby with Queens Park Rangers in December 1939.
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Ted Gaskell made up his mind to retire at the end of the season and despite manager Jackie Gibbons trying to persuade him otherwise, Gaskell retired in May 1952.
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Ted Gaskell made just 38 appearances during 15 years with the Bees.
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Ted Gaskell was awarded a joint-testimonial with Tom Manley in April 1954.
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Ted Gaskell returned to Griffin Park in 2004, as part of the celebrations for the ground's 100th anniversary.
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At the time of his death in February 2009, Gaskell was Brentford's last-surviving pre-war player and he was posthumously inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in 2019.
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Ted Gaskell served as manager of Athenian League clubs Hendon, Wealdstone and Southall in the mid-1950s.
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Ted Gaskell took up an offer from former Brentford teammate George Smith to train and coach the England team at Bisham Abbey before international matches.
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Two unremarkable seasons followed in the Seanglian League, though Ted Gaskell identified future first team successes Peter Gelson, Tommy Higginson and John Docherty and played them in the team while they were progressing through the youth and reserve ranks.
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Ted Gaskell served as PT Instructor at Aldershot Barracks during the Second World War and was friends with Frank Swift and Matt Busby while there.
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In later life, Ted Gaskell worked for Platt's Grocers in Hounslow and later for the Customs service for 20 years.