Tommy Capel

Position
Forward
Nationality
Place Of Birth
Manchester
Date Of Birth
June 27, 1922
Date Of Death
October 5, 2009 (87)
Games Played
40
-
Per Game
Games Started
40
1.0
Per Game
Minutes
3630
90.8
Per Game
Goals
24
0.6
Per Game
Assists
0
0
Per Game
Notes
Stats
Matches
Transfers
Gallery
Internationals

Capel lost the best years of his career to WWII and joined Chesterfield soon after the hostilities. The dashing inside-forward was a regular scorer and played his best football at Nottingham Forest scoring 72 goals in five seasons including 23 in Forest’s Second Division promotion campaign of 1950-51. City boss Jack Fairbrother pulled off a major coup signing Capel and his Forest colleague Collindridge in 1954. He had one good season for City before Jesse Carver sold him to Halifax. His career ended in non-league with Heanor and he later lived in Nottigham.

Hat tricks (1)
1954-55
2 May 1955 v Queens Park Rangers H

Football League Third Division South (England)
1955-1956
Coventry City
2
2
180′
1 (0)
1954-1955
Coventry City
34
34
3060′
19 (0)
36
36
0
3240′
0
0
0
20 (0)
0
0
FA Cup (England)
1954-1955
Coventry City
4
4
390′
4 (0)
4
4
0
390′
0
0
0
4 (0)
0
0
Totals:
40
40
0
3630′
0
0
0
24 (0)
0
0
Date
For
Against
H/A
Result
Football League Third Division South 1955-1956
Football League Third Division South 1955-1956
Coventry City
Watford
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
H
W 3:1
90`
1
Football League Third Division South 1954-1955
Football League Third Division South 1954-1955
Coventry City
Brighton & Hove Albion
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Southend United
H
L 1:4
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
H
W 5:1
90`
3
Coventry City
Northampton Town
H
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Norwich City
H
W 4:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Colchester United
H
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Walsall
H
W 5:3
90`
1
Coventry City
Bristol City
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
A
L 3:2
90`
2
Coventry City
Torquay United
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Brentford
H
W 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Southampton
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Northampton Town
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
H
W 4:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Aldershot
H
W 2:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Southend United
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Watford
H
W 3:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Colchester United
A
W 0:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Exeter City
H
D 1:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Newport County
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town
H
W 3:0
90`
Coventry City
Walsall
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Leyton Orient
H
D 2:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Bristol City
H
L 1:3
90`
1
Coventry City
Gillingham
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Torquay United
A
W 1:2
90`
Coventry City
Gillingham
H
W 4:1
90`
2
Coventry City
Brighton & Hove Albion
H
W 2:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Reading
A
D 2:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Brentford
A
W 2:3
90`
Coventry City
Reading
H
W 2:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
H
W 1:0
90`
FA Cup 1954-1955
FA Cup 1954-1955
Coventry City
Huddersfield Town
H
L 1:2
120`
Coventry City
Huddersfield Town
A
D 3:3
90`
2
Coventry City
Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
H
W 4:0
90`
2
Coventry City
Northampton Town
A
W 0:1
90`
Club Out
Club In
Transfer Date
Fee
Club Out / Club In
Transfer Date / Fee
Coventry City
Halifax Town
Sat, 01 Oct, 1955
Coventry City
Halifax Town
Sat, 01 Oct, 1955
Nottingham Forest
Coventry City
Tue, 01 Jun, 1954
Nottingham Forest
Coventry City
Tue, 01 Jun, 1954