Sidney Ernest Rowland Castle (12 March 1892 in

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– 27 January 1978) was an English professional

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who played for Basingstoke Town, Thornycroft Athletic, Guildford United,

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, Chelsea.

Football career

After playing for Basingstoke Town, Thorneycrofts and Guildford United, the outside right joined Tottenham Hotspur. Between 1919 and 1920 Castle made five appearances for the ''Spurs''. He signed for Charlton Athletic in 1921 and went on to play in 66 matches and scoring 10 goals. In 1923, Castle signed for Chelsea where he featured in a further 33 games and finding the net twice. He re-joined Guildford United where he ended his playing career.

Management career

He coached in the Netherlands at Ajax between early 1927 and September 1928 and two teams from

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before coaching Heerenveen in two spells and FC Meppel.MSC Meppel
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References

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