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1920–21 Burnley F.C. season

This success was followed by a 2–1 friendly victory over a Scottish Football League XI in a benefit match for Celtic winger Patsy Gallacher.

1931–32 in English football

19 March 1932: Stanley Matthews, 17-year-old winger, makes his debut for Stoke City in a 2-1 league win over Bury at Gigg Lane.

1940 Coupe de France Final

Both teams contained a number of naturalised players in their squads, Paris with five: goalkeeper Hiden, midfielder Jordan and centre forward Hiltl of Austria; and wingers Mathé and Weiskopf from Hungary.

2006 Newcastle Knights season

Despite trailing 18-6 at halftime, the Knights won its first final since their 2001 Grand Final victory by winning 25-18, but the win came at a cost with hooker Danny Buderus suspended for a spear tackle on Manly winger Michael Robertson, ruling him out of Newcastle's following final against the Brisbane Broncos in what was the last ever Johns vs. Lockyer showdown.

2013 World Club Challenge

With 10 minutes left, the Storm appeared to have wrapped up victory when winger Mahe Fonua scored, but referee Ben Thaler ruled forward the final pass from centre Justin O'Neill.

Anatoli Semenov

However, he appeared in only 13 games for the Lightning before being dealt to the Vancouver Canucks, who were looking for a Russian center to play with young superstar winger Pavel Bure following the departure of Igor Larionov.

Asmundson

Ossie Asmundson (1908–1964), professional ice hockey right winger

Ballachulish Camanachd Club

In her article, When it's rational to hate a stranger, Scottish journalist Sylvia Patterson wrote that she hoped footballer Cristiano Ronaldo would be resurrected as "as a 5ft 2in winger of a Ballachulish shinty team" in order to teach him a lesson about humility.

Bill Etherington

He was first elected in the 1992 General Election for Sunderland North, replacing fellow left-winger, Bob Clay.

Boadu Maxwell Acosty

Boadu Maxwell Acosty (born 10 September 1991 in Sunyani) is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays for Italian Serie A club Chievo, on loan from Fiorentina, as a winger.

Brian Stein

Initially a winger, he soon moved into a central striking role where he formed successive prolific partnerships with Bob Hatton and then Steve White as Luton won the Second Division Championship in 1981/2.

Byron Nemeth

Since then Byron has opened for international acts such as Warrant (American band), Winger, Dream Theater, Vicious Rumors, Yes, Black Label Society and many more.

Carlos Bonet

Carlos Bonet Cáceres (born 2 October 1977 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a right winger for Cerro Porteño in the Paraguayan Primera División.

Corriveau

Yvon Corriveau (born 1967), retired Canadian ice hockey left winger

David Fairclough

Fairclough was not picked at all for the Wembley match as Paisley went for veteran winger Ian Callaghan on the bench (in this era, domestic football teams were permitted just one substitute).

Ernie Toseland

He has been described as 'a flying winger – football's Jesse Owens'.

Fabián Cubero

After Nicolás Cabrera and Darío Ocampo's injuries, Cubero played the last games of the season as right winger.

Fábio Paím

Fábio Miguel Malheiro Paím (born 15 February 1988) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Al Kharaitiyat SC in Qatar, as a winger.

Franco Güity

Franco Danilo Güity Félix (born 5 December 1987 in Santa Rosa de Aguán, Colón, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays as striker or winger for Liga Nacional de Honduras club Real España.

Frank Parry

During his time at Goodison Park, he was never able to replace Sam Chedgzoy as the club's first choice right-winger, and in June 1926 he joined Football League Second Division side Grimsby Town.

Fred Hoyland

Described as a well-built winger, he had a run of games in the First Division deputising for the injured Billy Harvey, but at the end of the 1923–24 season moved back to the Third Division with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Gabriel Rodrigues dos Santos

For that reason, Panathinaikos' then manager Henk ten Cate used Gabriel mainly as a right midfielder or winger in 4–2–3–1 and 4–3–2–1 formations.

Gonzalo Castro Irizábal

Gonzalo "Chori" Castro Irizábal (born 14 September 1984 in Trinidad, Flores Department) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Real Sociedad in Spain, as a winger.

Graham Killoughery

Killoughery, a left winger, joined Torquay United as a trainee on 1 July 2001, having been spotted by Torquay youth coach Richard Hancox playing, alongside another future trainee Biju Kironde, for Lewisham against Exeter City in an FA Youth Cup match.

In the Heart of the Young

At least two more songs were recorded during the In the Heart of the Young sessions, but "All I Ever Wanted" and "Never" did not make it to the final album in America, because producer Beau Hill found them too heavy for the Winger sound.

Iván Bella

Iván Gonzalo Bella (born 13 September 1989) is an Argentine football winger who plays for Puebla F.C. in the Liga Bancomer MX.

Jarbas Faustinho

At club level he played as a winger for S.S.C. Napoli and Bari amongst many others, as a coach he managed several clubs in the Province of Naples area.

Jimmy Kébé

Jimmy Boubou Kébé (born 19 January 1984) is a footballer who plays for Leeds United on loan from Crystal Palace as a winger.

Johan Pretorius

Johan "Lets" Pretorius (b. 1946) is a medical doctor from Mokopane, South Africa as well as a right-winger who allegedly belongs to the Boeremag, an irredentist organization.

John Sydenham

At this time John first joined forces with another young winger, Terry Paine, and before long both players were regulars in Saints’ first team, tearing Third Division defences to pieces.

Jon Otsemobor

He became the third player to join Rovers on that day on loan with Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Edwards and Liverpool winger Kristoffer Peterson.

Kallum Higginbotham

During the 2007–08 season, Higginbotham became a regular in the first-team at Spotland, finding himself in favour over out-of-sorts winger Ben Muirhead.

Kent Andersson

Kent-Erik Andersson (born 1951), retired Swedish hockey right winger who played 7 seasons in the National Hockey League

Matthew Hartmann

Matthew James Calibjo "Matt" Hartmann was born on August 19, 1989, is an EnglishFilipino footballer who plays as a left back or left midfielder for Loyola Meralco Sparks.

Maurice Rapf

Rapf was a minority, a Jew, and an outspoken left-winger, and he himself feared that the film would inevitably be Uncle Tomish.

Michigan Stags

The team was composed of journeymen at best, with the exceptions of star left winger Marc Tardif, veteran Western leaguer Gary Veneruzzo and beleaguered ex-NHL goaltender Gerry Desjardins.

Nakusp, British Columbia

Brad Larsen is a professional ice hockey left winger who played several seasons in the National Hockey League.

Norberto Mulenessa Maurito

Norberto Mauro da Costa Mulenessa known as Maurito (born June 24, 1981 in Luanda) is an Angolan football striker and winger currently playing for Minangkabau F.C. in Liga Primer Indonesia and the Angola national football team.

Red Wings–Avalanche brawl

Fifteen seconds after the Roy/Vernon fight, Avalanche winger Adam Deadmarsh and Red Wing defenceman Vladimir Konstantinov would drop the gloves in another fight for the final fight in the first period.

Rodrigo De Paul

Rodrigo Javier De Paul (born 24 May 1994) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a winger for Racing Club.

Sandy MacKenzie

A left-winger, MacKenzie played 1998-9 for the Mohawk Valley Prowlers, scoring 15 goals and collecting 8 assists in 49 games.

Sang-woo

Sin Sang-woo (born 1987), South Korean professional ice hockey winger

Scott Donald

Scott joined the Rhinos from Australian team Manly at the back end of 2005 as a replacement for outgoing winger Mark Calderwood and made a scoring debut for the Rhinos against Huddersfield Giants on 11 February 2006.

Sulejman Smajić

Sulejman Smajić (born 25 June 1984 in Jajce, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian footballer who plays as a winger for FK Željezničar Sarajevo and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Thomas Murg

Thomas Murg (born 14 November 1994) is a Austrian footballer who currently plays as a left winger for Austrian side FK Austria Wien.

Tiago Targino

After teammate Mikkel Beckmann was injured against FC Midtjylland, he featured in the starting lineup the following three matches, as a right winger; he scored his only league goal in a 2–0 away success, also against Midtjylland.

Toledo Mercurys

Team coach and manager Andy Mulligan had signed nine players from his native Manitoba to build the team, including team captain and right-winger Max Labovitch, center Barney O'Connell and left wing Jake Kernahan .

Toni Moral

Antonio 'Toni' del Moral Segura (born 29 August 1981) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Platanias F.C. in the Superleague Greece, usually as a winger.

Tony Daley

The series 'Respect' was produced and directed by Pogus Caesar for Carlton TV, and featured the likes of Dwight Yorke, John Barnes and Ron Atkinson all paying tribute to the winger and his ridiculously skinny legs.

Wide Right

Midfielder, association football position often referred to as a winger


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