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Enoch James West (31 March 1886 – September 1965), nicknamed Knocker, was an English footballer who played as a centre forward for Nottingham Forest and Manchester United before being banned due to his part in the 1915 British football match-fixing scandal.
Jan 17, 2024 · Enoch ‘Knocker’ West was suspended after an FA ban into match-fixing decided he was guilty of offences. West always protested his innocence but his ban was only lifted in 1945, by which time he was 59 years old and there was no chance of reviving his football career. He died in 1965.
Apr 5, 2023 · Enoch West has began to trend after Fulham No.9 Aleksandr Mitrovic learned his fate from the Football Association. The Serbia international was given a straight red card for pushing...
Enoch James West (31 March 1886 – September 1965), nicknamed Knocker, was an English footballer who played as a centre forward for Nottingham Forest and Manchester United before being banned due to his part in the 1915 British football match-fixing scandal.
Years at Club: 1910-1915. Age: (138) Debut: 01/09/1910 v Woolwich Arsenal (A) 1-2 (League Division One) Birthplace: Hucknall, Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England. Previous clubs: Sheffield United, Nottingham Forest. Height: 5' 8" (1.73m) Farewell to Manchester United: Suspended from the game for match fixing, 04/1916.
Enoch West was born in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, on 31st March, 1886. He worked as a coal-miner and played local football until signing for Sheffield United in 1903. He failed to make the first-team and so in June 1905 joined Nottingham Forest in the Second Division of the Football League.
Jan 9, 2016 · Terrace favourite Turnbull and teammates Arthur Whalley and Enoch West had been found guilty of ‘squaring’ a match against Liverpool, which had been played at Old Trafford back on Good Friday...
