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CECIL EASTWOOD

Note: Many Argyle books list him as Cyril. This is incorrect - Football League records and his birth certificate confirm he was Cecil.

Full Name: Cecil Milner Eastwood

Born: 07 May 1894

Came from: Castleford Town Went to: Preston North End

First game: 11 September 1920 Last game: 18 April 1924

Appearances: 119 (119/0) Goals: 3

Born in Tadcaster, Eastwood joined Argyle in the summer of 1920 from nearby club, Castleford Town, He was one of three players signed from the Yorkshire side that summer the others being Joe Little and Walter Cook. Of the three, Eastwood fared best.

Moving to Devon after the First World War, he served in the Army as a Private in both the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Suffolk Regiment.

He went on to make over a century of appearances in Green, mainly at left-half, in a four-year spell. He was not selected for Argyle's Football League debut XI against Norwich City but managed his first start a month later in the 5-1 home win against Newport County. He played four seasons under the management of Bob Jack as Argyle tried in vain to gain promotion to the Second Division, finishing second in consecutive campaigns between 1921-22 and 1924-25 when only the first-placed team was promoted. That sequence of ending as runners-up lasted beyond Eastwood's tenure and ran to six seasons in total, before a third and fourth-place finish preceded Argyle finally finishing champions, in the 1929-30 season.

On leaving Home Park, he signed for Preston North End where he spent the 1925-26 season making 20 appearances and scoring twice, before joining Stoke City. He helped the Potters to win the Third Division North at the first time of asking in 1926-27, finally getting a northern variant of the very medal that had eluded him at Home Park. However, upon promotion, he was not considered good enough for second-tier football and left in January 1928 with a total of 46 games under his belt. An unsuccessful spell at Stockport County followed, where no appearances for the club were recorded.

He passed away in 1968, aged 74, back in his native Yorkshire, at Barkston Ash.

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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]

The details below reflect appearances in all first-team competitions.

I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.

The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.

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