Joe Fascione
Scottish footballer (1945–2019)
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Joseph Victor Fascione (5 February 1945 – 5 February 2019) was a Scottish footballer who played as a winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Victor Fascione[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 5 February 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Coatbridge, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 5 February 2019 (aged 74) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1959–1961 | Burnbank United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1961–1962 | Kirkintilloch Rob Roy | ||
| 1962–1969 | Chelsea | 29 | (1) |
| 1969–1971 | Durban City | ||
| 1972 | Dundee United | 0 | (0) |
| 1972 | Barnet | 34 | (1) |
| Romford | |||
| Barking | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| Barking | |||
| 1993–94 | Croydon | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
A right-sided winger, Fascione started out with Scottish junior side Kirkintilloch Rob Roy[2] where he won the Scottish Junior Cup in 1962 – believed to be the youngest player to do so – before being signed for Londoners Chelsea by Tommy Docherty in September of that year.[3] Fascione would remain with the club until 1969, but the presence of fellow wingers Bert Murray and Charlie Cooke ensured that he featured only sporadically in the first team, making a total of just 34 appearances. He was, however, one of the eight players infamously sent home by Docherty for breaking a pre-match curfew in Blackpool in April 1965.
Upon leaving Chelsea he signed for Durban City F.C. in South Africa in the summer of 1969.[4] He returned to the UK in late 1971, but because of problems with the release of his registration from South Africa he was unable to sign for a club until July 1972. He then joined Dundee United on a trial basis but was released shortly afterwards, having only appeared in pre-season friendly matches.[5]
He subsequently had spells with Romford in the Southern League,[4] and Barking. He also had a stint as manager of the latter club.[6]
He died on 5 February 2019, his 74th birthday.[7]
