Stanley Matthews he helped Blackpool to win the cup with a formidable personal performance in the "Matthews Final" of 1953. Between 1934 and 1957 he won 54 caps for England, playing in the FIFA World Cup in 1950 and 1954, and winning nine British Home Championship titles. Following an unsuccessful stint as Port Vale's general manager between 1965 and 1968, he travelled around the world, coaching enthusiastic amateurs. The most notable of his coaching experiences came in 1975 in South Africa, where in spite of the harsh apartheid laws of the time he established an all-black team in Soweto known as "Stan's
James Matthews (footballer) football. In 1906 he captained North Adelaide, who finished second. James Matthews (footballer) James George Facey Matthews (27 September 1876 – 8 October 1963) was an Australian sportsman who played Australian rules football for North Adelaide in the South Australian Football Association (SAFA) and, as a cricketer, played seven Sheffield Shield matches for South Australia. Matthews was a member of North Adelaide's first three premiership sides, in 1900, 1902 and 1905. He started his career as a forward and topped the club's goalkicking in his debut season before moving into the centre later in his career. Matthews finished his career