JOE MARSTON
Joe Marston MBE (born 7 January 1926) was the first Australian to appear in a FA Cup Final when he turned out for Preston North End in their 1954 defeat to West Bromwich Albion.
Joe Marston was 28 when he played at Wembley Stadium alongside Tom Finney and Tommy Docherty. After the War, Marston had played for Leichhardt-Annandale in Division 1 of the New South Wales State League, supplementing his income by working as a painter and life-guard.
In December 1949, Marston received correspondence from a scout in England who had watched him play, informing him that Preston wished to offer him a trial. Marston made 154 appearances for Preston, and during his tenure he was selected for the Football League side against the Scottish Football League. Marston eventually returned to Australia in 1956 because of homesickness, despite other big English clubs and Preston still wanting the Australian.
Marston was an outstanding servant for the Socceroos appearing on 37 occasions between 1947 and 1964 including Blackpool's 1958 tour of Australia in which Stanley Matthews appeared, and appearing and coaching the national side during Hearts tour of the country in 1959.
In September 2008 Marston was a recipient of one of the two inaugural Alex Tobin Medals awarded by the Australian Professional Footballers Association and Joe is also an inductee into the NSW Hall of Champions. The Joe Marston Medal, awarded to the man of the match in the A-League and National Soccer League grand finals, was named in his honour.
Joe Marston MBE (born 7 January 1926) was the first Australian to appear in a FA Cup Final when he turned out for Preston North End in their 1954 defeat to West Bromwich Albion.Joe Marston was 28 when he played at Wembley Stadium alongside Tom Finney and Tommy Docherty. After the War, Marston had played for Leichhardt-Annandale in Division 1 of the New South Wales State League, supplementing his income by working as a painter and life-guard.
In December 1949, Marston received correspondence from a scout in England who had watched him play, informing him that Preston wished to offer him a trial. Marston made 154 appearances for Preston, and during his tenure he was selected for the Football League side against the Scottish Football League. Marston eventually returned to Australia in 1956 because of homesickness, despite other big English clubs and Preston still wanting the Australian.
Marston was an outstanding servant for the Socceroos appearing on 37 occasions between 1947 and 1964 including Blackpool's 1958 tour of Australia in which Stanley Matthews appeared, and appearing and coaching the national side during Hearts tour of the country in 1959.
In September 2008 Marston was a recipient of one of the two inaugural Alex Tobin Medals awarded by the Australian Professional Footballers Association and Joe is also an inductee into the NSW Hall of Champions. The Joe Marston Medal, awarded to the man of the match in the A-League and National Soccer League grand finals, was named in his honour.
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