Vic Aicken

Vic Aicken
Personal information
Full name	Albert Victor Aicken
Date of birth	29 October 1914
Place of birth	Belfast, Ireland
Date of death	1972 (aged 57–58)
Place of death	Fulham, England
Position(s)	Right half
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Glentoran
1937–1943	Brentford
1941–1944	→ Clapton Orient (guest)
1942	→ West Ham United (guest)
1942	→ Watford (guest)
	→ Reading (guest)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Victor Aicken (29 October 1914 – 1972) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a right half.^[2]

Career

Aicken began his career in his native Northern Ireland with Glentoran, before joining English First Division club Brentford for a £1,000 fee prior to the beginning of the 1937–38 season.^[3] He failed to force centre half Joe James from his position and spent much of his time with the Bees in the reserve team.^[3] Aicken made three appearances for Brentford, at left and right half.^[4] The outbreak of the Second World War in August 1939 ultimately ended Aicken's professional career.^[3] He guested for Clapton Orient, West Ham United, Watford and Reading during the war,^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] but remained with Brentford until making his final appearances during the 1942–43 season.^[4] He then returned to Northern Ireland.^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brentford	1938–39^[4]	First Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
Career total			3	0	0	0	3	0

Glentoran

^ "The English National Football Archive". www.enfa.co.uk. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 6. ISBN 978-1905891610.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 8. ISBN 978-0955294914.
^ ^a ^b ^c White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 375–377. ISBN 0951526200.
^ Marsh, Steve. "WW2 Guest Players". theyflysohigh.co.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ "[ww 2] Aicken". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
^ "1942/1943". Watford Football Club archive 1881–2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ Kaufman, Neilson. "VE Day WW2 players as at May 2020" (PDF). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
^ Brentford Football Club Handbook – 1937–38. 1937. p. 33.

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