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Arthur Bateman
Personal information
Full name	Arthur Bateman
Date of birth	1 April 1908
Place of birth	Grimsby, England
Date of death	September 1979 (aged 71)
Place of death	Grimsby, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Full back
Youth career
	Cleethorpes Town
Senior career*
Years	Team
1927–1933	Grimsby Town
1933–1934	Southend United
1934–1939	Brentford
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur Bateman (15 March 1908 – September 1979) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back. He is best remembered for his five-year spell in the Football League with Brentford, where he was captain and made over 150 appearances. In 2013, Bateman was named in a Football League 125th anniversary poll as Brentford's fourth-best captain and he was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in 2015.^[4]^[5]

Playing career

Early years

Bateman began his career at Cleethorpes Town, before joining hometown club Grimsby Town in 1927.^[6] He was with the club through its heyday in the First Division, but made only 18 appearances across six seasons.^[6] Bateman moved to Third Division South club Southend United during the 1933 off-season.^[7] He departed the Shrimpers in January 1934, after making 22 appearances.^[7]

Brentford

Bateman joined Second Division club Brentford in January 1934 and made his debut towards the end of the month in a 3–0 victory over Plymouth Argyle at Griffin Park.^[7]^[8] Nicknamed "Iron Man",^[9] Bateman vice-captained the Brentford team which was crowned Second Division champions in the 1934–35 season and secured promoted to the First Division for the only time in the club's history.^[6] Bateman's only goal for the club came against Bradford Park Avenue on 22 April 1935, a 40-yard free kick in a 3–2 win which clinched promotion.^[6] After the departure of Bert Watson, Bateman was promoted to captain for the 1935–36 season and led the Bees to fifth place in the First Division,^[6] the club's highest ever finish in the league pyramid.^[4] An injury suffered in a 1–0 victory over Arsenal at Griffin Park in September 1938 brought Bateman's career to a premature end.^[6] He made 154 appearances for Brentford and scored one goal during just shy of five years with the club.^[6]

International career

Bateman's form for Brentford saw him called up to the England squad for a three-match friendly tour of Europe in May 1938, but he failed to make an appearance.^[2]

Personal life

Following his early retirement from football, Bateman returned to Grimsby and became a policeman, retiring in 1969 with the rank of Detective Inspector.^[9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Southend United	1933–34^[7]	Third Division South	19	0	3	0	—		22	0
Brentford	1933–34^[8]	Second Division	18	0	—		—		18	0
	1934–35^[8]	Second Division	41	1	1	0	—		42	1
	1935–36^[8]	First Division	23	0	0	0	—		23	0
	1936–37^[8]		26	0	2	0	—		28	0
	1937–38^[8]		31	0	4	0	1^[a]	0	36	0
	1938–39^[8]		7	0	0	0	—		7	0
	Total		146	1	7	0	1	0	154	1
Career total			165	1	10	0	1	0	176	1

^ Appearance in Empire Exhibition Trophy

Honours

Brentford

Football League Second Division: 1934–35^[6]

Individual

Brentford Hall of Fame^[5]

References

^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 20. ISBN 978-1905891610.
^ ^a ^b "England Uncapped Players – Arthur Bateman". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
^ "Brentford. Only one change in 'Bees' team". Sunday Dispatch Football Guide. London. 23 August 1936. p. iv – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Brentford". Football League 125. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b Wickham, Chris. "Kevin O'Connor and Marcus Gayle join others in being added to Brentford FC Hall of Fame". brentfordfc.com. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 17. ISBN 0955294916.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Player Profile". SUFCdb. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 372–375. ISBN 0951526200.
^ ^a ^b Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 18. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.