Ronnie Sewell

Who was Ronnie Sewell?

William Ronald "Ronnie " Sewell was an English professional footballer who played for Gainsborough Trinity, Burnley, Blackburn Rovers and England.

Sewell was born at Wingate, County Durham and started off by playing for Wingate Albion, a local amateur team. In the summer of 1911 he was signed as a professional by Gainsborough Trinity, and immediately became a regular member of their first team in what proved to be the club’s final season in the Football League, missing only one of the 38 League matches.

The following season he joined Burnley, for whom he appeared in their 1914 FA Cup Final victory against Liverpool, although he never really established himself as a first team regular in a Turf Moor career which was interrupted by the First World War. In all, he made a total of only 23 Football League appearances for Burnley over a seven-year period.

During the 1919-20 season he was transferred to near-neighbours Blackburn Rovers, where he remained until 1927 and where he enjoyed the best of his football career, making 227 Football League appearances for the club and winning one Full International cap for England.