Raich CARTER | 1935-1936 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)

CARTER PES STATS | 1935-1936

Brezza Horatio Stratton ''Raich'' Carter Raich CARTER | 1935-1936 Club: Sunderland Number: Position: SS*,CF Nationality: English Era: 1935-1936 Age: 23 Foot: R Side: B Length: 170 Weight: 58 Attack: 88 Defence: 35 Balance: 73 Stamina: 82 Top Speed: 84 Acceleration: 85 Response: 90 Agility: 88 Dribble Accuracy: 89 Dribble Speed: 82 Short Pass Accuracy: 86 Short Pass Speed: 82 Long Pass Accuracy: 84 Long Pass Speed: 83 Shot Accuracy: 86 Shot Power: 88 Shot Technique: 86 Free Kick Accuracy: 75 Swerve: 76 Header: 72 Jump: 78 Technique: 89 Aggression: 86 Mentality: 74 Keeper Skills: 50 Team Work: 88 Injury Tolerance: B Condition/Fitness: 6 Weak Foot Accuracy: 6 Weak Foot frequency: 5 Consistency: 6 SPECIAL ABILITIES: *Dribbling *Tactical Dribbling *Passing *Scoring Raich Carter was one of the greatest English footballers of the pre-war era. Regardless of generation, there are not many living souls within any shore who would have had the good fortune of witnessing Raich Carter with a ball at his feet, yet his legacy lives on. The young Raich would have received a footballing education from the earliest of ages as the sport was embedded into him from his father, Robert Carter, who strode out in the colours of Port Vale, Southampton, and Fulham as a professional, but a serious head injury cut his career short at 29. As a 13-year-old schoolboy it was clear that football was in Carter's legacy, as local rag the Sunderland Echo, reported upon witnessing him take apart Wales in an international youth game where he scored a deuce, ''This young Hendon product is one of the best all-round athletes Sunderland has produced for many a day, and his future career will be watched with interest.'' Carter's ability became quickly apparent as soon as he began to play regularly for Sunderland at the age of 18, and his inclusion - like the dramas that unfold today as to how talents like Arsenal's Jack Wilshere are best educated - polarised opinion. Some quarters felt that due to his natural ability in front of goal, his calmness and compsure, together with his ability to pick and thread a pass, meant that he should be starting games on the regular, while others felt he should be carefully nurtured. The diminutive Carter, who measured 5'7'' and weighed in at just over 9 stone, grew in stature with every season, and wore the captain's armband when he turned 23. Due to Arsenal's dominance throughout the 1930's it was hard for other team's to exert themselves, but Sunderland pipped the north Londoners most of the way, and Carter aided their progression, with the Black Cats even winning the last of their league titles in 1936. They then followed that triumph up with an FA Cup victory the next year. What's more, he went on to win the Cup once more with Derby County in 1946, becoming the only player to hoist the famous trophy aloft both before and after World War 2. Fondly remembered by all for his playing career, In tribute, English great Stanley Matthews, on looking back at Carter's talent, said, ''Roker Park was packed. I was on the right wing and inside me was local hero Raich Carter, who I felt was the ideal partner for me. Sunderland had a very talented team at the time and Carter was its mastermind. You would never have suspected, seeing him casually taking to the pitch, that here was a man who could lay claim to football genius. But he did and often. Carter was not a buzzing, workaholic inside-forward, far from it. At times you could be tricked into thinking he had only a passing interest in a game. He'd ghost into great positions and had that rarest of talents on receiving the ball; he could turn a game. `Let the ball do the work,' he'd say and how miraculously it did work when guided by his touches. His ball control appeared so casual and effortless it often passed unnoticed and seemed less a matter of conscious artistry than the possession of another sense. Carter was a supreme entertainer who dodged, dribbled, twisted and turned, sending bewildered left-halves madly along false trails. Inside the penalty box with the ball at his feet and two or three defenders snapping at his ankles, he'd find the space to get a shot in at goal... Bewilderingly clever, constructive, lethal in front of goal, yet unselfish. Time'' and again he'd play the ball out wide to me and with such service I was in my element.'' Tommy Lawton later explained: ''Raich was the master of the pass which sneaks its way through the seemingly impregnable defence, but Raich was also an opportunist of the highest order. Yes, I know everyone knows all about his tremendous shot, but Raich had something else. He could size up a chance in a flash, and he would be on it before anyone could move. For instance, the centre forward has only to leap for a ball and nod it downwards and backwards, and Raich will be tearing in to ram the ball into the net.'' Stan Mortensen agreed: ''Raich is a double-purpose inside-forward. He is clever and brainy enough to make openings for other players, and would be worth his place in any side for that alone. He also has the knack of cutting through for goals himself, and from the edge of the penalty area can hit a ball as hard as most.'' _________________ I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. - George Best Raich CARTER | 1935-1936 | PES Stats Database (Golden Era Backup)