Roy Ironside

Roy Ironside
Personal information
Date of birth (1935-05-28)28 May 1935
Place of birth Sheffield, England
Date of death 8 June 2024(2024-06-08) (aged 89)
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1965 Rotherham United 220 (0)
1965–1969 Barnsley 113 (0)
Total 333 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roy Ironside (28 May 1935 – 8 June 2024) was an English professional footballer who played in The Football League for Rotherham United and Barnsley.

Ironside was a member of Rotherham's 1961 Football League Cup final team. His son is Ian Ironside, a retired professional footballer who was also a goalkeeper. Furthermore, his grandson is Joe Ironside who is currently a striker for Doncaster Rovers.

Ironside died on 8 June 2024, at the age of 89.

Honours

Rotherham United

References

  1. ↑ "Roy Ironside profile". www.soccerbase.com. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "ROY IRONSIDE". www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Rotherham United and Barnsley pay tribute as goalkeeping hero dies at 89". Yorkshire Post. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Ironside, Roy probate
  5. ↑ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 505. ISBN 0354-09018-6.