Billy Eardley | |
Fullname: | William George Eardley |
Birth Date: | 1871 |
Birth Place: | Stoke-upon-Trent, England |
Death Date: | ? |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 1894–1895 |
Clubs1: | Burslem Port Vale |
Caps1: | 8 |
Goals1: | 3 |
Years2: | 1895 |
Clubs2: | Newcastle Swifts |
Years3: | 1895–1896 |
Clubs3: | Burslem Port Vale |
Caps3: | 9 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Years4: | 1896–1897 |
Clubs4: | Stoke |
Caps4: | 10 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Totalcaps: | 27 |
Totalgoals: | 8 |
William George Eardley (1871–?) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Burslem Port Vale and Stoke.[1] A pacey, quality player he was also prone to sulking.
Eardley joined Burslem Port Vale in May 1894.[2] In the 1894–95 season he only played nine games but did score three goals.[2] Two of his goals came against Newcastle United at St James' Park in a 2–1 win on 12 April.[2] His other goal came eight days later, in an end-of-season 4–0 win over Crewe Alexandra at the Athletic Ground.[2] He switched to Newcastle Swifts in the summer of 1895. He returned to Vale in September of that year.[2] He still failed to become a first-team regular and claimed four goals in ten games in the 1895–96 season.[2] The goals came in two braces against Darwen on 5 and 19 October.[2]
In August 1896, he moved on to Stoke. At Stoke, Eardley played ten matches under Horace Austerberry during the 1896–97 season, scoring once in a 2–1 victory against Preston North End at the Victoria Ground on 9 November 1896, and was released in January 1897.[1]
Source:
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Senior Cup | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Burslem Port Vale | 1894–95 | Second Division | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |
1895–96 | Second Division | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | ||
Total | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 7 | |||
Stoke | 1896–97 | First Division | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
Career total | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 8 |