| Billy Poulson | |
| Fullname: | William Edward Poulson |
| Birth Date: | 1862 |
| Birth Place: | Hanley, Staffordshire, England |
| Death Date: | (age 74-75) |
| Death Place: | Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England |
| Position: | Half-back |
| Years1: | 1879–1891 |
| Clubs1: | Port Vale |
| Caps1: | 34 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Totalcaps: | 34 |
| Totalgoals: | 3 |
William Edward Poulson (1862 – 23 January 1937) was an English footballer. He was a one-club man for Port Vale, possibly also being one of its founders.
Poulson played left-back in Port Vale's first recorded line-up on 9 December 1882 in a 5–1 defeat at nearby Stoke in a Staffordshire Senior Cup second round replay.[1] He was most probably a founder-member of the club in the late 1870s.[1] With Vale he won numerous trophies, including the North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup in 1883 and 1885 and was also a scorer in the Burslem Challenge Cup final on 21 March 1885, which was won 12–0 against Ironbridge.[1] By December 1889 though he began to appear less frequently in the first XI and was most likely released at the end of the 1890–91 season.[1] He had scored 15 goals in 225 games for the club, playing in some nine positions over his twelve or so years for the Vale.[1]
Source:
| Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Burslem Port Vale | 1882–83 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1883–84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 1884–85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 21 | 4 | |||
| 1885–86 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 28 | 2 | |||
| 1886–87 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 43 | 3 | |||
| 1887–88 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 37 | 1 | |||
| 1888–89 | Combination | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 39 | 3 | ||
| 1889–90 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 1890–91 | Midland League | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Total | 34 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 180 | 11 | 225 | 15 | |||
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