| Billy Yenson | |
| Fullname: | Philip Owen Yenson |
| Birth Date: | March 1883[1] |
| Birth Place: | Kingston Bagpuize, England |
| Death Place: | Ilford, England |
| Position: | Centre forward |
| Youthclubs1: | Russell Road School |
| Clubs1: | Ferndale |
| Years2: | –1900 |
| Clubs2: | Stanley |
| Years3: | 1900–1903 |
| Clubs3: | West Ham United |
| Caps3: | 24 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1903–1905 |
| Clubs4: | Bolton Wanderers |
| Caps4: | 28 |
| Goals4: | 8 |
| Years5: | 1905–1908 |
| Clubs5: | Queens Park Rangers |
| Caps5: | 90 |
| Goals5: | 4 |
| Years6: | 1908–1909 |
| Clubs6: | West Ham United |
| Caps6: | 26 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1909–1914 |
| Clubs7: | Croydon Common |
| Caps7: | 137 |
| Goals7: | 12 |
| Clubs8: | Crystal Palace |
| Years9: | 1917 |
| Clubs9: | Brentford |
| Caps9: | 15 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 1919–1920 |
| Clubs10: | Margate |
| Totalcaps: | 320 |
| Totalgoals: | 24 |
Philip Owen Yenson (March 1883 – 20 January 1944) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward and half back, best remembered for being a part of the Bolton Wanderers team which won the 1904 FA Cup.[2] He spent the majority of his career in the Southern League, playing for Croydon Common, Queens Park Rangers and West Ham United.[3] [4]
Yenson's son Kenny was also a footballer.[5]
Bolton Wanderers
Queens Park Rangers
Croydon Common
| Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| West Ham United | 1901–02[7] | Southern League First Division | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
| 1902–03 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||||
| Bolton Wanderers | 1903–04 | Second Division | 17 | 5 | 6 | 2 | — | 23 | 7 | ||
| 1904–05 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 28 | 8 | 6 | 2 | — | 34 | 10 | ||||
| Queens Park Rangers | 1905–06[8] | Southern League First Division | 34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 3 | ||
| 1906–07[9] | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1[10] | 0 | 38 | 1 | |||
| 1907–08 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| Total | 90 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 96 | 4 | |||
| West Ham United | 1908–09 | Southern League First Division | 26 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | ||
| West Ham United total | 50 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | 57 | 0 | ||||
| Croydon Common | 1909–10 | Southern League First Division | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 39 | 2 | ||
| 1910–11 | Southern League Second Division | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| 1911–12 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 27 | 7 | ||||
| 1912–13 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 1913–14 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 4 | ||||
| 1914–15 | Southern League First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Total | 137 | 12 | 14 | 1 | — | 151 | 13 | ||||
| Career total | 305 | 24 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 338 | 27 | |||