Billy Herbert

Billy Herbert
Personal information
Full name	William Edward Herbert[1]
Date of birth	October quarter 1888[2]
Place of birth	Canning Town, England
Date of death	July quarter 1928 (aged 39)[2]
Place of death	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height	5 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[3]
Position(s)	Inside right
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

William Edward Herbert (1888–1928) was an English footballer who played for Bolton Wanderers, Glossop, Stoke and Wigan Borough.[1]

Career

Herbert was born in Canning Town and began his career with Walthamstow Grange, Barnet Alston and an unsuccessful spell at Woolwich Arsenal before joining Second Division side Glossop North End in 1910. He played 18 times for Glossop scoring three goals and after a short spell with Gravesend United he joined Southern League side Stoke in December 1912.[1] He helped the club again re-election to the Football League in 1914–15 and played for Stoke during World War I. He played 11 times for Stoke in their return to the League in 1919–20 but then signed for Bolton Wanderers in November 1919.[1] He spent two and a half years at Burnden Park before ending his career with a season at Wigan Borough.[1]

Source:[4]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Glossop	1910–11	Second Division	6	1	0	0	6	1
	1911–12	Second Division	11	2	1	0	12	2
	Total		17	3	1	0	18	3
Stoke	1912–13	Southern League Division One	16	5	2	0	18	5
	1913–14	Southern League Division Two	24	13	3	3	27	16
	1914–15	Southern League Division Two	7	2	4	2	11	4
	1919–20	Second Division	11	3	0	0	11	3
	Total		58	23	9	5	67	28
Bolton Wanderers	1919–20	First Division	21	5	1	0	22	5
	1920–21	First Division	12	2	0	0	12	2
	1921–22	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		34	7	1	0	35	7
Wigan Borough	1921–22	Third Division North	24	6	0	0	24	6
Career total			133	39	11	5	144	44

Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
Dykes, Garth (2011). Wigan Borough in the Football League : A Complete Record and Who's Who, 1921-31. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-905891-53-5.
Harricus (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Bolton Wanderers". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
Billy Herbert at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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