Cliff Birks

Clifford Birks (born 13 December 1910 – 1998) was an English professional footballer who played as both a right-half and at outside-right for Stoke City, Port Vale, Torquay United and Halifax Town in the 1930s.

Cliff Birks
Personal information
Full name Clifford Birks[1]
Date of birth (1910-12-13)13 December 1910[1]
Place of birth Hanley, Staffordshire, England[1]
Date of death 1998 (aged 87–88)
Position(s) Right-half / outside-right
Youth career
Stoke St. Peters
Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1936 Port Vale 58 (7)
1936–1937 Torquay United 1 (1)
1937–1938 Halifax Town 3 (0)
Total 62 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Port Vale

Birks played for Stoke St. Peters and Stoke City, before joining Port Vale in November 1929.[1] He made his debut on 27 December 1932, in a 2–1 win over Charlton Athletic at The Old Recreation Ground, and made 21 Second Division appearances and one FA Cup appearance in the 1932–33 season.[1] He featured 11 times in the 1933–34 and 1934–35 campaigns, scoring four goals in the last five games of the 1934–35 season.[1] He scored three goals in 15 league games in the 1935–36 season, finding himself on the score-sheet against Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane, but was released in May 1936.[1]

Later career

He joined Torquay United of the Third Division South, but was kept out of the side due to the form of Fred Beedall and George Daniels in the 1936–37 campaign; Birks made his "Gulls" debut at Plainmoor on 16 January 1937, scoring in the 4–1 defeat to Southend United. However, this was to be his only appearance for Torquay and he left to join Halifax Town for the following season. He played just three Third Division North games for Halifax before leaving both The Shay and the English Football League. During the war he guested for Leicester City.[1]

Statistics

Source:[2]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 1932–33 Second Division 2101000220
1933–34 Second Division 1100000110
1934–35 Second Division 1140000114
1935–36 Second Division 1530000153
Total 5871000597
Torquay United 1936–37 Third Division South 11001021
Halifax Town 1937–38 Third Division North 20000020
Career total 6181010638

References
  1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 31. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0. ASIN 0952915200.
  2. Cliff Birks at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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