Percy Brooke

Percy Brooke (May 1893 – 1971) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aberdare Athletic, Accrington Stanley, Stoke City and Swindon Town.[1]

Percy Brooke
Personal information
Full name Percy Brooke[1]
Date of birth May 1893[1]
Place of birth Kidsgrove, England[1]
Date of death 1971 (aged 7778)[1]
Place of death Newcastle-under-Lyme, England[1]
Position(s) Full back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1914 Kidsgrove Wellington
1919–1920 Stoke 11 (0)
1921–1925 Aberdare Athletic 123 (0)
1926 Swindon Town 3 (0)
1927 Accrington Stanley 2 (0)
Total 139 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Brooke's career began with his local side Kidsgrove Wellington, from whom he joined Stoke City, playing 11 times in league matches for Stoke in the 1919–20 and 1920–21 seasons.[1] He left Stoke to join Aberdare Athletic, playing Aberdare's side in their first ever season in league football. He went on to make 123 league appearances for Aberdare before joining Swindon Town in 1926, making his Swindon debut in September 1926 in a 2–1 win at home to Bournemouth. He then dropped out of the side and only returned in April 1927 when he played in a 3–2 home win over his former side Aberdare (one of Aberdare's last games as a league side) and a 4–4 draw away to Gillingham.[1] Brooke played twice for Accrington Stanley the following season before retiring from football.[1]

Career statistics

  • Sourced from Percy Brooke at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke 1919–20 Second Division 400040
1920–21 Second Division 701080
Aberdare Athletic 1921–22 Third Division South 36000360
1922–23 Third Division South 29060350
1923–24 Third Division South 14000140
1924–25 Third Division South 36020380
1925–26 Third Division South 800080
Swindon Town 1926–27 Third Division South 300030
Accrington Stanley 1927–28 Third Division North 200020
Career Total 1390901480

References

  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
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