Teddy Bateup

Edwin Bateup (16 May 1881 – 29 April 1939) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Woolwich Arsenal, New Brompton, and Port Vale.

Teddy Bateup
Personal information
Full name Edwin Bateup[1]
Date of birth (1881-05-16)16 May 1881[1]
Place of birth Horley, England[1]
Date of death 29 April 1939(1939-04-29) (aged 57)[1]
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Croydon Glenrose
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Dragoon Guards
Faversham
1905–1908 Woolwich Arsenal 6 (0)
1908–1910 New Brompton 85 (0)
1910–1911 Woolwich Arsenal 28 (0)
1911–1918 Port Vale 137 (0)
Total 256 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Bateup played for Croydon Glenrose, the Dragoon Guards, Faversham, Woolwich Arsenal and New Brompton, before joining Port Vale from Arsenal in August 1911.[1] He kept a clean sheet on his debut at the Athletic Ground, in a 1–0 win over Oldham Athletic Reserves in a Central League match on 4 September 1911.[1] He remained the club's first choice keeper until September 1916, helping them to the Staffordshire Senior Cup, Birmingham Senior Cup and North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup on the way.[1] After two years as a back-up keeper he retired from the game in 1918.[1] He had kept goal for Vale on 193 occasions, including the first round of the FA Cup on 10 January 1914 against Bolton Wanderers.[1]

Statistics

Source:[3]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Woolwich Arsenal 1905–06 First Division 100010
1906–07 First Division 300030
1907–08 First Division 200020
Total 600060
Woolwich Arsenal 1910–11 First Division 28020300
Port Vale 1911–12 The Central League 29000290
1912–13 The Central League 35040390
1913–14 The Central League 37090460
1914–15 The Central League 36030390
Total 13701601530

Honours

Port Vale[2]

References

  1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 20. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0. ASIN 0952915200.
  2. Matthews, Tony (2007). Who's who of Arsenal. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 29. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. Teddy Bateup at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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