Billy Wooldridge

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Billy Wooldridge
Personal information
Full name William Thomas Wooldridge
Date of birth (1878-08-19)19 August 1878
Place of birth Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire, England
Date of death 1945 (aged 66–67)
Position(s)
Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1899–1900 Wednesbury Old Athletic
1900–1911 Wolverhampton Wanderers 328 (81)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Thomas Wooldridge (19 August 1878 – 1945) was an English footballer who spent nearly his entire career with Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Career

Wooldridge played for Wednesbury Old Athletic during its successful 1899–1900 campaign and was a key member of the side that won the Walsall & District League championship, the Staffordshire Junior Cup and the Walsall Junior Cup, as well as being beaten finalists in the Wolverhampton Junior Cup. He scored both goals in the Walsall Cup success v Wednesbury St John's and scored the decisive second goal in a 2–0 victory over Hednesford Swifts on the last day of the season, which enabled Wednesbury to take the title, finishing a point ahead of Hednesford Town.

He joined

Irish League in an inter-league friendly in November 1901[2] and four in an unofficial international against Germany on 25 September 1901.[3]

In July 1911 he joined

New Brompton when the match was abandoned due to bad light. Taking full advantage of the second chance, Croydon won the rematch 2–1, Wooldridge scoring their second. Next was a home tie with Ripley Town Athletic, which they won 4–1 to go through to the first round proper. Their opponents were Leicester City (then Fosse) who were in Division Two. The tie was played at The Nest and saw the Robins let a two-goal lead slip as the match ended in a 2–2 draw. The Robins were made to pay for missing their chance first time around as Leicester ran out 6-1 winners, becoming the last FA Cup match for Wooldridge. He had managed 1 goal in 4 FA Cup matches, failed to score in 10 appearances in the Southern League but did score 1, against Peterborough City, in 14 appearances in the South Eastern League.[4]
He retired at the end of the season.

He died in 1945.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[4]
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps
Wolverhampton W. 1900–01 First Division 6 17 3 3 9 20
1901–02 First Division 13 33 0 1 13 34
1902–03 First Division 9 34 0 1 9 35
1903–04 First Division 17 30 2 4 19 34
1904–05 First Division 13 31 1 3 14 34
1905–06 Second Division 12 33 0 2 12 35
1906–07 First Division 5 32 1 1 6 33
1907–08 First Division 4 28 0 7 4 35
1908–09 First Division 0 27 0 1 0 28
1909–10 First Division 1 35 1 2 2 37
1910–11 First Division 1 28 0 3 1 31
Total 81 328 8 28 89 356
Croydon Common 1911-12 Southern Lge Div 2 0 10 1 4 1 14
1911-12 South Eastern Lge 1 14 1 14
Total 1 24 1 4 2 28
Career total 82 352 9 32 91 384

Honours

Wolverhampton Wanderers
  • 1908

References

  1. ^ "Inside The Museum | 1908 FA Cup Final Programme". wolves.co.uk. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Football League 9 – 0 Irish League". 11v11.com. 9 November 1901. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  3. ^ "England 10 – 0 Germany". Unofficial international. 11v11.com. 25 September 1901. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  4. ^ a b croydoncommon.com http://www.croydoncommon.com/statistics.htm. Retrieved 1 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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