Ted Critchley
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward Critchley[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 31 December 1903||
Place of birth | Ashton-under-Lyne, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 1996 (aged 92–93) | ||
Place of death | Stockport, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) |
Outside right | ||
Youth career | |||
Spring Gardens | |||
Stockport Union Chapel | |||
Cheadle | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Witton Albion | |||
Stalybridge Celtic | |||
1922–1926 | Stockport County | 118 | (10) |
1926–1934 | Everton | 217 | (37) |
1934 | Preston North End | 11 | (1) |
1934–1935 | Port Vale | 18 | (1) |
South Liverpool | |||
Macclesfield | 40 | (2) | |
Total | 404 | (51) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edward Critchley (31 December 1903 – 1996) was an English footballer. A First Division championship winner with Everton, he has been described as "the finest 'home grown' player ever produced by Stockport County".[3]
Career
Stockport County
Critchley played local football for Spring Gardens, Stockport Union Chapel, Cheadle and
Everton
In his first game for the "Toffees" he provided the crosses for Dixie Dean to score four goals in a 5–4 win against Sunderland. In his first full season at Goodison Park, 1927–28, Everton won the First Division league title.[3] He provided many of the passes that enabled Dixie Dean's record-breaking 60 goals.[3] However, Everton dropped to 18th in 1928–29, before being relegated in last place in 1929–30. Everton then won the Second Division championship in 1930–31, and won the First Division title again in 1931–32.[3] They dropped to 11th in 1932–33, and Critchley missed the FA Cup final victory over Manchester City at Wembley after he had scored the winning goal in the semi-final victory over West Ham United, with Albert Geldard selected ahead of him for the final.[3] The 1933–34 season was his last for Everton. In all, Critchley scored 42 goals in 230 games for Everton before being transferred to Preston North End in 1934.[4]
Later career
After playing in the first 11 games of the season, he lost his place in the Preston team. He was transferred to Port Vale with cash in exchange for John Friar in December 1934. However, he lost his place in the Vale team in early April 1935, and was released at the end of the season and moved on to South Liverpool.[1]
Career statistics
Source:[5]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Stockport County | 1922–23 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1923–24 | Second Division | 37 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 4 | |
1924–25 | Second Division | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
1925–26 | Second Division | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | |
1926–27 | Third Division North | 16 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | |
Total | 118 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 10 | ||
Everton | 1926–27 | First Division | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
1927–28 | First Division | 40 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 6 | |
1928–29 | First Division | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |
1929–30 | First Division | 30 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 6 | |
1930–31 | Second Division | 37 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 15 | |
1931–32 | First Division | 37 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 8 | |
1932–33 | First Division | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | |
1933–34 | First Division | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |
Total | 217 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 230 | 42 | ||
Preston North End | 1934–35 | First Division | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Port Vale | 1934–35 | Second Division | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
Career total | 364 | 49 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 384 | 54 |
Honours
Everton
- FA Community Shield: 1928 & 1932
- Football League First Division: 1927–28 & 1931–32
- Football League Second Division: 1930–31