Bert Young

Bert Young
Personal information
Full name Herbert Young[1]
Date of birth (1899-09-04)4 September 1899
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Date of death 1976 (aged 76–77)[2]
Playing position Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922–1923 Everton 0 (0)
1923–1925 Aberdare Athletic 68 (5)
1925–1926 Brentford 33 (2)
Bangor City
1927–1928 Newport County 64 (6)
1929–1930 Queens Park Rangers 14 (1)
1930–1932 Bristol Rovers 75 (11)
1932–1933 Swindon Town 14 (2)
Total 268 (27)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Herbert "Bert" Young (4 September 1899 – 1976) was an English professional football outside left who made over 260 appearances in the Football League.[1]

Playing career

Early years

Young began his career at Division One side Everton, before dropping down to the Division Three South to sign for Aberdare Athletic in 1923.[2] He made 68 appearances and scored five goals for departing in February 1925.[2]

Brentford

Young joined Division Three South strugglers Brentford in February 1925.[1] He made 11 appearances in what remained of the 1924–25 season, before adding another 23 appearances and two goals the following year as the Bees stumbled to an 18th-place finish.[3] He departed at the end of the 1925–26 season.[1]

Bristol Rovers

Young signed for Division Three South side Bristol Rovers in 1930.[2] In two years with the club, he made 75 appearances and scored 11 goals.

Swindon Town

Young rounded out his career with a spell at Division Three South side Swindon Town. In a turgid 1932–33 season, in which the Robins finished bottom of the Football League, he made 14 appearances and scored two goals.[4]

Career statistics

Club Season League League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1924–25[3] Third Division South 11 0 — 11 0
1925–26[3] 22 2 1 0 23 2
Total 33 2 1 0 34 2
Queens Park Rangers 1929–30[5] Third Division South 14 1 1 0 15 1
Swindon Town 1932–33[4] Third Division South 14 2 0 0 14 2
Career Total 61 5 2 0 63 5

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 172. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 322. ISBN 190589161X.
  3. 1 2 3 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 368. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. 1 2 "Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk – Bert YOUNG – Player Profile". Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "QPRnet – Seasonal Stats – 1929–30".


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