Billy Spittle

Billy Spittle
Personal information
Full name William Arthur Spittle[1]
Date of birth 19 March 1894
Place of birth Southfields, England
Playing position Inside forward
Youth career
Southfields Juniors
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1919 Arsenal 7 (0)
1919–1921 Leicester City 26 (3)
1921–1922 Nuneaton Town (3)
Tamworth Castle
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

William Arthur Spittle was an English professional football inside forward who played in the Football League for Leicester City and Arsenal.[1][2]

Personal life

Spittle served as a corporal in the 17th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) during the First World War.[3][4]

Honours

Nuneaton Town

  • Nuneaton Charity Cup: 1921[2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Woolwich Arsenal 1912–13[5] First Division 6 0 0 0 6 0
1913–14[5] Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Total 7 0 0 0 7 0
Leicester City 1919–20[6] Second Division 8 1 0 0 8 1
1920–21[6] 18 2 0 0 18 2
Total 26 3 0 0 26 3
Career total 33 3 0 0 33 3

References

  1. 1 2 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 274. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 "Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 1" (PDF). pp. 21–78. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "William Spittle". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  4. ↑ Riddoch, Andrew; Kemp, David (2010). When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War. Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset: Haynes Publishing. p. 314. ISBN 978-0857330772.
  5. 1 2 "William Arthur Spittle". 11v11.com. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Billy Spittle | Leicester City career stats – FoxesHistory". Retrieved 19 June 2017.


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