Joseph Holyhead

Joseph Holyhead
Personal information
Date of birth (1880-11-01)1 November 1880
Place of birth Pleck, England
Date of death 1944 (aged 63–64)
Playing position Half-back
Youth career
Wednesbury Old Athletic
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1902–1903 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6 (0)
1903–1907 Burslem Port Vale 123 (6)
Wednesbury Old Athletic
Kidderminster Harriers
Total 129+ (6+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Joseph Holyhead (1 November 1880 – 1944) was a footballer who played at half-back for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burslem Port Vale. He made 129 league appearances in the Football League between 1902 and 1907. He also represented Wednesbury Old Athletic and Kidderminster Harriers.

Playing career

Holyhead played for Wednesbury Old Athletic,[1] before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1902.[2] He played six First Division games at Molineux in the 1902–03 season. He joined Burslem Port Vale in September 1903.[3] He made 27 Second Division appearances and eight cup appearances in 1903–04.[3] He scored his first FA Cup goal on 19 November 1903, in a 6–0 win over Stockport County at the Athletic Ground.[3] He scored his first league goal on 9 April 1904, in a 3–1 home win over Burton United.[3] Holyhead featured 38 times in 1904–05, and found the net once in a 2–1 defeat to Bradford City at Valley Parade.[3] He played 30 games in 1905–06, and scored in a 3–3 home draw with Glossop and a 4–1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.[3] He made 39 appearances in the 1906–07 campaign, and scored in home wins over Grimsby Town and Stockport County.[3] He was forced to leave the club in the summer due to the club's worsening financial crisis.[3] He briefly returned to Wednesbury Old Athletic, before moving on to Kidderminster Harriers.

Statistics

Source:[4]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1902–03 First Division 600060
Burslem Port Vale 1903–04 Second Division 27171341
1904–05 Second Division 33123510
1905–06 Second Division 28220302
1906–07 Second Division 35240392
Total 12361511387
Career Total 12961511447

References

  1. ↑ Carr, Steve (2010). The Old Uns Revisited - Wednesbury Old Athletic 1893 to 1924. Spellbound. ISBN 978-0-9565030-1-5.
  2. ↑ "Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club Players. A - Z". wolves-stats.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 140. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  4. ↑ Joseph Holyhead at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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