Bill Keech
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Keech[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 April 1872 | ||
| Place of birth | Irthlingborough, England | ||
| Date of death | 6 September 1948 (aged 76)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Paddington, England | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward, right half | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1888 | Irthlingborough Revellers | ||
| 1889 | Irthlingborough | ||
| Finedon | |||
| Kettering Hawks | |||
| 1892 | Wellingborough | ||
| 1893 | Irthlingborough Wanderers | ||
| Kettering | |||
| 1894–1895 | Barnsley St. Peter's | ||
| 1895–1897 | Liverpool | 6 | (0) |
| 1897 | Barnsley St. Peter's | ||
| 1897–1898 | Blackpool | 16 | (0) |
| 1898–1899 | Leicester Fosse | 15 | (5) |
| 1899 | → Loughborough (loan) | 13 | (6) |
| 1899–1902 | Queens Park Rangers | 69 | (6) |
| 1902–1903 | Brentford | 19 | (0) |
| Small Heath | 0 | (0) | |
| Kensal Rise United | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
William Keech (30 April 1872 – 6 September 1948) was an English professional football centre forward and right half who played in the Football League for Blackpool, Leicester Fosse, Loughborough and Liverpool.[1][2][3][4] After his retirement he returned to one of his former clubs, Queens Park Rangers, as a trainer.[5]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liverpool | 1895–96[3] | Second Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |
| Leicester Fosse | 1897–98[6] | Second Division | 9 | 3 | — | — | 9 | 3 | ||
| 1898–99[6] | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 2 | |||
| Total | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 15 | 5 | |||
| Queens Park Rangers | 1899–00[7] | Southern League First Division | 24 | 2 | 10 | 3 | — | 34 | 5 | |
| 1900–01[8] | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |||
| 1901–02[9] | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |||
| Total | 55 | 3 | 16 | 3 | — | 71 | 6 | |||
| Brentford | 1902–03[2] | Southern League First Division | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Career total | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 5 | ||
- ↑ Appearance in Southern League promotion-relegation test match.
References
- 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 160. ISBN 190589161X.
- 1 2 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 357. ISBN 0951526200.
- 1 2 LFChistory.net. "Liverpool career stats for Bill Keech – LFChistory – Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- ↑ Matthews, Tony (28 October 2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. ISBN 9781859838532.
- ↑ "William Keech – Independent Rs". 1 February 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Leicester City career stats for William Keech – FoxesHistory". 2 May 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ↑ "QPRnet – Seasonal Stats – 1899-00".
- ↑ "QPRnet – Seasonal Stats – 1900–01".
- ↑ "QPRnet – Seasonal Stats – 1901–02".
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