Terry Ledgerton

Terence Ledgerton (7 October 1930 – December 2004) was an English football outside left who played in the Football League for Brentford and Millwall.

Terry Ledgerton
Personal information
Full name Terence Ledgerton[1]
Date of birth (1930-10-07)7 October 1930
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Date of death December 2004 (2005-01) (aged 74)[1]
Place of death Colchester, England
Playing position(s) Outside left
Youth career
St. Dominic's
Huyton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1954 Brentford 40 (8)
1954–1955 Millwall 6 (0)
1955–196? Clacton Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Brentford

Ledgerton began his career as a youth in his native Liverpool with spells at St. Dominic's and Huyton.[2] He also represented a Liverpool FA Youth XI. Ledgerton moved on to join the youth team at Second Division club Brentford as an amateur in 1949.[2] He made his debut in a 0–0 draw with West London rivals Queens Park Rangers on 9 February 1952.[3] He established himself as a first team regular during the 1952–53 season and made 31 appearances.[3] Ledgerton's appearances tailed off during the 1953–54 season and he departed the club in May 1954.[4]

Millwall

Ledgerton joined Third Division South club Millwall in May 1954, in an exchange deal for George Stobbart.[4][1] He made just 6 appearances for the club, scoring twice, before departing at the end of the 1954–55 season.[5][6]

Clacton Town

Ledgerton dropped into non-league football and joined Eastern Counties League club Clacton Town in the summer of 1955.[6] He bagged 30 goals during the 1955–56 season to set a new goalscoring record at the club and beat his own record by scoring 31 goals in the 1956–57 season, winning the East Anglian Cup.[6] Ledgerton was an integral part of the best years in the club's existence, firing in the goals which led the club to be accepted into the Southern League South-East Division, its highest ever placing in the league pyramid.[6] After suffering relegation at the 1958–59 season, the club won the 1959–60 Southern League First Division title.[6] Ledgerton played for Clacton into the 1960s.[6]

Personal life

Ledgerton's grandson, Matt Waters, also became a footballer and is F.C. Clacton's all-time leading goalscorer.[6]

Honours

Clacton Town

Career statistics
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1951–52[3] Second Division 5 0 1 0 6 0
1952–53[3] 28 7 3 1 31 8
1953–54[3] 7 1 3 0 10 1
Total 40 8 7 1 47 9
Millwall 1954–55[5] Third Division South 6 2 0 0 6 2
Career total 46 10 7 1 53 11

References
  1. "Terry Ledgerton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. "September 1952". Bluecorrespondent.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 380–384. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 96. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  5. "Season%2054–55". millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  6. "Hall of Fame entry #5 – Terry Ledgerton – Hall of Fame". FC Clacton. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
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