W.E. Powell

W.E. Powell
Personal information
Playing position	Full-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1884–1893	Burslem Port Vale	9	(0)
Total		9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

W.E. Powell was a 19th century footballer.

Playing career

Powell most likely joined Burslem Port Vale in the autumn of 1884. His first recorded game was in a 6–1 thumping at Blackburn Olympic on 1 November 1884 in a friendly. The next year he was a member of the sides that won the Burslem Challenge and shared the North Staffs Charity Challenge cups in 1885. He was rather callously given the nickname "Pull-it" after badly disjointing a knee in a 4–1 defeat at Crewe Alexandra in a Football Combination match on 20 October 1888, the injury was so severe a doctor had to be brought onto the pitch before Powell was carried off. Once had recovered he was mainly used as a reserve player and was released at the end of the 1892–93 season. He had played 142 games for the Vale; 102 of these were friendlies, 31 were cup games, 6 were in the Football Combination and 3 were Football League games.^[1]

Honours

with Port Vale

Burslem Challenge Cup winner: 1885
North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup winner: 1885 (shared)

References

^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 238. ISBN 0952915200. http://www.amazon.ca/Port-Vale-Personalities-Jeff-Kent/dp/0952915200.

Persondata
Name	Powell, W.E.
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Short description	Footballer
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