Billy Wootton

Billy Wootton
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Wootton[1]
Date of birth27 August 1904[1]
Place of birthLongton, Staffordshire, England[1]
Playing positionFull-back
Youth career
Trentham
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1919Stoke0(0)
Congleton Town
1925–1932Port Vale56(0)
1932–1937Southend United2(0)
1935–1947Northwich Victoria
Total58+(0+)
Teams managed
1935–1947Northwich Victoria (player-manager)
1947–1950Oldham Athletic
1951–1952Halifax Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

William "Billy" Wootton (born 27 August 1904; date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played as a full-back for Stoke, Congleton Town, Port Vale, and Southend United. He later managed Northwich Victoria, Oldham Athletic, and Halifax Town. He won the Third Division North title with Port Vale in 1929–30, and led Northwich Victoria to victory in the Cheshire Senior Cup in 1937.

Playing career

Wootton played for Trentham, Stoke and Congleton Town, before joining Port Vale in June 1925.[1] He made three Second Division appearances in the 1925–26 season.[1] He remained a bit-part player for the "Valiants", featuring seven times in 1926–27, 12 times in 1927–28, and six times in 1928–29.[1] Vale were relegated in 1929, and Wootton played 20 league games in 1929–30 as Vale won the Third Division North title.[1] However he only played four games in 1930–31 and six games in 1931–32.[1]

In August 1932, he was transferred to Third Division South side Southend United.[2] He became the player-manager of Cheshire County League club Northwich Victoria in 1935. He spent 12 years at Drill Field, leading them to the Cheshire Senior Cup in 1937.

Management career

After leaving the position of player-manager with Northwich Victoria, Wootton became the manager of Third Division North side Oldham Athletic in June 1947. He oversaw 141 games at Boundary Park and achieved a 38.28 win percentage but failed to gain the club the promotion to the Second Division they craved. He left Oldham in September 1950 and took up the reins at Halifax Town the following year. He spent just one season with Halifax, and left The Shay after leading the "Shaymen" to a 20th-place finish in the Third Division North in 1951–52.

Honours

with Port Vale
with Northwich Victoria

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 317. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ↑ "Player detail: Billy Wootton". SUFC DataBase. Retrieved 31 December 2009.

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