Eddie Holding

Eddie Holding
Personal information
Full name	Edwin John Holding
Date of birth	(1930-10-15)15 October 1930
Place of birth	Wolverhampton, England
Date of death	9 February 2014(2014-02-09) (aged 83)
Place of death	Walsall, England
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1950–1954	Walsall	39	(6)
1954–1955	Barrow	5	(5)
	Northampton Town
	Nuneaton Borough
	Lockheed Leamington
	Evesham United
	Brierley Hill Alliance
Total		44	(11)
Teams managed
1962	Tamworth
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Edwin "Eddie" John Holding (15 October 1930 – 9 February 2014) was an English footballer and manager.

Career

Holding was a versatile right-back who netted six goals in 39 third division (south) outings while for Walsall, prior to joining Barrow in July 1954, and then Northampton Town, Nuneaton Borough, Lockheed Leamington, Evesham United and Brierley Hill. He lived near Walsall in retirement.^[1]

Managerial Statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%
Tamworth		23 April 1962	14 December 1962	7001240000000000000♠24	7001110000000000000♠11	7000400000000000000♠4	7000900000000000000♠9	7001460000000000000♠46	7001460000000000000♠46	+0	7001458000000000000♠45.8
Total				7001240000000000000♠24	7001110000000000000♠11	7000400000000000000♠4	7000900000000000000♠9	7001460000000000000♠46	7001460000000000000♠46	+0	7001458000000000000♠45.8

References

↑ "Ultimate Saddlers A - Z". Saddlers.co.uk. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

External links

Eddie Holdings career stats at Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database

Tamworth F.C. – managers

Committee (1933–40) None (1940–45) Committee (1945–55) Goffin (1955–58^p) Chapman (1958–61) Committee (1961–62) Holding (1962) Committee (1962–67) Morrow (1967–71) Foster (1972) Cox (1972–74) Dougall (1974) Hennessey (1974) Dougall (1974–77) Robinson (1977–79) Simms (1979^c) Fogarty (1979–80) Hampton (1980–82) Meads (1982^c) Shepherd (1982–83) Meads (1983–84) Seedhouse (1984–86) R. Smith (1986–87) G. Smith (1987–91) Dwayne & Wood (1992^c) Chung (1992–93) Hampton (1993^c) Seedhouse (1993^c) Wood (1993–94) Green (1994–95) Bond (1995^c) Hendrie (1995–2000) Steele (2001^c) Mills (2001–02^p) Gee (2002–04) Cooper (2004–07^p) A. Smith & Belford (2007^c) Mills (2007–10^p) Lyttle (2010–11^p) Belford (2011^c) Law (2011–13) Belford (2013^p–14) Purdie (2014^c) Morrell (2014^p–)

(c) caretaker; (p) player manager; (s) secretary