Horace Astley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1882 | ||
| Place of birth | Bolton, England | ||
| Date of death | Unknown | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Middlesbrough | |||
| 1905-07 | Crystal Palace | 32 | (12) |
| Heywood United | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Horace Astley (1882–?) was an English footballer, who played for Crystal Palace as a forward.
Career
Born in Bolton, Astley played professionally for Middlesbrough, before following manager Jack Robson South to join the newly established club, Crystal Palace. Astley was the club's top scorer in the club's second season, 1906–07, the club's first playing in the Southern League Division One. Astley famously scored the only goal in Palace's shock defeat of Newcastle in the first round of the 1906–07 FA Cup.[1][2]