Josiah Roberts

Josiah Roberts
Personal information
Full nameJosiah Edmund Roberts
Date of birth1871
Place of birthWest Smethwick, England
Date of deathNot known
Playing positionRight back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Birmingham St George's?(?)
1892–1893Small Heath1(0)
1893–1xxxWalsall Wood?(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Josiah Edmund Roberts (1871 – after 1892) was an English footballer born in West Smethwick, then in Staffordshire, who played in the Football League for Small Heath.[1] He joined Small Heath from Birmingham St George's when the latter club folded in 1892.[2] A right back, he played only one competitive game for the club, on 5 November 1892 in a 4–1 win away at Bootle, which was the game after regular left back Fred Speller broke his leg.[3] Roberts returned to non-league football in 1893.[2]

References

  1. Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData (Tony Brown). p. 222. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  3. Matthews, p. 142.