Teddy Bateup

Teddy Bateup
Personal information
Full nameEdwin Bateup[1]
Date of birth16 May 1881[1]
Place of birthHorley, England[1]
Date of death29 April 1939 (aged 57)[1]
Place of deathStoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Youth career
Croydon Glenrose
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Dragoon guards
Faversham
Woolwich Arsenal
1908–1910New Brompton85(0)
1910–1911Woolwich Arsenal
1911–1918Port Vale137(0)
Total137+(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Edwin "Teddy" Bateup (16 May 1881 – 29 April 1939) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Woolwich Arsenal, New Brompton, and Port Vale.

Playing career

Bateup played for Croydon Glenrose, the Dragoon guards, Faversham, Woolwich Arsenal and New Brompton, before joining Port Vale from Arsenal in August 1911.[1] He kept a clean sheet on his debut at the Athletic Ground, in a 1–0 win over Oldham Athletic Reserves in a Central League match on 4 September 1911.[1] He remained the club's first choice keeper until September 1916, helping them to the Staffordshire Senior Cup, Birmingham Senior Cup and North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup on the way.[1] After two years as a back-up keeper he retired from the game in 1918.[1] He had kept goal for Vale on 193 occasions, including the first round of the FA Cup on 10 January 1914 against Bolton Wanderers.[1]

Honours

with Port Vale

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 20. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.