Horace Astley

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]

References

  1. ↑ "THE WORLD OF PASTIME" The Penny Illustrated Paper and Illustrated Times (London, England), Saturday, January 19, 1907; Issue 2382.
  2. ↑ King, Ian (2012). Crystal Palace: The Complete Record 1905-2011. Derby Books Publishing Company Limited. pp. 530–1. ISBN 978-1-78091-221-9.


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