John Moore (footballer, born 1945)

John Moore
Personal information
Full name	John Moore^[1]
Date of birth	(1945-09-09) 9 September 1945^[1]
Place of birth	Liverpool, England^[1]
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1967	Everton	0	(0)
1967–1968	Stoke City	13	(0)
1968–1972	Shrewsbury Town	144	(1)
1972–1974	Swansea City	31	(0)
Total		188	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

John Moore (born 9 September 1945) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town, Swansea City and Stoke City.^[1]

Career

Moore was born in Liverpool and began his career with |Everton's youth team before joining [[Stoke City F.C. in 1963.<ref interview He played in 13 matches during the 1967–68 Stoke City F.C. season|1967–68]] season.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City

He signed for Third Division ShrewsburyTown. F.C. for £12000 fee becoming a regular for the "Shrews". He played 159 matches for the club scoring once against [[Rotherham United F.C.on 15 August 1970. He then signed for swansea city for a £6000 fee and spent year and a half at the Welsh club  before retiring due to injury.<ref name="The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City" still lives on the lovely gower coast of swansea with his wife rita and grand and great grandchildren...÷

Career statistics

Sourced from John Moore profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City	1967–68	First Division	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
Shrewsbury Town	1968–69	Third Division	33	0	1	0	0	0	34	0
	1969–70	Third Division	39	0	2	0	2	0	43	0
	1970–71	Third Division	31	1	3	0	1	0	35	1
	1971–72	Third Division	20	0	2	0	0	0	22	0
	1972–73	Third Division	21	0	3	0	1	0	25	0
Swansea City	1972–73	Fourth Division	18	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
Swansea City	1973–74	Fourth Division	13	0	0	0	2	0	15	0
Career Total			188	1	11	0	6	0	205	1

References

1 2 3 4 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

External links

John Moore stats at Neil Brown stat site

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