Arthur Cartlidge

Arthur Cartlidge

Personal information
Full name	Arthur Cartlidge[1]
Date of birth	12 June 1880
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1]
Date of death	1940 (aged 60)[1]
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
–	Penkell Victoria
–	Market Drayton Town
1899–1900	Stoke	10	(0)
1901–1908	Bristol Rovers	258	(0)
1908–1910	Aston Villa	52	(0)
1911–1912	Stoke	34	(0)
–	South Shields
Total		345	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Arthur Cartlidge (12 June 1880 – 1940) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa and Stoke as well as spending seven years at Bristol Rovers.^[1]

Career

Cartlidge was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played amateur football with Penkell Victoria and Market Drayton Town before joining Stoke in 1899.^[1] He played ten matches for Stoke in two seasons before joining Bristol Rovers.^[1]

On 3 May 1901 he joined Bristol Rovers from Stoke, where he remained for seven years, making 258 appearances in the Southern League and winning the league title during the 1904–05 season.^[2] He left Bristol in April 1908 to join Aston Villa playing 55 times, before returning to Stoke in 1911 to play in the Southern League for two more years. He ended his career with South Shields.^[1]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Charity Shield		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1899–1900	3	0	0	0	–		3	0
	1900–01	7	0	0	0	–		7	0
	Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Aston Villa	1908–09	3	0	0	0	–		3	0
	1909–10	35	0	2	0	–		37	0
	1910–11	14	0	0	0	1	0	15	0
	Total	52	0	2	0	1	0	55	0
Stoke	1910–11	12	0	0	0	–		12	0
	1911–12	22	0	1	0	–		23	0
	Total	34	0	1	0	0	0	35	0
Career Total		96	0	3	0	1	0	100	0

References

1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
2. Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.