Billy Cobb

Billy Cobb

Personal information
Full name	Walter William Cobb[1]
Date of birth	29 September 1940[1]
Place of birth	Newark,[1] Nottinghamshire, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
–	Ransome & Marles
1958–1963	Nottingham Forest	30	(5)
1963–1964	Plymouth Argyle	31	(0)
1964–1966	Brentford	71	(23)
1966–1968	Lincoln City	67	(10)
1968–1971	Boston United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Walter William Cobb (born 29 September 1940), known as Billy Cobb, was an English footballer who scored 38 goals from 199 appearances in the Football League playing for Nottingham Forest, Plymouth Argyle, Brentford and Lincoln City. He played in midfield.^[2] He went on to play for Boston United in the Northern Premier League.^[3]

Cobb was the scorer of Nottingham Forest's first goal in European football, in a 5–1 defeat to Valencia in the 1961–62 Fairs Cup.^[4] He scored a hat-trick on his Lincoln City debut, in an 8–1 defeat of Luton Town.^[5] After retiring from football he kept a pub in Nottingham^[6] and managed the bars at Nottingham Ice Stadium.^[7]

References

1. "Billy Cobb". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
2. "Billy Cobb". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
3. "Boston United Roll Call". Boston United FC – the original website. Ken Fox. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
4. "Keeping it in the family". Newark Advertiser. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
5. "Hat-trick heroes". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
6. "Where are they now – from A to I". Nottingham Forest F.C. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
7. Culley, Jon (21 November 1995). "Where are they now?". The Independent (London). Retrieved 22 April 2013.