Gerry Bridgwood

Gerry Bridgwood
Personal information
Full name Gerald Bridgwood[1]
Date of birth (1944-10-17)17 October 1944[1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 2 March 2012(2012-03-02) (aged 67)
Place of death Goostrey, England
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1958–1960 Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1968 Stoke City 95 (6)
1968–1973 Shrewsbury Town 117 (7)
Telford United
Total 212 (13)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Gerald "Gerry" Bridgwood (17 October 1944 – 2 March 2012) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town and Stoke City. Bridgwood spent eight years at Stoke, in which time he was used as backup and was used sparingly by manager Tony Waddington.[1]

Career

Bridgwood started his career with local team Stoke City and made his professional debut at the end of the 1960–61 season at home to Brighton & Hove Albion.[1] It took him a while to establish himself in Tony Waddingtons squad and he was used as a back up player in his time at Stoke.[1] In total Bridgwood played in 111 matches for Stoke scoring eight goals in nine seasons.[1] His most productive season was the 1966–67 as he made 26 appearances. He also played six matches in the clubs run to the 1964 Football League Cup Final. He left for regular football in 1968 and joined Shrewsbury Town where he spent five years before ending his career with Telford United.[1]

Personal life

After finishing his playing career Bridgwood and his wife Cynthia became pub landlords. They owned The Greyhound (Stafford) for many years. Since the early 1990s they owned the Crown Inn, Goostrey. Bridgwood's eldest son, Mark, a ceramic artist, lives with his family in U.S. His youngest son, Scott is a painter in the UK.

Death

Gerry Bridgwood died on 2 March 2012 after a suspected heart attack just days after he had decided to retire from the pub trade.[2]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City[1] 1960–61 Second Division 10000010
1961–62 Second Division 50000050
1962–63 Second Division 40101060
1963–64 First Division 1620060222
1964–65 First Division 800041121
1965–66 First Division 1520010162
1966–67 First Division 2520010262
1967–68 First Division 1500011161
1968–69 First Division 60001070
Total 956101521118
Shrewsbury Town 1968–69 Third Division 40000040
1969–70 Third Division 3021020332
1970–71 Third Division 2312010261
1971–72 Third Division 3523020402
1972–73 Third Division 2523010292
Total 1177100601327
Career Total 2121310021224313

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. "Former Stoke City star Gerry Bridgwood died days after retiring from pub". The Sentinel. Retrieved 3 March 2012.

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