Percy Birch

Percy Birch
Personal information
Full name Percy Birch[1]
Date of birth 1860[1]
Place of birth Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1]
Date of death Unknown
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Stoke Priory
1883–1885 Stoke 0 (0)
Cobridge

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

† Appearances (goals)

Percy Birch (1860 – unknown) was an English footballer who played for Stoke.[1]

Career

Birch played for Stoke Priory before joining Stoke in 1883. He played in the club's first competitive match in the FA Cup against Manchester where he kept goal in a 2–1 defeat.[1] He stayed at Stoke until the end of the 1885–86 season where he played in two more FA Cup matches.[1] He later went on to play for Cobridge.[1]

Career statistics

Club Season FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke[1] 1883–84 1010
1884–85 0000
1885–86 2020
Career Total 3030

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
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