Sam Baddeley

Sam Baddeley

Personal information
Full name	Samuel Baddeley
Date of birth	1884
Place of birth	Norton le Moors, Staffordshire, England
Date of death	1958 (aged 73–74)
Place of death	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Playing position	Centre-half
Youth career
	Ball Green
	Endon
	Norton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1905–1907	Burslem Port Vale	30	(0)
1908–1915	Stoke	189	(9)
	Kidsgrove Wellington
Total		219	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Samuel "Sam" Baddeley (1884–1958) was an English footballer. A centre-half, he played for Burslem Port Vale in 1906–07, before switching to Stoke after Vale quit the Football League. Stoke also resigned, and he helped the club to two Southern Football League Division Two titles and one Birmingham & District League title. His brothers, Amos, George, and Tom were all professional footballers.

Playing career

Burslem Port Vale

Baddeley had two spells with Ball Green and also played for Endon and Norton before joining Burslem Port Vale in October 1905. Both he and William Dodds made their débuts on 1 September 1906; in a 2–1 defeat to Leicester Fosse at the Athletic Ground. He played 30 Second Division games by the end of the season, but was transferred to local rivals Stoke in June 1907 as Vale went into financial meltdown.^[1]

Stoke

Baddeley joined Stoke at the start of the 1907–08 season, in what was their first season in the Second Division.^[2] As well as Vale, Stoke were also having a financial crisis and at the end of the season Stoke entered liquidation.^[2] As a result Stoke left the Football League and thus many of their players departed the club.^[2] However Baddeley stayed at the Victoria Ground, and featured 32 times in the Birmingham & District League in 1908–09. He scored twice in 48 appearances in 1909–10, helping Stoke to top the Southern Football League Division Two A. He made 56 appearances in 1910–11, as the "Potters" won the Birmingham & District League and finished second in the Southern Football League Division Two. He scored twice in 20 games in 1911–12, as Stoke concentrated on the Southern League Division One. He featured 31 times in 1912–13, as the club were relegated in last place. He then played eight times in 1913–14 and twice in 1914–15, as Stoke won promotion as champions of Division Two. After leaving Stoke in 1915 he went on to join Kidsgrove Wellington.^[2] During his time at Stoke he played alongside Amos Baddeley, George Baddeley, and Tom Baddeley.^[2]

Statistics

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burslem Port Vale	1906–07	Second Division	30	0	4	0	34	0
	Total		30	0	4	0	34	0
Stoke[2]	1907–08	Second Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1908–09	Birmingham & District League	32	1	1	0	33	1
	1909–10		42	2	6	0	48	2
	1910–11		53	3	3	0	56	3
	1911–12	Southern League Division One	24	2	0	0	24	2
	1912–13		29	1	2	0	31	1
	1913–14	Southern League Division Two	7	0	1	0	8	0
	1914–15		1	0	1	0	2	0
	Total		189	9	14	0	203	9
Career Total			219	9	18	0	237	9

Honours

with Stoke

• Southern Football League Division Two A champion: 1909–10
• Birmingham & District League champion: 1910–11
• Southern Football League Division Two runner-up: 1910–11
• Southern Football League Division Two champion: 1914–15

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 13. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
2. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.