Terry Ledgerton

Terry Ledgerton
Personal information
Date of birth (1930-10-07)7 October 1930
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Date of death December 2004 (aged 74)[1]
Place of death Colchester, England
Playing position Striker, left winger
Youth career
St. Dominic’s
Huyton
1949–1951 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1954 Brentford 40 (0)
1954–1955 Millwall 6 (0)
1955–196? Clacton Town

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

† Appearances (goals)

Terry Ledgerton is a retired English football striker and winger who played in the Football League for Brentford and Millwall.

Playing career

Brentford

Ledgerton began his career as a youth in his native Liverpool with spells at St. Dominic’s and Huyton.[2] He also represented a Liverpool FA Youth XI. Ledgerton moved on to join the youth team at Division Two side Brentford as an amateur in 1949.[2] He made his debut in a 0-0 draw with West London rivals Queens Park Rangers on 9 February 1952.[3] He established himself as a first team regular during the 1952/53 season, making 31 appearances.[4] His appearances tailed off during the 1953/54 season and he departed the club in the summer of 1954.[4]

Millwall

Ledgerton joined Division Three South side Millwall in the summer of 1954. He made just 8 appearances for the club before departing at the end of the 1954/55 season.[5][6]

Clacton Town

Ledgerton dropped into non-league football and joined Eastern Counties League side Clacton Town in the summer of 1955.[6] He bagged 30 goals during the 1955/56 season to set a new goalscoring record at the club and beat his own record by scoring 31 goals in the 1956/57 season, winning the East Anglian Cup.[6] Ledgerton was an integral part of the best years in the club's existence, firing in the goals which led the club to be accepted into the Southern League South-East Division, its highest ever placing in the league pyramid.[6] Suffering relegation in the 1958/59 season, the club won the 1959/60 Southern League Division One title. Ledgerton played for Clacton into the 1960s.[6]

Honours

Clacton Town

References

  1. "Terry Ledgerton". Barry Hugman's Footballers Post-War Premier & Football League Players' Records. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "September 1952". Bluecorrespondent.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  3. "Brentford Football Club History". Brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  4. 1 2 "Brentford Football Club History". Brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  5. "Season%2054-55". millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-28.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hall of Fame entry #5 - Terry Ledgerton - Hall of Fame". FC Clacton. Retrieved 2014-07-28.


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