W.E. Powell

W.E. Powell
Personal information
Playing position Full-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1884–1893 Burslem Port Vale 9 (0)
Total 9 (0)

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


W.E. Powell was a 19th-century footballer who played for Burslem Port Vale.

Playing career

Powell most likely joined Burslem Port Vale in the autumn of 1884.[1] His first recorded game was in a 6–1 thumping at Blackburn Olympic on 1 November 1884 in a friendly.[1] The next year he was a member of the sides that won the Burslem Challenge and shared the North Staffs Charity Challenge cups in 1885.[1] He was rather callously given the nickname "Pull-it" after badly disjointing a knee in a 4–1 defeat at Crewe Alexandra in a Football Combination match on 20 October 1888; the injury was so severe a doctor had to be brought onto the pitch before Powell was carried off.[1] Once recovered he was mainly used as a reserve player and was released from the Athletic Ground at the end of the 1892–93 season.[1]

Statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burslem Port Vale1884–85–0000230230
1885–86–0050280330
1886–87–0040330370
1887–88–0010340350
1888–89Combination600050110
1889–90–00000000
1890–91Midland League00000000
1891–92Midland League00000000
1892–93Second Division30000030
Total 9010012301340

Honours

with Port Vale

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 238. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
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