Teddy Bateup

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Teddy Bateup
Personal information
Full name Edwin Bateup[1]
Date of birth (1881-05-16)16 May 1881[1]
Place of birth Horley, England[1]
Date of death 29 April 1939(1939-04-29) (aged 57)[1]
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Croydon Glenrose
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Dragoon Guards
Faversham
1905–1908 Woolwich Arsenal 6 (0)
1908–1910 New Brompton 85 (0)
1910–1911 Woolwich Arsenal 28 (0)
1911–1918 Port Vale 137 (0)
Total 256 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edwin Bateup (16 May 1881 – 29 April 1939) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Woolwich Arsenal, New Brompton, and Port Vale.

Career[edit]

Bateup played for Croydon Glenrose, the Dragoon Guards, Faversham, Woolwich Arsenal and New Brompton, before joining Port Vale from Arsenal in August 1911.[1] He kept a clean sheet on his debut at the Athletic Ground, in a 1–0 win over Oldham Athletic Reserves in a Central League match on 4 September 1911.[1] He remained the club's first-choice keeper until September 1916, helping them to the Staffordshire Senior Cup, Birmingham Senior Cup and North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup on the way.[1] After two years as a back-up keeper he retired from the game in 1918.[1] He had kept goal for Vale on 193 occasions, including the first round of the FA Cup on 10 January 1914 against Bolton Wanderers.[1]

Career statistics[edit]

Source:[3]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Woolwich Arsenal 1905–06 First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
1906–07 First Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
1907–08 First Division 2 0 0 0 2 0
Total 6 0 0 0 6 0
Woolwich Arsenal 1910–11 First Division 28 0 2 0 30 0
Port Vale 1911–12 The Central League 29 0 0 0 29 0
1912–13 The Central League 35 0 4 0 39 0
1913–14 The Central League 37 0 9 0 46 0
1914–15 The Central League 36 0 3 0 39 0
Total 137 0 16 0 153 0

Honours[edit]

Port Vale[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 20. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0. ASIN 0952915200.
  2. ^ a b Matthews, Tony (2007). Who's who of Arsenal. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 9781845962326. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. ^ Teddy Bateup at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)