Arthur Cartlidge

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Arthur Cartlidge
Personal information
Full name Arthur Cartlidge[1]
Date of birth 12 June 1880
Place of birth Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1]
Date of death 1922 (aged 41–42)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1897–1898 Penkell Victoria
1898–1899 Market Drayton Town
1899–1900 Stoke 10 (0)
1901–1908 Bristol Rovers 258 (0)
1908–1910 Aston Villa 52 (0)
1911–1912 Stoke 34 (0)
1912 South Shields
Total 345 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur Cartlidge (12 June 1880 – 1922) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa and Stoke as well as spending seven years at Bristol Rovers.[1]

Career[edit]

Cartlidge was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played amateur football with Penkell Victoria and Market Drayton Town before joining Stoke in 1899.[1] He played ten matches for Stoke in two seasons before joining Bristol Rovers.[1]

On 3 May 1901 he joined Bristol Rovers from Stoke, where he remained for seven years, making 258 appearances in the Southern League and winning the league title during the 1904–05 season.[2] He left Bristol in April 1908 to join Aston Villa playing 55 times, before returning to Stoke in 1911 to play in the Southern League for two more years. He ended his career with South Shields.[1]

Career statistics[edit]

Source:[3]

Club Season League FA Cup Charity Shield Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke 1899–1900 First Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
1900–01 First Division 7 0 0 0 7 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Aston Villa 1908–09 First Division 3 0 0 0 3 0
1909–10 First Division 35 0 2 0 37 0
1910–11 First Division 14 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
Total 52 0 2 0 1 0 55 0
Stoke 1910–11 Birmingham & District League / Southern League Division Two 12 0 0 0 12 0
1911–12 Southern League Division One 22 0 1 0 23 0
Total 34 0 1 0 0 0 35 0
Career Total 96 0 3 0 1 0 100 0

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
  3. ^ Arthur Cartlidge at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)