Patrick Bradley (footballer)

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Patrick Bradley
Personal information
Full name Patrick John Bradley
Date of birth 23 April 1902[1]
Place of birth Coatbridge, Scotland
Position(s) Outside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1924–1926 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 (0)
1926–1927 Gillingham 33 (3)
1927–? Walsall Wood
Brownhills Albion
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick John Bradley (born 23 April 1902) was a Scottish professional football player of the 1920s. Born in Coatbridge, his earliest known club was Wolverhampton Wanderers.[2] He made only five appearances for the club in the Football League Second Division before moving to Gillingham of the Third Division South in November 1926.[3] He was a regular in the Gills' first team for the remainder of the 1926–27 season, playing 24 games and scoring three goals, including two in a 4–4 draw with Swindon Town.[4]

The following season, however, he lost his place to new signing Enos Bromage and, despite, returning for a run of nine consecutive first team games in October and November,[4] he never made another Football League appearance for Gillingham and moved on to non-league club Walsall Wood. He later played for another minor club in the same area, Brownhills Albion.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1902 BRADLEY, PATRICK (Statutory registers Births 652/2 507)". Scotland's People. National Records of Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
  2. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 – 1939. Soccerdata. p. 33. ISBN 1-899468-67-6.
  3. ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 12. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  4. ^ a b Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. pp. 40–41. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.