Billy Ashcroft

English footballer

Billy AshcroftPersonal information

Full name|  William Ashcroft
Date of birth|  (1952-10-01) 1 October 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth|  Liverpool, England
Position(s)|  Defender/Forward
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1970–1977|  Wrexham|  219|  (72)
1977–1982|  Middlesbrough|  139|  (21)
1982–1985|  FC Twente|  77|  (29)
1985–1986|  Tranmere Rovers|  23|  (2)
Total|  |  458|  (124)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Billy Ashcroft (born 1 October 1952) is an English retired footballer who played both as a central defender and as a forward. He made his League debut for Middlesbrough on 3 September 1977 in a 2–1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion, after having previously served Wrexham for seven years, playing 219 matches and scoring 72 goals. Ashcroft was transferred to FC Twente in the Netherlands in 1982, where he stayed for three years, making 77 league appearances and scoring 29 goals. He was the club top-scorer in the 1983–84 season. In 1985, he moved to Tranmere Rovers, where he scored twice in 23 league appearances.

## References

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* Billy Ashcroft career stats at Sporting-Heroes.net

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1976–77 Football League Third Division PFA Team of the Year

* GK: McAlister
* DF: McMahon
* DF: Evans
* DF: Cross
* DF: Sansom
* MF: Griffiths
* MF: Horton
* MF: Crawford
* FW: Ward
* FW: Ashcroft
* FW: Buckley

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