Joseph Holyhead

English footballer

Joseph HolyheadPersonal information

Date of birth|  (1880-11-01)1 November 1880
Place of birth|  Pleck, England
Date of death|  1944 (aged 63-64)
Position(s)|  Half-back
Youth career
|  Wednesbury Old Athletic
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1902–1903|  Wolverhampton Wanderers|  6|  (0)
1903–1907|  Burslem Port Vale|  123|  (6)
|  Wednesbury Old Athletic|  |
|  Kidderminster Harriers|  |
Total|  |  129+|  (6+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Holyhead (1 November 1880 – 1944) was an English footballer who played at half-back for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burslem Port Vale. He made 129 league appearances in the Football League between 1902 and 1907. He also represented Wednesbury Old Athletic and Kidderminster Harriers.

## Career[edit]

Holyhead played for Wednesbury Old Athletic,[1] before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1902.[2] He played six First Division games at Molineux in the 1902–03 season. He joined Burslem Port Vale in September 1903.[3] He made 27 Second Division appearances and eight cup appearances in 1903–04.[3] He scored his first FA Cup goal on 19 November 1903, in a 6–0 win over Stockport County at the Athletic Ground.[3] He scored his first league goal on 9 April 1904, in a 3–1 home win over Burton United.[3] Holyhead featured 38 times in 1904–05, and found the net once in a 2–1 defeat to Bradford City at Valley Parade.[3] He played 30 games in 1905–06, and scored in a 3–3 home draw with Glossop and a 4–1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.[3] He made 39 appearances in the 1906–07 campaign, and scored in home wins over Grimsby Town and Stockport County.[3] He was forced to leave the club in the summer due to the club's worsening financial crisis.[3] He briefly returned to Wednesbury Old Athletic, before moving on to Kidderminster Harriers.

## Career statistics[edit]

Source:[4]

Club  | Season  | Division  | League  | FA Cup  | Total

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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1902–03 | First Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0
Burslem Port Vale | 1903–04 | Second Division | 27 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 1
1904–05 | Second Division  | 33 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 1 | 0
1905–06 | Second Division  | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 2
1906–07 | Second Division  | 35 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2
Total  | 123 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 138 | 7
Career total  | 129 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 144 | 7

## References[edit]

1. ^ Carr, Steve (2010). The Old Uns Revisited - Wednesbury Old Athletic 1893 to 1924. Spellbound. ISBN 978-0-9565030-1-5.
2. ^ "Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club Players. A - Z". wolves-stats.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 140\. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
4. ^ Joseph Holyhead at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals