Billy Leese

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Billy Leese
Personal information
Full name William Leese [1]
Date of birth (1961-03-10) 10 March 1961 (age 64) [1]
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England [1]
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) [2]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Port Vale
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1980 Port Vale 1 (0)
1978 → Cleveland Cobras (loan)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Leese (born 10 March 1961) is an English former footballer who played for Port Vale and the Cleveland Cobras in the late 1970s.

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Career

Leese graduated through the Port Vale youth team to earn a loan move to American Soccer League side Cleveland Cobras in May 1978. [1] He returned to Vale Park three months later and signed as a Port Vale professional in March 1979. [1] His first-team debut in the Fourth Division came on 1 December, in a 5–1 defeat by York City at Bootham Crescent. [1] He was not selected by new boss John McGrath and instead was forced into retirement at the end of the 1979–80 season following an injury. [1]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [3]
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale 1978–79 Fourth Division 00000000
1979–80 Fourth Division10000010
Total10000010

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 172. ISBN   0-9529152-0-0.
  2. ↑ Rollin, Jack (1980). Rothmans football yearbook . London: Queen Anne Press. p.  299. ISBN   0362020175 . Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. ↑ Billy Leese at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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