Eddie Loyden (footballer)

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Eddie Loyden
Personal information
Full name Edward Loyden [1]
Date of birth (1945-12-22) 22 December 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Date of death 5 June 2025(2025-06-05) (aged 79)
Place of death Liverpool, England
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1964–1965 Blackpool 2 (0)
1966–1967 Carlisle United 0 (0)
1967–1968 Chester 37 (22)
1968 Shrewsbury Town 12 (2)
1968–1970 Barnsley 65 (23)
1970–1972 Chester 62 (26)
1972–1974 Tranmere Rovers 61 (22)
1974 Highlands Park
1974–1978 Caroline Hill
Total239(95)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Loyden (22 December 1945-5th June 2025) was a footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Blackpool, Chester, Shrewsbury Town, Barnsley and Tranmere Rovers. [2] [3] As a Tranmere player, he is remembered for scoring the goal that defeated Arsenal at Highbury in October 1973. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Eddie Loyden". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ↑ Brown, Neil (2 September 2012). "Eddie Loyden". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  3. ↑ Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. The Authors. pp. 101–108. ISBN   978-0-9518648-2-1.
  4. ↑ Hilton, Nick (2 October 2013). "Heroes of Highbury: 40 years on, Moore memories of Tranmere beating Arsenal". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 16 October 2018.


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