Keith Bebbington

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Keith Bebbington
Personal information
Full name Keith Richard Bebbington [1]
Date of birth (1943-08-04) 4 August 1943 (age 81) [1]
Place of birth Cuddington Heath, Cheshire, England [1]
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1960–1962 Stoke City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1962–1966 Stoke City 100 (17)
1966–1972 Oldham Athletic 237 (39)
1972–1974 Rochdale 60 (6)
1974–1979 Winsford United
Total398(62)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keith Richard Bebbington (born 4 August 1943) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic, Rochdale and Stoke City. [1]

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Career

Bebbington was a quick left winger who came through the youth team at Stoke City. He made his debut against Luton Town in September 1962. [1] He had a good debut season with Stoke as in 1962–63 they won the Second Division title. [1] In 1963–64 Stoke made it to the 1964 Football League Cup Final against Leicester City, Bebbington scoring the first goal of a two legged tie becoming Stoke's first cup final goalscorer, Stoke however lost 4–3 on aggregate. [1]

In the 1965–66 season the substitute was introduced and Bebbington was Stoke's first sub replacing Dennis Viollet on the opening day away at Arsenal. [1] He spent two more seasons at the Victoria Ground and after making 124 appearances, scoring 22 goals he left for Oldham Athletic. [1] He became a key figure with the "Latics" as he made 237 appearances in the league in six years with the club. [1] He finished his career with Rochdale.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [2]
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke City [1] 1962–63 Second Division 1941121226
1963–64 First Division 3674092499
1964–65 First Division2330041274
1965–66 First Division2230040263
Total100175119412422
Oldham Athletic 1966–67 Third Division 3834400427
1967–68 Third Division3741010394
1968–69 Third Division411211204413
1969–70 Fourth Division 3772110408
1970–71 Fourth Division431010214611
1971–72 Third Division4131020443
Total237391068125546
Rochdale 1972–73 Third Division3731020403
1973–74 Third Division2333010273
Total6064030676
Career total3976219730544674

Honours

Stoke City
Oldham Athletic

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN   0-9524151-0-0.
  2. Keith Bebbington at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)