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Billy Gaughan

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Billy Gaughan
Personal information
Full name William Bernard Gaughan[1]
Date of birth 20 January 1892
Place of birth Stoke d'Abernon, England
Date of death 1956 (aged 63–64)[1]
Place of death Wales[2]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1914 Cardiff City 4 (0)
1914–1919 Manchester City 10 (0)
1919–1924 Newport County 95 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Bernard Gaughan (20 January 1892 – 1956) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Southern League for Cardiff City and the Football League for Newport County and Manchester City.[3][1][4]

Personal life

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Gaughan served in the Welsh Regiment during the First World War and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in January 1918.[5][6]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Manchester City 1914–15[6] First Division 10 0 0 0 10 0
Career total 10 0 0 0 10 0

References

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  1. ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (16 October 2012). Football League Players' Records 1888–1939 (3rd Revised ed.). Tony Brown. p. 108. ISBN 9781905891610.
  2. ^ Matthews, Tony (15 August 2013). Manchester City Player by Player. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-1737-4.
  3. ^ Grandin, Terry (2010). Cardiff City 100 Years of Professional Football. Vertical Editions. pp. 207–208. ISBN 978-1-904091-45-5.
  4. ^ "Gaughan Billy Newport County 1921". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Remembering City's fallen heroes". MCFC. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Manchester City Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 21 November 2018.