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Richardson Billy Image 4 Bury 1923
£8.95 – £49.95
Description
Scotswood, County Durham, born goalkeeper Billy Richardson joined Scotswood in 1919 after the end of the First World War before signing for Second Division club Blackpool in 1920, making his Football League debut at Coventry City that September. He played 32 matches in his first season at Bloomfield Road but lost his place in 1921 making only 3 further appearances before joining Bury in the summer of 1922. He was an ever present as Bury were promoted to the First Division as Second Division runners-up in 1923-24 and played a further five seasons for Bury in the First Division before leaving after they were relegated in 1929, joining Stockport County after 228 appearances for The Shakers. He played two seasons at Edgeley Park playing 41 times for The Hatters, narrowly missing out on promotion in his first season as they finished Third Division (North) runners up in 1929-30, before retiring in 1931.
NB in the photograph taken at Millfields Road on 9th September 1923, Richardson fields the ball under challenge from Clapton Orient’s Tommy Green, watched on by Bury’s Jimmy Porter (left). Bury lost the match 1-0.
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