Billy Gaughan

Billy Gaughan
Personal information
Full name William Bernard Gaughan
Date of birth 20 January 1892
Place of birth Stoke d'Abernon, England
Date of death 1956 (aged 63–64)
Place of death Wales
Position 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.

Personal life

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

Career statistics

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 First Division 10 0 0 0 10 0
Career total 10 0 0 0 10 0

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 "Manchester City Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 21 November 2018.