Joseph Holyhead

Joseph Holyhead (1 November 1880 – 1944) was an English footballer who played at half-back for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Burslem Port Vale. He made 129 league appearances in the Football League between 1902 and 1907. He also represented Wednesbury Old Athletic and Kidderminster Harriers.

Joseph Holyhead

Personal information
Date of birth	(1880-11-01)1 November 1880
Place of birth	Pleck, England
Date of death	1944 (aged 63–64)
Playing position(s)	Half-back
Youth career
	Wednesbury Old Athletic
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1902–1903	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	(0)
1903–1907	Burslem Port Vale	123	(6)
	Wednesbury Old Athletic
	Kidderminster Harriers
Total		129+	(6+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Holyhead played for Wednesbury Old Athletic,[1] before joining Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1902.[2] He played six First Division games at Molineux in the 1902–03 season. He joined Burslem Port Vale in September 1903.[3] He made 27 Second Division appearances and eight cup appearances in 1903–04.[3] He scored his first FA Cup goal on 19 November 1903, in a 6–0 win over Stockport County at the Athletic Ground.[3] He scored his first league goal on 9 April 1904, in a 3–1 home win over Burton United.[3] Holyhead featured 38 times in 1904–05, and found the net once in a 2–1 defeat to Bradford City at Valley Parade.[3] He played 30 games in 1905–06, and scored in a 3–3 home draw with Glossop and a 4–1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns.[3] He made 39 appearances in the 1906–07 campaign, and scored in home wins over Grimsby Town and Stockport County.[3] He was forced to leave the club in the summer due to the club's worsening financial crisis.[3] He briefly returned to Wednesbury Old Athletic, before moving on to Kidderminster Harriers.

Statistics

Source:[4]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1902–03	First Division	6	0	0	0	6	0
Burslem Port Vale	1903–04	Second Division	27	1	7	1	34	1
	1904–05	Second Division	33	1	2	35	1	0
	1905–06	Second Division	28	2	2	0	30	2
	1906–07	Second Division	35	2	4	0	39	2
	Total		123	6	15	1	138	7
Career total			129	6	15	1	144	7

References

1. Carr, Steve (2010). The Old Uns Revisited - Wednesbury Old Athletic 1893 to 1924. Spellbound. ISBN 978-0-9565030-1-5.
2. "Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club Players. A - Z". wolves-stats.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
3. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 140. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
4. Joseph Holyhead at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)