Teddy Bateup

Edwin Bateup (16 May 1881 – 29 April 1939) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Woolwich Arsenal, New Brompton, and Port Vale.

Teddy Bateup

Personal information
Full name	Edwin Bateup[1]
Date of birth	(1881-05-16)16 May 1881[1]
Place of birth	Horley, England[1]
Date of death	29 April 1939(1939-04-29) (aged 57)[1]
Place of death	Stoke-on-Trent, England[1]
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Playing position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Croydon Glenrose
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Dragoon Guards
	Faversham
1905–1908	Woolwich Arsenal	6	(0)
1908–1910	New Brompton	85	(0)
1910–1911	Woolwich Arsenal	28	(0)
1911–1918	Port Vale	137	(0)
Total		256	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Bateup played for Croydon Glenrose, the Dragoon Guards, Faversham, Woolwich Arsenal and New Brompton, before joining Port Vale from Arsenal in August 1911.[1] He kept a clean sheet on his debut at the Athletic Ground, in a 1–0 win over Oldham Athletic Reserves in a Central League match on 4 September 1911.[1] He remained the club's first choice keeper until September 1916, helping them to the Staffordshire Senior Cup, Birmingham Senior Cup and North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup on the way.[1] After two years as a back-up keeper he retired from the game in 1918.[1] He had kept goal for Vale on 193 occasions, including the first round of the FA Cup on 10 January 1914 against Bolton Wanderers.[1]

Statistics

Source:[3]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Woolwich Arsenal	1905–06	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
	1906–07	First Division	3	0	0	0	3	0
	1907–08	First Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		6	0	0	0	6	0
Woolwich Arsenal	1910–11	First Division	28	0	2	0	30	0
Port Vale	1911–12	The Central League	29	0	0	0	29	0
	1912–13	The Central League	35	0	4	0	39	0
	1913–14	The Central League	37	0	9	0	46	0
	1914–15	The Central League	36	0	3	0	39	0
	Total		137	0	16	0	153	0

Honours

Port Vale[2]

• Staffordshire Senior Cup winner: 1912
• Birmingham Senior Cup winner: 1913
• North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup winner: 1915

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 20. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0. ASIN 0952915200.
2. Matthews, Tony (2007). Who's who of Arsenal. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 29. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
3. Teddy Bateup at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)