Keith Bebbington

Keith Richard Bebbington (born 4 August 1943) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic, Rochdale and Stoke City.^[1]

Keith Bebbington

Personal information
Full name	Keith Richard Bebbington[1]
Date of birth	(1943-08-04) 4 August 1943 (age 81)[1]
Place of birth	Cuddington Heath, Cheshire, England[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1960–1962	Stoke City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1966	Stoke City	100	(17)
1966–1972	Oldham Athletic	237	(39)
1972–1974	Rochdale	60	(6)
1974–1979	Winsford United
Total		398	(62)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Bebbington was a quick left winger who came through the youth team at Stoke City. He made his debut against Luton Town in September 1962.^[1] He had a good debut season with Stoke as in 1962–63 they won the Second Division title.^[1] In 1963–64 Stoke made it to the 1964 Football League Cup Final against Leicester City, Bebbington scoring the first goal of a two legged tie becoming Stoke's first cup final goalscorer, Stoke however lost 4–3 on aggregate.^[1]

In the 1965–66 season the substitute was introduced and Bebbington was Stoke's first sub replacing Dennis Viollet on the opening day away at Arsenal.^[1] He spent two more seasons at the Victoria Ground and after making 124 appearances, scoring 22 goals he left for Oldham Athletic.^[1] He became a key figure with the "Latics" as he made 237 appearances in the league in six years with the club.^[1] He finished his career with Rochdale.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[2]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City[1]	1962–63	Second Division	19	4	1	1	2	1	22	6
	1963–64	First Division	36	7	4	0	9	2	49	9
	1964–65	First Division	23	3	0	0	4	1	27	4
	1965–66	First Division	22	3	0	0	4	0	26	3
	Total		100	17	5	1	19	4	124	22
Oldham Athletic	1966–67	Third Division	38	3	4	4	0	0	42	7
	1967–68	Third Division	37	4	1	0	1	0	39	4
	1968–69	Third Division	41	12	1	1	2	0	44	13
	1969–70	Fourth Division	37	7	2	1	1	0	40	8
	1970–71	Fourth Division	43	10	1	0	2	1	46	11
	1971–72	Third Division	41	3	1	0	2	0	44	3
	Total		237	39	10	6	8	1	255	46
Rochdale	1972–73	Third Division	37	3	1	0	2	0	40	3
	1973–74	Third Division	23	3	3	0	1	0	27	3
	Total		60	6	4	0	3	0	67	6
Career total			397	62	19	7	30	5	446	74

Honours

Stoke City

• Football League Second Division champions: 1962–63
• Football League Cup runners-up: 1964

Oldham Athletic

• Football League Fourth Division 3rd place (promotion): 1970–71

References

1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
2. Keith Bebbington at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

External links

• Keith Bebbington at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database