Arthur Cartlidge
Arthur Cartlidge (12 June 1880 – 1922) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa and Stoke as well as spending seven years at Bristol Rovers.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Cartlidge[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 12 June 1880 | ||
| Place of birth | Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 1922 (aged 41–42)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1897–1898 | Penkell Victoria | ||
| 1898–1899 | Market Drayton Town | ||
| 1899–1900 | Stoke | 10 | (0) |
| 1901–1908 | Bristol Rovers | 258 | (0) |
| 1908–1910 | Aston Villa | 52 | (0) |
| 1911–1912 | Stoke | 34 | (0) |
| 1912 | South Shields | ||
| Total | 345 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Cartlidge was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played amateur football with Penkell Victoria and Market Drayton Town before joining Stoke in 1899.[1] He played ten matches for Stoke in two seasons before joining Bristol Rovers.[1]
On 3 May 1901 he joined Bristol Rovers from Stoke, where he remained for seven years, making 258 appearances in the Southern League and winning the league title during the 1904–05 season.[2] He left Bristol in April 1908 to join Aston Villa playing 55 times, before returning to Stoke in 1911 to play in the Southern League for two more years. He ended his career with South Shields.[1]
Career statistics
Source:[3]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Charity Shield | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Stoke | 1899–1900 | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| 1900–01 | First Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Aston Villa | 1908–09 | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| 1909–10 | First Division | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 37 | 0 | ||
| 1910–11 | First Division | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Stoke | 1910–11 | Birmingham & District League / Southern League Division Two | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 0 | |
| 1911–12 | Southern League Division One | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 23 | 0 | ||
| Total | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Career Total | 96 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 0 | ||
References
- Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
- Byrne, Stephen; Jay, Mike (2003). Bristol Rovers Football Club - The Definitive History 1883-2003. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 0-7524-2717-2.
- Arthur Cartlidge at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)