Thomas Godfrey (footballer)

Thomas Godfrey
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Godfrey^[1]
Date of birth	15 January 1904
Place of birth	Stenhousemuir, Scotland^[1]
Date of death	1983 (aged 79)^[1]
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–	Stenhousemuir
1927–1929	Stoke City	9	(0)
1930–1931	Walsall	38	(2)
1931–1932	Swindon Town	49	(0)
–	Folkestone
–	Worcester City
Total		96	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Thomas Godfrey (15 January 1904 – 1983) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke City, Swindon Town and Walsall.^[1]

Career

Godfrey began his career with his local club Stenhousemuir before joining English club Stoke City in 1927.^[1] He was very much used as a back up player by Tom Mather during this three years at the Victoria Ground making 10 appearances.^[1] He then spent the 1930–31 with Walsall playing 42 times scoring twice.^[1] Two poor seasons with Swindon Town followed as the "Robins" failed to make much of an impression in the Third Division South and Godfrey went on to play non-league football with Folkestone and Worcester City.^[1]

Career statistics

Sourced from Thomas Godfrey profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke City^[1]	1927–28	6	0	1	0	7	0
	1928–29	2	0	0	0	2	0
	1929–30	1	0	0	0	1	0
Walsall	1930–31	38	2	4	0	42	2
Swindon Town	1931–32	41	0	1	0	42	0
Swindon Town	1932–33	8	0	0	0	8	0
Career Total		96	2	6	0	102	2

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

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