Arden Maddison

Arden Maddison
Personal information
Full name	John Arden Brown Maddison
Date of birth	12 February 1900
Place of birth	Usworth, Washington, England
Date of death	19 August 1987 (aged 87)
Place of death	Rugeley, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position(s)	Half-back
Youth career
1922	Usworth Colliery
Senior career*
Years	Team
1923–1924	Stoke
1924–1927	Port Vale
1927–1929	Oldham Athletic
1929–1931	Burton Town
1931–1933	Prescot Cables
1933–1934	Mansfield Town
1934–1935	Nîmes
1935–1936	Gresley Rovers
1936–1937	Sutton Town
1937	Gresley Rovers
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Arden Brown Maddison (12 February 1900 – 19 August 1987) was an English footballer who played at half-back for Stoke, Port Vale, Oldham Athletic, Gresley Rovers and Sutton Town.

Career

Maddison played for Usworth Colliery before joining Stoke in 1923. His one appearance for Stoke came in a 0–0 draw with Stockport County at the Victoria Ground on 2 February 1924.^[3] He was released at the end of the 1923–24 season and joined local Second Division rivals Port Vale in October 1924.^[1] He played just eight games in the 1924–25 season, before making 30 appearances in the 1925–26 campaign.^[1] He scored his first senior goal on 9 October 1926, in a 2–1 defeat to Notts County at Meadow Lane.^[1] However, he fractured a collarbone in November 1926 and missed the rest of the 1926–27 season.^[1] He was released from his contract at The Old Recreation Ground in May 1927, and moved on to Oldham Athletic, Gresley Rovers and Sutton Town.^[1]^[4]

Source:^[5]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke	1923–24	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Port Vale	1924–25	Second Division	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	1925–26	Second Division	30	0	0	0	0	0	30	0
	1926–27	Second Division	15	1	0	0	0	0	15	1
	Total		53	1	0	0	0	0	53	1
Oldham Athletic	1927–28	Second Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	1928–29	Second Division	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		6	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
Career total			60	1	1	0	0	0	61	1

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 181. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ "Athletic News". 17 August 1925. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
^ "Player Database - John Arden Brown Maddison". Gresley FC Online. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
^ Arden Maddison at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)