Joe Riley (footballer, born 1928)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Riley[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1928[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Stockton-on-Tees, England[1] | ||
| Date of death | 1983 (aged 54–55)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Cleveland, England[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Stockton | 0 | (0) | |
| 1949–1950 | Darlington | 8 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Joseph Riley (6 March 1928 – 1983) was an English former amateur footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Darlington and in non-league football for Stockton.[1][2]
Playing at inside left or centre forward, Riley had a run of seven Third Division North matches for Darlington early in the 1949–50 season, beginning with the visit to Doncaster Rovers on 3 September. He scored on his second appearance, in a 4–3 defeat of Bradford City, and again on his sixth, in a 2–1 loss at home to Mansfield Town. His eighth and last senior appearance for Darlington came in December.[3] In October 1949, Riley was selected for an Army XI to play Aston Villa.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Joe Riley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-899468-15-7.
- ^ "Blakey in Army team to meet the Villa". Nottingham Evening Post. 22 October 1949. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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