Keith Bebbington

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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, Malpas, 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

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

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

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

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