Eddie Loyden (footballer)

Eddie Loyden
Personal information
Full name Edward Loyden[1]
Date of birth (1945-12-22) 22 December 1945 (age 79)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1965 Blackpool 2 (0)
1966–1967 Carlisle United 0 (0)
1967–1968 Chester 37 (22)
1968 Shrewsbury Town 12 (2)
1968–1970 Barnsley 65 (23)
1970–1972 Chester 62 (26)
1972–1974 Tranmere Rovers 61 (22)
1974 Highlands Park
1974–1978 Caroline Hill
Total 239 (95)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Loyden is a footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Blackpool, Chester, Shrewsbury Town, Barnsley and Tranmere Rovers.[2][3] As a Tranmere player, he is remembered for scoring the goal that defeated Arsenal at Highbury in October 1973.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Eddie Loyden". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ^ Brown, Neil (2 September 2012). "Eddie Loyden". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  3. ^ Upton, Gilbert; Wilson, Steve (November 1997). "Players' Data". Tranmere Rovers 1921–1997: A Complete Record. pp. 101–108. ISBN 978-0-9518648-2-1.
  4. ^ Hilton, Nick (2 October 2013). "Heroes of Highbury: 40 years on, Moore memories of Tranmere beating Arsenal". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 16 October 2018.


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