Billy Holmes (footballer, born 1951)

Billy Holmes
Personal information
Full name William Gerald Holmes[1]
Date of birth (1952-02-04)4 February 1952
Place of birth Balham, England
Date of death March 1988(1988-03-00) (aged 37)[1]
Place of death Daventry, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1970 Woking
1970–1973 Millwall 1 (0)
1973–1974 Luton Town 1 (0)
1974–1975 Barnet 42 (14)
1975–1977 Wimbledon 92 (28)
1977–1979 Hereford United 31 (5)
1979–1980 Brentford 15 (2)
1979–1982 Aylesbury United
1982 Barnet 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Gerald Holmes (4 February 1952 – March 1988) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a forward, most notably for Barnet and Hereford United.[2]

Personal life

After dropping out of professional football, Holmes worked as a warehouseman and in March 1988, he committed suicide at age 37.[3]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Millwall 1970–71[4] Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Luton Town 1973–74[5] Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Barnet 1974–75[6] Southern League Premier Division 42 14 2 0 — 1[a] 0 45 14
Hereford United 1977–78[7] Third Division 15 2 2 0 — — 17 2
1978–79[7] Fourth Division 16 3 0 0 3 1 — 19 4
Total 31 5 2 0 3 1 — 36 6
Aylesbury United 1979–80[8] Southern League Southern Division 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Brentford 1979–80[9] Third Division 15 2 0 0 0 0 — 15 2
Aylesbury United 1980–81[8] Southern League Southern Division 42 16 7 3 — 13[b] 2 62 21
Total 42 16 8 3 — 13 2 63 21
Barnet 1981–82[6] Alliance Premier League 9 1 — — — 9 1
Total 51 15 2 0 — 1 0 54 15
Career total 140 38 12 3 3 1 14 2 170 44
  1. ^ Appearance in FA Trophy
  2. ^ 10 appearances and 2 goals in FA Trophy, 3 appearances in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup

Honours

Wimbledon

References

  1. ^ a b "Billy Holmes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ^ Haynes, Graham.; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees : Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 80. ISBN 0-9552949-1-6. OCLC 316718484.
  3. ^ "Where Are They Now? Luton Town 1973/74 promotion winners". The League Paper. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Millwall Stats 1970–1971". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Billy Holmes". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Billy Holmes". Downhill Second Half – A Barnet FC Archive. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Holmes, Billy". The Unofficial Hereford United Online Archive. 10 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Billy Holmes Profile". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  9. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 395. ISBN 0951526200.
  10. ^ "Players: Billy Holmes". www.historicaldons.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017.