Joe Riley (footballer, born 1928)

Joe Riley
Personal information
Full name Joseph Riley[1]
Date of birth (1928-03-06)6 March 1928[1]
Place of birth Stockton-on-Tees, England[1]
Date of death 1983(1983-00-00) (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 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

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Joe Riley". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-899468-15-7.
  4. ^ "Blakey in Army team to meet the Villa". Nottingham Evening Post. 22 October 1949. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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