Appearances:
144 |
Starts:
144 |
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0 |
Unused:
0 |
Goals:
3 |
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Player #190
Source: Football card #2 Chris Buckley issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Source: Football card #2 Chris Buckley issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
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1906-07
1912-13
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Chris Buckley
Chris Buckley
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Season
1906-07 | 1907-08 | 1908-09 | 1909-10 | 1910-11 | 1911-12 | 1912-13 |
Age
19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Squad #
Appearances
22 | 1 | 27 | 40 | 32 | 21 | 1 |
Starts
22 | 1 | 27 | 40 | 32 | 21 | 1 |
Subs
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Bookings
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Goal
Involvements
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
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Christopher Sebastian Buckley
Birth Date
9 November 1886
Birth Place
Urmston, Manchester,
Birth Country
England
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Citizenship
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams
Manchester Catholic Collegiate Institute
Victoria Park FC
Manchester Ship Canal FC
Xaverian Brothers’ College
1905-06 Brighton & Hove Albion
Transfer in
Aged
19
From
Brighton & Hove Albion
For
Free
On
August 1906
Under
George Ramsay
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Under
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
Aged
26
Woolwich Arsenal
To
For
Free
On
January 1913
Under
George Ramsay
Subsequent Clubs
1914-21 Woolwich Arsenal
Retired
Died
11 January 1973, Aged 86
Villa Career
1906-12 Free, 144 | 3 | #190 |
Seasons | Fee |
Leagues | PL: Premier League; CH: Championship; D1: First Division; D2: Second Division; D3 Third Division.
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Appearances
Unused
144
0
Goals
3
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
Debut
Season
Date
Match
1906-07
3 September 1906
Stoke (a), Division One
Age
Manager
(First Squad)
19
No Substitutes in Period
Manager
First Goal
8 December 1906
Appearances
Goals
144
3
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
1912-13
2 September 1912
Chelsea (h), Division One
Aged
Manager
(Final Squad)
25
No Substitutes in Period
Manager
Honours
1909-10 League Champions |
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
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England
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Caps with Villa
Chris Buckley
Source: Football card #2 Chris Buckley issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Source: Football card #2 Chris Buckley issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Player #192 for Aston Villa, Christopher Sebastian Buckley, known as Chris Buckley and nicknamed Ticker played as a centre back for the club.
Chris represented Villa between 1906-07 and 1912-13.
Chris was born in Urmston on 9th November 1886 and made his debut for the club as a 19 year old on the 3rd September 1906
Villa had signed Chris from Brighton & Hove Albion in August 1906.
During his time with Villa Chris won the 1909-10 league title.
Chris made 37 appearances in the championship winning season however although he was still at Villa at the time Chris didn’t appear in the victorious 1912-13 FA Cup campaign,
In total Chris made 144 appearances for Villa over 7 seasons.
As well as the league title, Chris finished as league runners up 3 times, achieved a further top 5 finish and finished no lower than 7th in the league across his 7 seasons.
Villa sold Chris to Woolwich Arsenal having made his final appearance on 2nd September 1912.
After retiring, Buckley later returned to Villa, joining the club’s board of directors in 1936, and serving as chairman from 1955 to 1966. He stepped down as a director in 1967.
Chris had played his entire Villa career under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Chris passed away in Birmingham on 11 January 1973 aged 86.