Player #191
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1906-07
1912-13
Retired
Chris Buckley
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1906-12 🕒 144 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 - | #191 |
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 |
Substitute :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals :
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Assists :
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Involvements :
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Games / Goal :
Bookings :
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sendings Off :
- | - | - | - | - | - | - |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Christopher Sebastian Buckley
Birth Date
9 November 1886
Birth Place
Urmston, Manchester,
Birth Country
England
🏴
Citizenship
🏴
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
Manchester Catholic Collegiate Institute
Victoria Park FC
Manchester Ship Canal FC
Xaverian Brothers’ College
1905-06 Brighton & Hove Albion
Original Transfer
Aged
19
From
Brighton & Hove Albion
For
Free
On
August 1906
Under
George Ramsay
Returning Transfer 1
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Returning Transfer 2
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
26
Woolwich Arsenal
Free
January 1913
George Ramsay 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Transfer Out 3
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Subsequent Clubs
1914-21 Woolwich Arsenal
Retired
Died
11 January 1973, Aged 86
Chris Buckley
Villa Career
1906-12 🕒 144 | ⚽ 3 | 🔥 - | #191 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
George Ramsay 🏴
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
3 September 1906
Under
George Ramsay 🏴
First Squad
3 September 1906
Manager
George Ramsay 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1906-07
3 September 1906
Stoke (a), Division One
19
George Ramsay 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1912-13
2 September 1912
Chelsea (h), Division One
25
George Ramsay 🏴
Final Squad
2 September 1912
Manager
George Ramsay 🏴
Honours
1909-10 League Champions |
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
Chris Buckley
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.