Appearances:
160 |
Starts:
160 |
Substitute:
0 |
Unused:
0 |
Goals:
0 |
Games per Goal:
Assists:
Goal Involvements:
Player #334
Source: Unknown.
Source: Unknown.
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Goalkeeper
1929-30
1938-39
10
Fred Biddlestone
Fred Biddlestone
Seasons Quick-View
Season
1929-30 | 1930-31 | 1931-32 | 1932-33 | 1933-34 | 1934-35 | 1935-36 | 1936-37 | 1937-38 | 1938-39 |
Age
24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D2 | D2 | D1 |
Squad #
Appearances
14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 28 |
Starts
14 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 24 | 45 | 28 |
Subs
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Assists
Bookings
Red Cards
Games / Goals
Goal
Involvements
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Goalkeeping Statistics
Season
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
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1929-30 | 1930-31 | 1931-32 | 1932-33 | 1933-34 | 1934-35 | 1935-36 | 1936-37 | 1937-38 | 1938-39 |
🥅
251 |
🔢
1.57 |
⛔
34 |
⛔ %
21% |
🥅 : Goals Conceded; 🔢 : Goals Conceded per Game; ⛔ : Clean Sheets.
Thomas Frederick Biddlestone
Birth Date
26 November 1906
Birth Place
Pensnett, Dudley, Wolverhampton
Birth Country
England
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Citizenship
England
Villa Youth
n/a
Previous Teams
Bilston Boys’ Club |
Hickman’s Park Rangers |
Moxley Wesleyans |
Wednesbury Town |
Sunbeam Motors |
Bloxwich Strollers |
Walsall |
Transfer in
Aged
23
From
Walsall
For
£1,750
On
February 1930
Under
Billy Smith
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
Under
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
Aged
32
Mansfield Town
To
For
Free
On
August 1939
Under
Jimmy Hogan
Subsequent Clubs
Mansfield Town |
Died
1 January 1982, Aged 75
Villa Career
1930-39 £1.75k, 160 | 0 | #334 |
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
160
0
Goals
0
Played Under
Billy Smith led Management Committee
Jimmy McMullan
Jimmy Hogan
Debut
Season
Date
Match
1929-30
5 February 1930
Burnley (h), Division One
Age
Manager
(First Squad)
23
No Substitutes in Period
Manager
First Goal
Did not score
Appearances
Goals
160
0
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
1938-39
25 March 1939
Chelsea (a), Division One
Aged
Manager
(Final Squad)
32
No Substitutes in Period
Manager
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
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England
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Caps with Villa
Fred Biddlestone
Source: Unknown.
Source: Unknown.
Player #336 for Aston Villa, Thomas Frederick Biddlestone, known as Fred Biddleston, and nicknamed The Councillor, played as a goalkeeper for the club.
Fred played for Villa between 1929-30 and 1938–39 making 160 appearances.
Fred was born in Pensnett, just 13 miles from Villa Park, on 26 November 1906 and made his debut appearance for Villa on the 5 February 1930 aged 23.
Villa had signed Fred from Walsall for a fee of £1,750 earlier in February 1930 and from March that season made the number one position his own for the remainder of the season.
Fred would go on to share goalkeeping duties with Ben Olney, Tommy Jackson and Harry Morton for his first 3 seasons before disappearing from the team for the following 3 seasons.
However, Fred would wrestle back the #1 spot and go on to be first choice Villa keeper for the next 3 seasons to 1938-39. In those 4 seasons until league football was suspended for WW2, Fred made 107 league appearances having made just 42 in the previous 6.
In his 160 appearances, Fred conceded 251 goals at a rate of 1.57 per game whilst he kept 34 clean sheets.
Fred was the 40th custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football.
Fred played his final game for Villa on 25 March 1939 aged 32 subsequent to which he moved on to Mansfield Town.
Fred had played under the Billy Smith led Management Committee and Villa’s first manager proper, Jimmy McMullan as well as Jimmy Hogan.
Fred passed away in Blackpool in January 1982 aged 76.