Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #185
Appearances:
48
Starts:
48
Goals:
2
Seasons:
3
Source: Football card #7 Samuel Greenhalgh issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Source: Football card #7 Samuel Greenhalgh issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Samuel Greenhalgh
Position
Midfielder
From
1905-06
To
1907-08
IMAGE CREDIT
Samuel Greenhalgh
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
23 | 24 | 25 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 |
Appearances
48 |
12 | 32 | 4 |
Starts
48 |
12 | 32 | 4 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
2 |
0 | 1 | 1 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
FULL SEASON BREAKDOWN
Samuel Greenhalgh
Birth Date
Saturday, 1 July 1882
Birth Place
Eagley, Lancashire
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Bolton Wanderers
From
For
Free
On
January 1906
Previous Clubs
Birtenshaw Wesleyans |
Eagley United FC |
Turton FC |
1902-05 Bolton Wanderers |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Bolton Wanderers
For
Free
On
September 1907
Subsequent Clubs
1907-13 Bolton Wanderers |
1913 Chorley |
Source: Football card #7 Samuel Greenhalgh issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Source: Football card #7 Samuel Greenhalgh issued by Taddy & Co for Grapnel and Imperial cigarettes under the Prominent Footballers series, first series, 1907.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1906-07 Aston Villa, Free, 48 | 2 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 17 February 1906
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 17 February 1906
Nottingham Forest (h), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Saturday, 15 September 1906
Final Appearance
Saturday, 21 September 1907
Birmingham (a), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 21 September 1907
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
1955, Aged 73
Samuel Greenhalgh
Player #185 for Aston Villa, Samuel Greenhalgh played as a midfielder for the club in the position then known as right half.
Samuel represented Villa between 1905-06 and 1907-08.
Samuel was born in Eagley in May 1882 and made his debut for the club as a 23 year old on the 17th February 1906.
Villa had signed Samuel from Bolton Wanderers just a month earlier in January 1906.
Samuel’s biggest contribution came in his second season Villa when he appeared 30 times in the league.
In total Samuel made 48 appearances however he was soon to return to Bolton Wanderers where he played 259 times over 2 periods interrupted by his 2 years with Villa.
Samuel’s final game for Villa came on 21st September 1907.
Samuel played under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Samuel passed away in Bolton in 1944 aged 62.