Terry Ledgerton

Terry Ledgerton
Personal information
Full name Terence Ledgerton[1]
Date of birth (1930-10-07)7 October 1930
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Date of death December 2004 (2005-01) (aged 74)[1]
Place of death Colchester, England
Position(s) Outside left
Youth career
St. Dominic's
Huyton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1954 Brentford 40 (8)
1954–1955 Millwall 6 (0)
1955–196? Clacton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Terence Ledgerton (7 October 1930 – December 2004) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford and Millwall as an outside left.

Playing career

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Brentford

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Ledgerton began his career as a youth in his native Liverpool with spells at St. Dominic's and Huyton.[2] He also represented a Liverpool FA Youth XI. Ledgerton moved on to join the youth team at Second Division club Brentford as an amateur in 1949.[2] He made his debut in a 0–0 draw with West London rivals Queens Park Rangers on 9 February 1952.[3] He established himself as a first team regular during the 1952–53 season and made 31 appearances.[3] Ledgerton's appearances tailed off during the 1953–54 season and he departed the club in May 1954.[4]

Millwall

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Ledgerton joined Third Division South club Millwall in May 1954, in an exchange deal for George Stobbart.[4][1] He made just 6 appearances for the club, scoring twice, before departing at the end of the 1954–55 season.[5][6]

Clacton Town

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Ledgerton dropped into non-League football and joined Eastern Counties League club Clacton Town during the 1955 off-season.[6] He bagged 30 goals during the 1955–56 season to set a new goalscoring record at the club and beat his own record by scoring 31 goals in the 1956–57 season, winning the East Anglian Cup.[6] Ledgerton was an integral part of the best years in the club's existence, firing in the goals which led the club to be accepted into the Southern League South-East Division, its highest ever placing in the league pyramid.[6] After suffering relegation at the 1958–59 season, the club won the 1959–60 Southern League First Division title.[6] Ledgerton played for Clacton into the 1960s.[6]

Personal life

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Ledgerton's grandson, Matt Waters, also became a footballer and is F.C. Clacton's all-time leading goalscorer.[6]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1951–52[3] Second Division 5 0 1 0 6 0
1952–53[3] 28 7 3 1 31 8
1953–54[3] 7 1 3 0 10 1
Total 40 8 7 1 47 9
Millwall 1954–55[5] Third Division South 6 2 0 0 6 2
Career total 46 10 7 1 53 11

Honours

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Clacton Town

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Terry Ledgerton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b "September 1952". Bluecorrespondent.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 380–384. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. ^ a b Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 96. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  5. ^ a b "Season%2054–55". millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Hall of Fame entry #5 – Terry Ledgerton – Hall of Fame". FC Clacton. Retrieved 28 July 2014.