Billy Ashcroft

English footballer

Billy Ashcroft
Personal information
Full name William Ashcroft
Date of birth (1952-10-01) 1 October 1952 (age 71)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Defender/Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1977 Wrexham 219 (72)
1977–1982 Middlesbrough 139 (21)
1982–1985 FC Twente 77 (29)
1985–1986 Tranmere Rovers 23 (2)
Total 458 (124)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Billy Ashcroft (born 1 October 1952) is an English retired footballer who played both as a central defender and as a forward. He made his League debut for Middlesbrough on 3 September 1977 in a 2–1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion, after having previously served Wrexham for seven years, playing 219 matches and scoring 72 goals. Ashcroft was transferred to FC Twente in the Netherlands in 1982, where he stayed for three years, making 77 league appearances and scoring 29 goals. He was the club top-scorer in the 1983–84 season. In 1985, he moved to Tranmere Rovers, where he scored twice in 23 league appearances.

References

  • Billy Ashcroft career stats at Sporting-Heroes.net


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1976–77 Football League Third Division PFA Team of the Year
  • GK: McAlister
  • DF: McMahon
  • DF: Evans
  • DF: Cross
  • DF: Sansom
  • MF: Griffiths
  • MF: Horton
  • MF: Crawford
  • FW: Ward
  • FW: Ashcroft
  • FW: Buckley


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