Percy Birch

Percy Birch
Personal information
Full name	Percy Birch
Date of birth	1860
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England
Position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Stoke Priory
1883–1885	Stoke
	Cobridge
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Percy Birch (1860 – unknown) was an English footballer who played for Stoke.^[1]

Career

Birch played for Stoke Priory before joining Stoke in 1883. He played in the club's first competitive match in the FA Cup against Manchester where he kept goal in a 2–1 defeat.^[1] He stayed at Stoke until the end of the 1885–86 season where he played in two more FA Cup matches.^[1] He later went on to play for Cobridge.^[1]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Stoke^[1]	1883–84	1	0	1	0
	1884–85	0	0	0	0
	1885–86	2	0	2	0
Career total		3	0	3	0

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

[The_Encyclopaedia_of_Stoke_City-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.

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Personal information
Full name	Percy Birch^[1]
Date of birth	1860^[1]
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England^[1]
Position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Stoke Priory
1883–1885	Stoke
	Cobridge
* Club domestic league appearances and goals