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Billy Houghton

Full name: William Gascoigne Houghton
Birthdate: 20.02.1939
Birthplace: Hemsworth, Yorkshire
Position: Left-back
Joined from: Ipswich Town
Signed by: Frank O'Farrell
Nationality: England
First game: Birmingham City, 09.08.1969
Last game: Cardiff City, 13.12.1969
Games: 10 (9 starts + 1 subs)
Goals: 0
Player Profile

The Yorkshire-born defender briefly held the left-back spot with City at the start of the 1969-70 campaign but his stay was short-lived with Alan Woollett winning the competition for the regular starting role in the number three shirt.

Houghton came through the youth ranks at his local club Barnsley before moving on to Watford and then Ipswich Town, where he won a Second Division championship medal.

He was keen for a move back to Yorkshire, however, and when he left Ipswich for Leicester he lived back in Barnsley while commuting to Filbert Street. He didn't need to do it long, with Houghton enduring the shortest spell of his professional career with the Foxes before he moved back to South Yorkshire with Rotherham United.

Seasons League FA Cup League Cup Europe OtherTotal
Year Division Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls Apps Gls
1969-70 Division Two (old)7 0- -3 0- -- - 10 0
Total 7 0- -3 0- -- - 10 0

Appearances

DateResultOppositionCompetitionStartSubGoals
1 09.08.1969 3 - 1 Birmingham City (H) Division Two (old)
2 16.08.1969 1 - 2 Middlesbrough (A) Division Two (old)
3 20.08.1969 2 - 2 Bolton Wanderers (H) Division Two (old)
4 23.08.1969 3 - 0 Norwich City (H) Division Two (old)
5 02.09.1969 0 - 0 Bristol City (A) League Cup 2
6 10.09.1969 0 - 0 Bristol City (H) League Cup 2 rep
7 15.09.1969 3 - 1 Bristol City (H) League Cup 2 rep 2
8 17.09.1969 1 - 2 Carlisle United (H) Division Two (old)
9 11.10.1969 1 - 2 Preston North End (A) Division Two (old)
10 13.12.1969 1 - 2 Cardiff City (H) Division Two (old)

Transfers

Club Fee Date
IN  Ipswich Town Unknown July 1969
OUT  Rotherham United Unknown January 1970
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