Percy Birch

Percy Birch

Personal information
Full name	Percy Birch[1]
Date of birth	1860[1]
Place of birth	Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1]
Date of death	Unknown
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Stoke Priory
1883–1885	Stoke	0	(0)
	Cobridge
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

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

Club	Season	FA Cup		Total
		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. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.