Arthur Haddleton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Haddleton | ||
| Date of birth | 6 April 1910 | ||
| Place of birth | Chester-le-Street, England | ||
| Date of death | 5 January 1971 (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | Eastleigh, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| West Hartlepool Belle Vue Congs | |||
| Horden Athletic | |||
| Easington Colliery Welfare | |||
| Horden Colliery Welfare | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930–1932 | Southampton | 17 | (10) |
| 1932–1933 | Fulham | 4 | (4) |
| 1933–1934 | Swindon Town | 7 | (0) |
| 1934–1935 | Walsall | 15 | (4) |
| ???? | Pirelli General | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Arthur Haddleton (6 April 1910 – 5 January 1971) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward for various clubs in the 1930s. Despite showing promise in the early part of his career, he eventually achieved very little, although he did score in eight consecutive matches in 1931.
Haddleton was born in Chester-le-Street in County Durham and worked in the coal-mines, playing football for various colliery sides in the north east including Easington Colliery Welfare and Horden Colliery Welfare. He was spotted by scouts from Southampton and moved to the south coast in October 1930.
He made an immediate impression at The Dell, scoring eleven goals from seventeen games for the reserves. He made his first-team debut in a 1–0 defeat in the Second Division at Bury on 18 April 1931.The following season, he replaced the injured Willie Haines after the first match of the season. He scored in a 3–2 victory over Manchester United on 2 September and then scored at least once in each of the next seven games. This run of nine goals in eight consecutive matches remains a club record. After scoring against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 3 October, he then only scored once more in the next five games. He was initially replaced by Ted Drake, who had also made a name for himself in the reserves, and only made a further three appearances for the "Saints" first-team, spending the rest of the season back in the reserves.
At the end of the season, he was one of three players (together with fellow forwards Bill Fraser and Bert Jepson) who were sold to Fulham as the Saints were in serious financial difficulties and needed to raise funds.
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