Arthur Longbottom (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arthur Longbottom | ||
| Date of birth | 30 January 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||
| Playing position | Inside-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Methley United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1954–1961 | Queens Park Rangers | 201 | (62) |
| 1961–1963 | Port Vale | 52 | (18) |
| 1963 | Millwall | 10 | (1) |
| 1963–1964 | Oxford United | 34 | (14) |
| 1964–1965 | Colchester United | 33 | (12) |
| Scarborough | |||
| Total | 330+ | (107+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Arthur Langley (born Arthur Longbottom on 30 January 1933) is an English former footballer. An inside-forward, he scored 107 goals in 330 league appearances in an eleven-year career in the bottom two divisions of the Football League. He changed his surname from Longbottom to Langley after his retirement from football.
He spent 1954 to 1961 at Queens Park Rangers, before he was sold on to Port Vale in May 1961 for a £2,000 fee. He was sold on to Millwall for another £2,000 in January 1963, before joining Oxford United in the summer. He transferred to Colchester United in October 1964, and then moved into non-league football with Scarborough in May 1965. Though he never won any honours and was never promoted, he finished as top-scorer at QPR, Port Vale, and Oxford United.
Longbottom signed for Jack Taylor's Queens Park Rangers from Methley United in 1954, and made his debut in a 3–0 defeat against Leyton Orient in March 1955. QPR finished 15th in the Third Division South in 1954–55. They then posted an 18th-place finish in 1955–56. Taking over Conway Smith's mantle as the club's key attacker, Longbottom finished as the club's top-scorer in 1956–57 with 15 goals, helping the club to a top ten finish. He scored 18 goals in 1957–58 to become the club's top-scorer once again; another tenth-place finish ensured Rangers a place in the restructured Third Division the following season. He hit 20 goals in 1958–59, becoming the club's top-scorer for a third consecutive season. New manager 's new signing Brian Bedford then took over as the club's main source of goals, as QPR finished eighth in 1959–60, before finishing third in 1960–61 – missing out on promotion by just one place and two points. Longbottom played at inside-left, and scored 62 goals in 201 league appearances during his seven years at Loftus Road.
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