Personal information | |||
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Full name | Terence Bailey | ||
Date of birth | 18 December 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1968 | Winsford United | ||
1968–1974 | Stafford Rangers | ||
1974–1978 | Port Vale | 165 | (26) |
Northwich Victoria | |||
Stafford Rangers | |||
Total | 165+ | (26+) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Terence Bailey (born 18 December 1947) is a former English footballer who played as a midfielder. His son Mark Bailey also played professional football.
After a brief association with Winsford United, he joined Stafford Rangers in 1968. He spent six years with the club, as they finished as Cheshire County League runners-up in 1968–69, and then dominated the non-league scene of the early 1970s. His honours with the club in this period include: winners medals in the Midland Floodlight Cup, Staffordshire Senior Cup and FA Trophy; a Northern Premier League Shield runners-up medal; a Northern Premier League runners-up medal in 1970–71, and a Northern Premier League champions medal in 1971–72. He then went into the Football League with Port Vale after the club paid Rangers £3,000 in May 1974. Spending four years with the Vale, he played 190 games in league and cup, and finished as the club's joint-top scorer in 1974–75. He was sold on to non-league Northwich Victoria for £2,000 in August 1978, and later returned to Stafford Rangers.
Bailey played for Winsford United in 1967–68, before joining Stafford Rangers. Rangers finished second in the Cheshire County League in 1968–69, and joined the Northern Premier League for 1969–70. They lifted the Midland Floodlight Cup in 1970, and then went on to finish as league runners-up in 1970–71, six points behind Wigan Athletic. They finished as league champions in 1971–72, two points ahead of Boston United. They also won the Staffordshire Senior Cup and the FA Trophy, beating Barnet 3–0 in the Wembley final to complete a unique treble. They did though fail to win the inaugural Northern Premier League Shield after defeat to Wigan. Rangers then finished sixth in 1972–73 and fourth in 1973–74.