Willie Naughton
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William A. Naughton | ||
| Date of birth | 16 July 1870 | ||
| Place of birth | Garnkirk, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 23 April 1906 (aged 35) | ||
| Place of death | Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Outside-right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1887–1889 | Carfin Shamrock | ||
| 1888 | → Hibernian (loan) | ||
| 1889 | → Uddingston (loan) | ||
| 1889 | Celtic | ||
| 1889 | Carfin Shamrock | ||
| 1889–1890 | Glasgow Hibernian | ||
| 1890 | Wishaw Thistle | ||
| 1890–1895 | Stoke | 91 | (24) |
| 1895–1898 | Southampton | 36 | (15) |
| 1898 | Carfin Rovers | ||
| Total | 127 | (39) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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William A. "Willie" Naughton (16 July 1870 – 23 April 1906) was a Scottish professional footballer, who played as an outside-forward for various clubs in Scotland and England in the 1880s and 1890s, including Celtic, Stoke and Southampton. Throughout his career he was known as "Chippy".
Naughton was born in Garnkirk, north-east of Glasgow and in his teenage years played for a variety of clubs across Scotland, including Hibernian in Edinburgh and Celtic in Glasgow.
In July 1890, he moved to England to join Stoke of the Football League, for whom he made over one hundred appearances, generally at inside-right. In 1891, he was suspended for receiving payments from his club while registered as an amateur.
On 26 April 1893, he was part of the Stoke team which visited the County Ground to play a friendly match against Southampton St Mary's. Even with the future founder of football in Brazil, Charles Miller playing at outside-left, the "Saints" were "outplayed fairly and squarely on every point", losing 8–0. Despite the result, it was reported that the spectators "thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition" and looked forward to witnessing "more matches of a similar character" in future. Also playing for Stoke were Charles Baker, Lachie Thomson and Alf Littlehales, all of whom were to move to Southampton within two years.
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