Gene Carney

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Gene Carney
Personal information
Full name Eugene Carney[1]
Date of birth 1895
Place of birth Bootle, England
Date of death 1952 (aged 56–57)[1]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Outside left
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1915 Everton 0 (0)
1919–1920 South Liverpool
1920–1921 Pontypridd
1921–1922 Rochdale 10 (6)
1922–1923 New Brighton
1923 Reading 23 (0)
1923–1924
1924–1925 New Brighton 33 (1)
1925 Caernarvon Athletic
1925–1926 New Brighton 13 (2)
1926–1928 Caernarvon Athletic
1928–1929
Sandbach Ramblers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Eugene Carney (1895–1952) was an English professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for New Brighton, Reading and Rochdale.[1]

Personal life[]

Carney served as a lance corporal in the King's Regiment (Liverpool) and the Royal Welch Fusiliers during the First World War.[3]

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rochdale 1921–22[4] Third Division North 10 6 0 0 1[a] 0 11 6
Career total 10 6 0 0 1 0 11 6
  1. ^ Appearance in Lancashire Senior Cup

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 52. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "Third Division. Northern Section. Rochdale". Athletic News. Manchester. 15 August 1921. p. 6.
  3. ^ "Eugene Carney | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. ^ Phillipps, Steven (2001). Rochdale AFC : The Official History 1907–2001. Harefield, Middlesex: Yore. ISBN 1-874427-09-7. OCLC 48531524.


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