- Arthur Bottom
Football player infobox
playername = Arthur Bottom
fullname = Arthur Edwin Bottom
nickname =
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1930|2|28|df=y
cityofbirth =Sheffield
countryofbirth =England
currentclub =
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1948-1954
1954-1958
1958-1959
1959-1960
1960-1961
clubs = Sheffield United
York City
Newcastle United
Chesterfield
Boston United
Alfreton Town
caps(goals) = 024 0(7)
137 (92)
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00? 0(?)Arthur Edwin Bottom (Born
28 February 1930 inSheffield ,England ) is an English former footballer in the 1950s and 1960s. He played as astriker , and had a tremendously high goals to game ratio during his career, playing at several clubs; most notably York City and Newcastle United.Biography
Bottom's career in Football started with
Sheffield YMCA before he was snapped up by local club; Sheffield United as a junior.cite news
title = Arthur Bottom
url = http://www.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=973&p=2&stid=8194315
publisher = Minstermen
accessdate = 2007-07-24]York City years
In the 1954-55 season Bottom's football career fully took off as he was signed by York City, the club where he would play much of his football during his career. During his first season he notched up a total of 39 cup and league goals, an all-time club record for a single season.
He was a prominent feature in York City's historic
FA Cup run during the 1954-55 season. City reached theFA Cup semi-finals against Newcastle United that year; during the match Bottom scored an equalised for York afterVic Keeble had put the Magpies in front, the game ended 1-1, and a replay would follow. City eventually lost the replay, 2-0. Though Bottom scored 8 goals during thatFA Cup tournament.The following season for City, Bottom scored 33 goals in total. Bottom, along with
Billy Fenton , holds the club record at York for most league goals scored in a season, notching up 31 goals in the league during the aforementioned seasons. Bottom remains the all-time 6th top scorer at York City with a tally of 105 goals from his 158 appearances for the club.He is considered by York City fans as one of the club's all-time top (if not "the", top) hereos,Fact|date=July 2007 largely because of his contribution in the
FA Cup during 1954-55, which remains the clubs biggest accomplishment to date.Newcastle United saviour
In 1958, Newcastle United ironically signed Bottom from York City for a fee of £4,500. He was brought in to help the club who were in a relegation battle at the time, he scored 7 goals in 8 appearances (including 2 on his debut) for the club that season, which indeed helped save them avoid the drop.
Despite his success at the club, the following season he only made 3 more appearances (and scored 3 more goals) before he was sold off to Chesterfield for £5,000. [http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mickzoe/players/teambodypart.html]
Remainder of his career
He moved to Boston United for the 1960-61 season, he finished the season as the club's top scorer, with 17 goals. [http://www.bufc.drfox.org.uk/rollcall.html] Bottom later played for Alfreton Town in the
Midland League .Currently Bottom is enjoying his retirement in the
Sheffield area.Notes
External links
* [http://www.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=973&p=2&stid=8194315 Arthur Bottom profile] at Minstermen
* [http://sunderland.rivals.net/default.asp?p=2&sid=973&stid=163188 The Real Arthur Bottom - Article about his Career]
* [http://archive.thisisyork.co.uk/2005/3/12/227992.html Rare Interview with Bottom - by Evening Press in 2005]
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