Name Terry Ledgerton 1949–1951 Brentford | Role Football player | |
Date of birth (1930-10-07)7 October 1930 Date of death December 2004 (aged 74) Died Colchester, United Kingdom | ||
Place of birth Liverpool, England Playing position Place of death Colchester, England | ||
Terence "Terry" Ledgerton (7 October 1930 – December 2004) was an English football outside left who played in the Football League for Brentford and Millwall.
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Brentford
Ledgerton began his career as a youth in his native Liverpool with spells at St. Dominic's and Huyton. He also represented a Liverpool FA Youth XI. Ledgerton moved on to join the youth team at Division Two side Brentford as an amateur in 1949. He made his debut in a 0–0 draw with West London rivals Queens Park Rangers on 9 February 1952. He established himself as a first team regular during the 1952–53 season, making 31 appearances. Ledgerton's appearances tailed off during the 1953–54 season and he departed the club in the summer of 1954.
Millwall
Ledgerton joined Division Three South side Millwall in May 1954 in an exchange deal for George Stobbart. He made just 6 appearances for the club, scoring twice, before departing at the end of the 1954–55 season.
Clacton Town
Ledgerton dropped into non-league football and joined Eastern Counties League side Clacton Town in the summer of 1955. He bagged 30 goals during the 1955–56 season to set a new goalscoring record at the club and beat his own record by scoring 31 goals in the 1956–57 season, winning the East Anglian Cup. Ledgerton was an integral part of the best years in the club's existence, firing in the goals which led the club to be accepted into the Southern League South-East Division, its highest ever placing in the league pyramid. Suffering relegation in the 1958–59 season, the club won the 1959–60 Southern League Division One title. Ledgerton played for Clacton into the 1960s.
Personal life
Ledgerton's grandson, Matt Waters, also became a footballer and is F.C. Clacton's all-time leading goalscorer.
Honours
Clacton Town