Sam Howshall

Sam Howshall
Personal information
Full name	Samuel Howshall^[1]
Date of birth	September 1883
Place of birth	Cobridge, England
Playing position	Outside left
Youth career
	Newcastle Swifts
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1903–1905	Burslem Port Vale	2	(0)
	Salisbury City
1907–1908	Clapton Orient	2	(0)
1908	Stoke	1	(2)
	Merthyr Town
Total		5+	(2+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Samuel "Sam" Howshall (September 1883 – after 1908) was an English footballer who played for Burslem Port Vale, Clapton Orient, Stoke, and Merthyr Town.

Playing career

Howshall played for Newcastle Swifts before joining Burslem Port Vale in May 1903.^[1] His first game was at outside-right in a 3–1 defeat to Preston North End at Deepdale on 3 October.^[1] After only one further Second Division appearance in the 1903–04 season he was released from the Athletic Ground at the end of the 1904–05 season.^[1] He moved on to Salisbury City before joining Clapton Orient.^[1] He returned to Staffordshire in the 1908–09 season to play one Birmingham & District League game for Stoke; he scored both goals in a 2–2 draw at Stourbridge on 14 September. After leaving the Victoria Ground he played for Merthyr Town.^[1]

Sourced from Sam Howshall profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burslem Port Vale	1903–04	Second Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
Clapton Orient	1907–08	Second Division	2	0	1	0	3	0
Stoke	1908–09	Birmingham & District League	1	2	0	0	1	2

1 2 3 4 5 6 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 144. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.

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