Player Details

Teddy Lightfoot

Real Name: Edward John Lightfoot
Born: 13/11/1889 (Liverpool)
Died: 20/07/1918 (Western Front, WWI)

Heritage Number: 266
Debut Match*: 01/09/1909 v St Helens Recreation (Lancashire Combination)
Last Match*: 29/04/1911 v Blackburn Rovers (Lancashire Combination)
* Qualifying Games

Lightfoot signed for Tottenham Hotspur after spells with Harrowby and Southport. The left half featured in 66 matches and scored twice in all competitions between 1911-15.
Lightfoot was one of 10 Lilywhites who died in action in World War I. He was killed at the Western Front in July, 1918.

“Perseus” writing in the Lancashire Daily Post paid the following tribute “Edward Lightfoot was a splendid footballer but, more than that, he was a good sportsman and a player that respected both himself and his opponents. He has joined a noble company who will leave a big void in football”

Career: Harrowby, Southport Central (c. 1910), Tottenham Hotspur (1911-1915)

Season: 1915/1916 [Back to Player Stats]
The player made an appearance in the following games:

Date	Home Club	Away Club	Score	Goals	Competition	Match Date	Heritage Qualifying	Void
18/09/1915	Oldham Athletic	Southport Central	2 - 1	0	War-Time: League	18/09/1915	No	No
25/09/1915	Southport Central	Everton	2 - 1	1	War-Time: League	25/09/1915	No	No
02/10/1915	Bolton Wanderers	Southport Central	0 - 7	3	War-Time: League	02/10/1915	No	No
09/10/1915	Southport Central	Manchester City	0 - 1	0	War-Time: League	09/10/1915	No	No
16/10/1915	Stoke City	Southport Central	2 - 0	0	War-Time: League	16/10/1915	No	No
23/10/1915	Southport Central	Burnley	1 - 1	1	War-Time: League	23/10/1915	No	No
30/10/1915	Preston North End	Southport Central	0 - 5	4	War-Time: League	30/10/1915	No	No
06/11/1915	Southport Central	Stockport County	3 - 2	1	War-Time: League	06/11/1915	No	No
13/11/1915	Liverpool	Southport Central	4 - 2	0	War-Time: League	13/11/1915	No	No
20/11/1915	Southport Central	Bury	1 - 0	0	War-Time: League	20/11/1915	No	No
27/11/1915	Manchester United	Southport Central	0 - 0	0	War-Time: League	27/11/1915	No	No
04/12/1915	Blackpool	Southport Central	0 - 0	0	War-Time: League	04/12/1915	No	No
11/12/1915	Southport Central	Rochdale	2 - 2	1	War-Time: League	11/12/1915	No	No
18/12/1915	Southport Central	Oldham Athletic	0 - 2	0	War-Time: League	18/12/1915	No	No
25/12/1915	Everton	Southport Central	2 - 0	0	War-Time: League	25/12/1915	No	No
01/01/1916	Southport Central	Bolton Wanderers	3 - 1	2	War-Time: League	01/01/1916	No	No
08/01/1916	Manchester City	Southport Central	5 - 0	0	War-Time: League	08/01/1916	No	No
15/01/1916	Southport Central	Stoke City	1 - 1	1	War-Time: League	15/01/1916	No	No
22/01/1916	Burnley	Southport Central	5 - 0	0	War-Time: League	22/01/1916	No	No
29/01/1916	Southport Central	Preston North End	1 - 0	1	War-Time: League	29/01/1916	No	No
05/02/1916	Stockport County	Southport Central	1 - 0	0	War-Time: League	05/02/1916	No	No
12/02/1916	Southport Central	Liverpool	2 - 5	0	War-Time: League	12/02/1916	No	No
19/02/1916	Bury	Southport Central	1 - 1	0	War-Time: League	19/02/1916	No	No
26/02/1916	Southport Central	Manchester United	5 - 0	0	War-Time: League	26/02/1916	No	No
04/03/1916	Preston North End	Southport Central	4 - 1	0	War-Time: Supplementary Competition	04/03/1916	No	No
11/03/1916	Southport Central	Bury	0 - 1	0	War-Time: Supplementary Competition	11/03/1916	No	No
18/03/1916	Bolton Wanderers	Southport Central	2 - 0	0	War-Time: Supplementary Competition	18/03/1916	No	No
01/04/1916	Southport Central	Blackpool	2 - 3	0	War-Time: Supplementary Competition	01/04/1916	No	No
15/04/1916	Bury	Southport Central	1 - 2	1	War-Time: Supplementary Competition	15/04/1916	No	No
21/04/1916	Blackpool	Southport Central	3 - 1	1	War-Time: Supplementary Competition	21/04/1916	No	No
22/04/1916	Southport Central	Bolton Wanderers	0 - 1	0	War-Time: Supplementary Competition	22/04/1916	No	No