Percy Hartley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Percy Wilding Hartley | ||
| Date of birth | 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Bolton, England | ||
| Position | Half back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Halliwell St Paul's | |||
| Bolton St Luke's | |||
| Astley Bridge St Paul's | |||
| Atherton Church House | |||
| 1906–1907 | Preston North End | 3 | (0) |
| Atherton | |||
| Huddersfield Town | |||
| Chorley | |||
| 1909–1910 | Exeter City | 34 | (4) |
| Rochdale | |||
| Rossendale United | |||
| Total | 37+ | (4+) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1913–1914 | Verviers | ||
| 1919–1924 | Verviers | ||
| 1924 | Royal FC | ||
| 1924–1930 | Standard Liège | ||
| Charleroi | |||
| Amay Sportif | |||
| 1932–1935 | Standard Liège | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Percy Wilding Hartley (born 1885) was an English professional football player and manager.
Early and personal life
Born in Bolton in 1885,[1] Hartley was baptised on 27 September 1895 in Halliwell.[2] He married a woman named Jessie Archer on 18 March 1919.[3]
Playing career
Hartley played for Halliwell St Paul's, Bolton St Luke's, Astley Bridge St Paul's, Atherton Church House, Preston North End, Atherton, Huddersfield Town, Chorley, Exeter City, and Rochdale.[4][1] He finished his career at Rossendale United.[1]
Coaching career
Hartley became a coach at Belgian club Verviers.[1] He spent World War One in a German prisoner-of-war camp, before returning to Verviers, later moving to Royal FC.[1]
Hartley managed Belgian side Standard Liège in the 1920s and 1930s.[5][6] He also worked at Charleroi and Amay Sportif in between his spells at Standard.[1] He was also a prissier during World War Two, before being released and returning to Bolton, where he worked in a factory.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Hartley, Percy". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk.
- ^ "Baptisms at St Peter in The Parish of Halliwell". OnLine Parish Clerks for the County of Lancashire. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Marriages at Astley Bridge Baptist Church, Eden Street, Bolton". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ Percy Hartley at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ Ged Rea (26 August 2008). "LFC v Standard Liege: Stat attack". Liverpool F.C. official website. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
- ^ "Hartley, Percival". The Grecian Archive. University of Exeter. Retrieved 5 January 2022.