Arden Maddison

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Arden Maddison

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = John Arden Brown Maddison

| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|02|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Usworth, Washington, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|08|19|1900|02|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Rugeley, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=8}}{{cite news |title=Athletic News |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000986/19250817/088/0008 |access-date=1 November 2023 |date=17 August 1925}}

| position = Half-back

| youthyears1 = 1922 | youthclubs1 = Usworth Colliery

| years1 = 1923–1924 | clubs1 = Stoke | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1924–1927 | clubs2 = Port Vale | caps2 = 53 | goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1927–1929 | clubs3 = Oldham Athletic | caps3 = 6 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1929–1931 | clubs4 = Burton Town | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 1931–1933 | clubs5 = Prescot Cables | caps5 = | goals5 =

| years6 = 1933–1934 | clubs6 = Mansfield Town | caps6 = 0 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1934–1935 | clubs7 = Nîmes | caps7 = | goals7 =

| years8 = 1935–1936 | clubs8 = Gresley Rovers | caps8 = 53 | goals8 = 2

| years9 = 1936–1937 | clubs9 = Sutton Town | caps9 = | goals9 =

| years10 = 1937 | clubs10 = Gresley Rovers | caps10 = | goals10 =

| totalcaps = 113+ | totalgoals = 3+

}}

John Arden Brown Maddison (12 February 1900 – 19 August 1987) was an English footballer who played at half-back for Stoke, Port Vale, Oldham Athletic, Gresley Rovers and Sutton Town.

Career

Maddison played for Usworth Colliery before joining Stoke in 1923. His one appearance for Stoke came in a 0–0 draw with Stockport County at the Victoria Ground on 2 February 1924.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}} He was released at the end of the 1923–24 season and joined local Second Division rivals Port Vale in October 1924.{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=181|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}} He played just eight games in the 1924–25 season, before making 30 appearances in the 1925–26 campaign. He scored his first senior goal on 9 October 1926, in a 2–1 defeat to Notts County at Meadow Lane. However, he fractured a collarbone in November 1926 and missed the rest of the 1926–27 season. He was released from his contract at The Old Recreation Ground in May 1927, and moved on to Oldham Athletic, Gresley Rovers and Sutton Town.{{Cite web|title=Player Database - John Arden Brown Maddison|url=http://www.gresleyfc.com/players/?id=624|publisher=Gresley FC Online|access-date=12 February 2014}}

Career statistics

Source:{{ENFA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke1923–24Second Division10000010
rowspan="4"|Port Vale1924–25Second Division80000080
1925–26Second Division3000000300
1926–27Second Division1510000151
colspan="2"|Total

!53

10000531
rowspan="3"|Oldham Athletic1927–28Second Division40000040
1928–29Second Division20100030
colspan="2"|Total

!6

0100070
colspan=3|Career total

!60

11000611

References