Billy Eames

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Billy Eames

| fullname = William Alan Eames

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|9|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Emsworth, England

| death_date =

| death_place =

| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1973–1975

| youthclubs1 = Portsmouth

| years1 = 1975–1978

| clubs1 = Portsmouth

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 1978

| clubs2 = Waterlooville

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1978

| clubs3 = Brentford

| caps3 = 2

| goals3 = 1

}}

William Alan Eames (born 20 September 1957) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Portsmouth and Brentford.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |location=Harefield |pages=52}} He went on to play for over 15 years in non-League football.

Personal life

Eames attended Emsworth Primary School. He later became a PE teacher at Neville Lovett Community School, Horndean Technology College and Cams Hill School.{{Cite web |title=Bygone Blues: Billy Eames: Debut goal was my Fratton highlight |url=http://www2.portsmouthtoday.co.uk/blogs/bygone_blues/2009/01/billy-eames-debut-goal-was-my-fratton.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402155930/http://www2.portsmouthtoday.co.uk/blogs/bygone_blues/2009/01/billy-eames-debut-goal-was-my-fratton.html |archive-date=2 April 2015 |access-date=29 March 2015 |website=portsmouthtoday.co.uk}}

Career statistics

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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="3" |Portsmouth

|1975–76{{Cite web |title=Billy Eames |url=http://pompeyrama.com/pompey-fc-players-147-Billy-Eames.html |access-date=30 April 2019 |website=PompeyRama}}

|Second Division

|11

|1

|4

|1

|1

|1

| colspan="2" |—

|16

|3

1976–77

|Third Division

|0

|0

|0

|0

|1

|0

|1Appearance in Kent Senior Cup

|0

|2

|0

colspan="2" |Total

!11

!1

!4

!1

!2

!1

!1

!0

!18

!3

Brentford

|1978–79{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=395}}

|Third Division

|2

|1

|0

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|2

|1

colspan="3" |Career total

!13

!1

!4

!1

!2

!1

!1

!0

!20

!4

References