Geoffrey Moreland

{{short description|English footballer}}

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

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Geoffrey Moreland

| image =

| fullname = Arthur Geoffrey Moreland{{cite web |title=Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk - Geoffrey MORELAND - Player Profile |url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=MORELANG |website=www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk |access-date=1 November 2022}}

| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}{{cite news |last1=Fielding |first1=Rob |title=The 1939-40 Port Vale season preview |url=https://www.onevalefan.co.uk/2025/01/the-1939-40-port-vale-season-preview/ |access-date=13 January 2025 |work=onevalefan.co.uk |date=12 January 2025}}

| position = Centre forward

| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|11|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Wolverhampton, England

| death_date = {{death year and age|1996|1914}}

| death_place =

| years1 = | clubs1 = Prestwood Amateurs

| years2 = | clubs2 = Stafford Rangers

| years3 = 1937–1938 | clubs3 = Swindon Town | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1938 | clubs4 = Birmingham | caps4 = 4 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1938–1939 | clubs5 = Port Vale | caps5 = 7 | goals5 = 3

}}

Arthur Geoffrey Moreland (29 November 1914 – 1996) was an English professional footballer who made 11 appearances in the Football League playing for Birmingham and Port Vale.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |year=2004 |page=189 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}} He played as a centre forward.

Moreland was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. He made his name in non-League football as a target-man with Prestwood Amateurs and Stafford Rangers before deciding to try his luck with Swindon Town.{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=111 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}} He played just once for Swindon, scoring their goal in a 2–1 defeat to Millwall in the Third Division South Cup.{{cite web |url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/PlayingRecord.asp?PersonID=MORELANG&Season=1937-1938 |title=Playing record: Geoffrey Moreland |work=Swindon-Town-FC |accessdate=28 March 2009}} He signed for First Division club Birmingham in the 1938 close season, and made his debut in the opening match of the 1938–39 season, a 2–1 home defeat to Sunderland on 27 August 1938. He kept his place for another couple of games but played only once after thatMatthews, p. 181. before moving on to Port Vale in November 1938, where he scored three goals in seven league appearances. He departed after war in Europe broke out, most probably in the autumn of 1939.{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=203|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}}