Josiah Roberts

{{short description|English footballer}}

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

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

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| name = Josiah Roberts

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| fullname = Josiah Edmund Roberts

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| position = Right back

| birth_date = 1871

| birth_place = West Smethwick, England

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| years1 = | clubs1 = Birmingham St George's

| years2 = 1892–1893 | clubs2 = Small Heath | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1893–1??? | clubs3 = Walsall Wood

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Josiah Edmund Roberts (1871 – after 1892) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Small Heath.{{cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=SoccerData |location=Nottingham |year=2004 |page=222 |isbn=978-1-899468-67-6}} Roberts was born in West Smethwick, which was then in Staffordshire He joined Small Heath from Birmingham St George's when the latter club folded in 1892.{{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |year=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |page=120 |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}} A right back, he played only one competitive game for the club, on 5 November 1892 in a 4–1 win away at Bootle, which was the game after regular left back Fred Speller broke his leg.Matthews, p. 142. Roberts returned to non-league football in 1893.