Billy Ashcroft
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Ashcroft | ||
| Date of birth | 1 October 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Position(s) | Defender/Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1970–1977 | Wrexham | 219 | (72) |
| 1977–1982 | Middlesbrough | 139 | (21) |
| 1982–1985 | FC Twente | 77 | (29) |
| 1985–1986 | Tranmere Rovers | 23 | (2) |
| Total | 458 | (124) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Billy Ashcroft (born 1 October 1952) is an English retired footballer who played both as a central defender and as a forward. He made his League debut for Middlesbrough on 3 September 1977 in a 2–1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion, after having previously served Wrexham for seven years, playing 219 matches and scoring 72 goals. Ashcroft was transferred to FC Twente in the Netherlands in 1982, where he stayed for three years, making 77 league appearances and scoring 29 goals. He was the club top-scorer in the 1983–84 season. In 1985, he moved to Tranmere Rovers, where he scored twice in 23 league appearances.
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- 1952 births
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- English men's footballers
- English expatriate men's footballers
- Men's association football central defenders
- Men's association football forwards
- Middlesbrough F.C. players
- FC Twente players
- Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
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- Eredivisie players
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