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Percy Knott

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Percy Knott
Personal information
Full name Percy Knott[1]
Date of birth 1899[1]
Place of birth Stoke-upon-Trent, England[1]
Height 5 ft 10+12 in (1.79 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1919 Hartshill White Star
1920–1921 Stoke 27 (0)
1922 Queens Park Rangers 0 (0)
1925 Stoke City 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Percy Knott (1899 – unknown) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke.[1]

Career

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Knott was born in Stoke-upon-Trent and played for Hartshill White Star before joining Stoke just after World War I.[1] He was used as understudy to Tom Kay due to injury to Kay, Knott played twelve matches towards the end of the 1920–21 season and fifteen during 1921–22.[1] He left Stoke in 1922 and joined Queens Park Rangers where he never managed to get a match.[1] After a three-year gap Knott played one match for Stoke during the 1925–26 season.[1]

Career statistics

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Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke[1] 1920–21 Second Division 12 0 0 0 12 0
1921–22 Second Division 15 0 2 0 17 0
1925–26 Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Career Total 28 0 2 0 30 0

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ^ Onward (21 August 1922). "Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Stoke". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.