Billy Biggar

William Biggers (16 October 1874 – 11 July 1935), known during his playing career as Billy Biggar, was an English professional footballer who made over 210 appearances as a goalkeeper in the Southern League for Watford.^[1] In all competitions for the Hornets, he made 283 appearances and scored two penalties.^[1] Earlier in his career, Biggar appeared in the Football League for Sheffield United.^[2][3][4] He latterly made over 200 appearances in all competitions for non-League club Rochdale.^[5] Biggar also acted as trainer at Rochdale and coached at Earlestown.^[6]

Billy Biggar

Personal information
Full name	William Biggers[1]
Date of birth	16 October 1874
Place of birth	Mexborough, England
Date of death	11 July 1935(1935-07-11) (aged 60)[1]
Place of death	Surrey, England[1]
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Mexborough
0000–1900	Thurnscoe Victoria
1900	Birtley
1900–1901	Sheffield United	14	(0)
1902–1903	West Ham United	6	(0)
1903–1904	Fulham	6	(0)
1904–1910	Watford	217	(1)
1910–1913	Rochdale	100	(0)
1913	Brentford	0	(0)
1913–1917	Rochdale	63	(0)
1919–1920	Leyland Motors
1931	Earlestown
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
West Ham United	1902–03[7]	Southern League First Division	8	0	0	0	—		8	0
Fulham	1903–04[8]	Southern League First Division	6	0	3	0	—		9	0
Watford	1904–05[9]	Southern League First Division	34	0	5	0	—		39	0
	1905–06[10]	Southern League First Division	33	0	3	0	—		36	0
	1906–07[11]	Southern League First Division	38	0	2	0	—		40	0
	1907–08[12]	Southern League First Division	38	0	1	0	—		39	0
	1908–09[13]	Southern League First Division	38	1	3	0	—		41	1
	1909–10[14]	Southern League First Division	36	0	3	0	4[a]	0	43	0
	Total		217	1	17	0	4	0	238	1
Rochdale	1910–11[5]	Lancashire Combination First Division	36	0	9	0	2[b]	0	47	0
	1911–12[5]	Lancashire Combination First Division	32	0	1	0	8[c]	0	41	0
	1912–13[5]	Central League	32	0	7	0	5[d]	0	44	0
	Total		100	0	17	0	15	0	132	0
Rochdale	1913–14[5]	Central League	36	0	1	0	4[e]	0	41	0
	1914–15[5]	Central League	27	0	5	0	8[f]	0	40	0
	Total		163	0	23	0	27	0	213	0
Career total			394	1	43	0	31	0	468	1

1. Appearances in Southern Professional Charity Cup
2. Appearances in Lancashire Senior Cup
3. 6 appearances in Manchester Senior Cup, 1 appearance in Lancashire Combination play-offs, 1 appearance in Lancashire Senior Cup
4. 4 appearances in Manchester Senior Cup, 1 appearance in Lancashire Senior Cup
5. Appearances in Manchester Senior Cup
6. 5 appearances in Lancashire Senior Cup, 3 appearances in Manchester Senior Cup

Honours

Rochdale

• Lancashire Combination First Division: 1910–11, 1911–12^[5][15]