Pat Raftery (footballer)

Pat Raftery
Personal information
Full name	Patrick Thomas Raftery
Date of birth	28 November 1925
Place of birth	Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Date of death	29 September 1998 (aged 72)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Stanfields
	Norton Miners
	Harriseahead
	Ravensdale
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Hull City
	Ravensdale
1948–1950	Port Vale
	Wellington Town
	Stafford Rangers
	Leek Town
	Gresley Rovers
	Audley
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Thomas Raftery (28 November 1925 – 29 September 1998) was an English former footballer who played as a forward. He played for Port Vale in the English Football League, as well as a host of non-league clubs.

Playing career

Raftery played for Stanfields, Norton Miners, Harriseahead, Ravensdale (in two spells) and Hull City before joining his hometown club Port Vale as an amateur in November 1948.^[1] After making his debut under manager Gordon Hodgson in a 3–0 home win over Leyton Orient on Christmas day of 1948, he signed as a professional the next month.^[1] He played two Third Division South games in 1948–49, and then played three league games in 1949–50 before being transferred to Wellington Town in February 1950.^[1] He later played for Stafford Rangers, Leek Town, Gresley Rovers and Audley.^[1]

Source:^[3]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1948–49	Third Division South	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	1949–50	Third Division South	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 244. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Green, Sneyd; Raftery, Doris (8 January 2001). "Nostalgia Letter". This is Staffordshire. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
^ Pat Raftery at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)