Billy Holmes (footballer, born 1951)

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Billy Holmes
Personal information
Full name William Gerald Holmes[1]
Date of birth (1952-02-04)4 February 1952
Place of birth Balham, England
Date of death March 1988(1988-03-00) (aged 37)[1]
Place of death Daventry, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1970 Woking
1970–1973 Millwall 1 (0)
1973–1974 Luton Town 1 (0)
1974–1975 Barnet 42 (14)
1975–1977 Wimbledon 92 (28)
1977–1979 Hereford United 31 (5)
1979–1980 Brentford 15 (2)
1979–1982 Aylesbury United
1982 Barnet 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Gerald Holmes (4 February 1952 – March 1988) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a forward, most notably for Barnet and Hereford United.[2]

Personal life[edit]

After dropping out of professional football, Holmes worked as a warehouseman and in March 1988, he committed suicide at age 37.[3]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Millwall 1970–71[4] Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Luton Town 1973–74[5] Second Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Barnet 1974–75[6] Southern League Premier Division 42 14 2 0 — 1[a] 0 45 14
Hereford United 1977–78[7] Third Division 15 2 2 0 — — 17 2
1978–79[7] Fourth Division 16 3 0 0 3 1 — 19 4
Total 31 5 2 0 3 1 — 36 6
Aylesbury United 1979–80[8] Southern League Southern Division 0 0 1 0 — — 1 0
Brentford 1979–80[9] Third Division 15 2 0 0 0 0 — 15 2
Aylesbury United 1980–81[8] Southern League Southern Division 42 16 7 3 — 13[b] 2 62 21
Total 42 16 8 3 — 13 2 63 21
Barnet 1981–82[6] Alliance Premier League 9 1 — — — 9 1
Total 51 15 2 0 — 1 0 54 15
Career total 140 38 12 3 3 1 14 2 170 44
  1. ^ Appearance in FA Trophy
  2. ^ 10 appearances and 2 goals in FA Trophy, 3 appearances in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup

Honours[edit]

Wimbledon

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Billy Holmes". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  2. ^ Haynes, Graham.; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees : Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 80. ISBN 0-9552949-1-6. OCLC 316718484.
  3. ^ "Where Are They Now? Luton Town 1973/74 promotion winners". The League Paper. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Millwall Stats 1970–1971". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  5. ^ "Billy Holmes". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Billy Holmes". Downhill Second Half – A Barnet FC Archive. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Holmes, Billy". The Unofficial Hereford United Online Archive. 10 August 2014. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Billy Holmes Profile". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  9. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 395. ISBN 0951526200.
  10. ^ "Players: Billy Holmes". www.historicaldons.com. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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