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Billy Shergold

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Billy Shergold
Personal information
Full name Billy Shergold
Date of birth 22 January 1923
Place of birth Newport, Wales
Date of death 1968 (aged 44–45)
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Bishop Auckland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1956 Newport County 273 (48)
Weymouth
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Billy Shergold was a Welsh professional footballer, born in Slade Street, Newport, a mere quarter-of-a-mile from Somerton Park, home of his future team Newport County. An inside-forward, he joined Newport County in 1947 from Bishop Auckland. He went on to make 273 Football League appearances for Newport scoring 48 goals. In 1956 he joined Weymouth.[1]

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