Billy Cobb

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Billy Cobb (footballer)
Personal information
Full name Walter William Cobb [1]
Date of birth(1940-09-29)29 September 1940 [1]
Place of birth Newark, [1] Nottinghamshire, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
– Ransome & Marles
1958–1963 Nottingham Forest 30 (5)
1963–1964 Plymouth Argyle 31 (0)
1964–1966 Brentford 71 (23)
1966–1968 Lincoln City 67 (10)
1968–1971 Boston United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter William Cobb (born 29 September 1940), known as Billy Cobb, was an English footballer who scored 38 goals from 199 appearances in the Football League playing for Nottingham Forest, Plymouth Argyle, Brentford and Lincoln City. He played in midfield. [2] He went on to play for Boston United in the Northern Premier League. [3]

Cobb was the scorer of Nottingham Forest's first goal in European football, in a 5–1 defeat to Valencia in the 1961–62 Fairs Cup. [4] He scored a hat-trick on his Lincoln City debut, in an 8–1 defeat of Luton Town. [5] After retiring from football he kept a pub in Nottingham [6] and managed the bars at Nottingham Ice Stadium. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Billy Cobb". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Billy Cobb". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Boston United Roll Call". Boston United FC – the original website. Ken Fox. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Keeping it in the family". Newark Advertiser. 4 January 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hat-trick heroes". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Where are they now – from A to I". Nottingham Forest F.C. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Culley, Jon (21 November 1995). "Where are they now?". The Independent. London. Retrieved 22 April 2013.


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