John David Lumsdon (born 20 July 1956) is an English former
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played at
right-back for
Stoke City
Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...
,
Port Vale
Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...
, and
Telford United in the 1970s.
Career
Lumsdon started his career with
Stoke City
Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...
, playing ten
First Division games in the
1975–76 season. He made 13 appearances in the
1976–77 season as
Tony Waddington's "Potters" suffered
relegation. He played five
Second Division games in the
1977–78 season. He was
loaned to
Potteries derby rivals
Port Vale
Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...
in March 1978. He played five
Third Division
In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below.
Association football
*Belgian Thir ...
games for
Bobby Smith's "Valiants" before returning to
Victoria Ground at the end of
the season.
As of March 2017, he is the last player to have joined Port Vale on loan from Stoke City. He later moved on to
Southern League side
Telford United.
Career statistics
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References
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Footballers from Newcastle upon Tyne
English men's footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Stoke City F.C. players
Port Vale F.C. players
Telford United F.C. players
English Football League players
Southern Football League players
1956 births
Living people