Terence Bailey (born 18 December 1947) is an English former

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who played as a

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. His son Mark Bailey also played professional football. After a brief association with

Winsford United Winsford United Football Club are a football club based in Winsford, Cheshire, England. The club was founded in 1883 and are nicknamed ''The Blues''. The club is currently a member of the , with home matches played at The Barton Stadium. Thei ...

, he joined

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...

in 1968. He spent six years with the club, as they finished as

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runners-up in 1968–69, and then dominated the non-League scene of the early 1970s. His honours with the club in this period include: winners medals in the Midland Floodlight Cup, Staffordshire Senior Cup and

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; a

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runners-up medal; a

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runners-up medal in 1970–71, and a Northern Premier League champions medal in 1971–72. He then went into the

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with

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 ...

after the club paid Rangers £3,000 in May 1974. Spending four years with the Vale, he played 190 games in league and cup, and finished as the club's joint-top scorer in 1974–75. He was sold on to non-League

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for £2,000 in August 1978, and later returned to Stafford Rangers.

Career

Bailey played for

in 1967–68, before joining

. Rangers finished second in the

in 1968–69, and joined the

for 1969–70. They lifted the Midland Floodlight Cup in 1970, and then went on to finish as league runners-up in 1970–71, six points behind

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. They finished as league champions in 1971–72, two points ahead of

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. They also won the Staffordshire Senior Cup and the

, beating

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3–0 in the

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to complete a unique treble. They did though fail to win the inaugural

after defeat by Wigan. Rangers then finished sixth in 1972–73 and fourth in 1973–74. Bailey was signed by Roy Sproson's

for £3,000 in May 1974. He scored a brace on his debut to earn Vale a point at

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on 17 August 1974. He was the club's joint- top scorer in the 1974–75 season with fourteen goals (tied with former Rangers teammate Ray Williams). The club narrowly missed out on promotion out of the

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, finishing four points behind third place

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. Bailey hit nine goals in 49 games in 1975–76, this left him as the club's second highest scorer along with Derek Brownbill, behind new signing and another former Ranger

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on 21 goals. He again scored twice against Wrexham, and also bagged a brace against Swindon Town. The "Valiants" struggled in 1976–77, and Bailey only managed two goals in 49 games, scoring against Brighton & Hove Albion and

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. He hit four goals in 44 games in 1977–78, as the club suffered

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into the

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under new

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Bobby Smith. After appearing against

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in the League Cup in 1978–79, manager

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sold Bailey on to Northern Premier League side

for a £2,000 fee in August 1978. He had played a total of 190 games (165 in the league) and scored 29 goals (26 in the league) in his time at Vale Park. After leaving Northwich he returned to Stafford Rangers.

Career statistics

Source:

Honours

Stafford Rangers *Midland Floodlight Cup: 1970 *

: 1971–72 * Staffordshire Senior Cup: 1972 *

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runner-up: 1972

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bailey, Terry 1947 births Living people Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Winsford United F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Northwich Victoria F.C. players Northern Premier League players English Football League players