Bill Stephens

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

201st all-time scorer454th for appearances

Born: 13 Jun 1919Cramlington, Northumberland
Shirt: #9, #10
Debut: 13 Dec 1947v Fulham, aged 28
Last game: 21 Aug 1948v Lincoln City, aged 29

The West Ham career

all competitions, matches with line-up data

Appearances

24 starts, 0 from the bench

Goals

0.29 per game

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Assists

not recorded

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Minutes

not recorded

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Cards

not recorded

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Average rating

not rated

Best season for goals: 1947/48, 7 in 23 appearances.

Shooting by season, league

	Standard
Season	Gls	Sh	SoT	SoT%	Sh/90	SoT/90	G/Sh	G/SoT
1948/49	0
1947/48	6
Career	6

Same definitions as the season Players tab. Shots exclude blocked shots; on/off figures are approximate. Hover a heading for its meaning. Detailed numbers exist from 2015/16; older seasons show appearances, goals and cards where recorded. The Career row adds the seasons shown.

Goals

7 for West Ham

At home

Away

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Penalties

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Open play

Hat-tricks

By competition

Second Division	6	22 apps
FA Cup	1	2 apps

Scored against most

When he scores

No goal minutes recorded.

First goal: 27 Dec 1947, v Sheffield Wednesday 1–4

Latest goal: 29 Mar 1948, v Cardiff City 4–2

Hat-trick: 26 Mar 1948, at Cardiff City 0–3

Milestones

13 Dec 1947Debutv Fulham 3–0 1947/48
27 Dec 1947First goalv Sheffield Wednesday 1–4 1947/48
26 Mar 1948Hat-trickat Cardiff City 0–3 1947/48
21 Aug 1948Last appearancev Lincoln City 2–2 1948/49

Based on matches with line-up data (1900/01–1914/15, 1919/20–1938/39, 1945/46–2009/10 and 2015/16–2026/27); not a full career record.

By season and competition

Season	Competition	Apps	Starts	Mins	G	A
1948/49	Second Division	1	1	–	0	–
1947/48	FA Cup	2	2	–	1	–
1947/48	Second Division	21	21	–	6	–

Appearances

Date	Comp	Opponent	Score	Res	G
21 Aug 1948	D2	Lincoln City	2–2	D
1 May 1948	D2	at Fulham	1–1	D
24 Apr 1948	D2	Leeds United	2–1	W
17 Apr 1948	D2	at Leicester City	3–1	W
10 Apr 1948	D2	Brentford	0–1	L
7 Apr 1948	D2	at Chesterfield	0–6	L
3 Apr 1948	D2	at Luton Town	0–0	D
29 Mar 1948	D2	Cardiff City	4–2	W	1
27 Mar 1948	D2	Plymouth Argyle	1–1	D	1
26 Mar 1948	D2	at Cardiff City	3–0	W	3
20 Mar 1948	D2	at Barnsley	1–1	D
13 Mar 1948	D2	West Bromwich Albion	0–2	L
6 Mar 1948	D2	at Birmingham City	1–0	W
28 Feb 1948	D2	Newcastle United	0–2	L
14 Feb 1948	D2	at Coventry City	1–0	W
7 Feb 1948	D2	Bury	2–0	W
31 Jan 1948	D2	at Southampton	1–3	L
17 Jan 1948	FAC	Blackburn Rovers	2–4	L	1
10 Jan 1948	FAC	at Blackburn Rovers	0–0	D
3 Jan 1948	D2	at Nottingham Forest	1–2	L
27 Dec 1947	D2	Sheffield Wednesday	1–4	L	1
26 Dec 1947	D2	at Sheffield Wednesday	3–5	L
20 Dec 1947	D2	Bradford Park Avenue	0–0	D
13 Dec 1947	D2	Fulham	3–0	W