Ron Batty

Ron Batty
Personal information
Full name	Ronald Robson Batty
Date of birth	(1925-10-05)5 October 1925
Place of birth	Lanchester, England
Date of death	1971 (aged 45–46)
Playing position	Full-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1945	Stanley United	?	(?)
1945–1958	Newcastle United	161	(1)
1958–1959	Gateshead	40	(0)
Teams managed
1958–1960	Gateshead
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Ronald Robson Batty (born 5 October 1925 in Lanchester, County Durham - died 1971) was an English football full-back. He began his career with non-league Stanley United before signing for Newcastle United during the Second World War. He appeared for the club in 161 league games, scoring one goal. He left the club in 1958 to move to Gateshead where he added a further 40 league appearances before retiring.^[1]

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Newcastle United	1948–49	30	0	1	0	0	0	31	0
	1949–50	18	0	2	0	0	0	20	0
	1950–51	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	1951–52	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	1952–53	11	0	0	0	1^{[lower-alpha 1]}	0	12	0
	1953–54	13	0	1	0	0	0	14	0
	1954–55	25	0	10	0	0	0	35	0
	1955–56	22	0	2	0	0	0	24	0
	1956–57	24	0	3	0	0	0	27	0
	1957–58	13	1	1	0	0	0	14	1
	Total	161	1	20	0	1	0	182	1
Gateshead	1957–58	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	1958–59	31	0	1	0	0	0	32	0
	Total	40	0	1	0	0	0	41	0
Career Total		201	1	21	0	1	0	223	1

↑ Appearance in Charity Shield

References

↑ B.J. Hugman, Rothmans Football League Players Records The Complete A-Z 1946-1981, 1981, p. 67

Ron Batty profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

Gateshead F.C. – managers

Douglass (1930–32)
McCracken (1932–33)
Tulip (1933–56)
Keen (1956–58)
Batty (1958–60)
Ferguson (1960–61)
Keen (1961–62)
Fairbrother (1962)
Mitchell (1963–66)
Hardwick (1966–70)
Devlin^c (1970)
Rayner (1970–72)
McGarry (1972–73)
Wilkie (1974)
Allen^c (1974–75)
Irwin (1975)
Wilkie (197?–86)
Hibbitt (1986)
Parnaby (198?–8?)
Lee (1990–91)
Cassidy (1991–93)
Richardson (1993–97)
Platt (1997)
Carroll (1997–98)
Shoulder & G. Robson^c (1998)
Pearson (1998–01)
Proudlock (2001–02)
Gill (2002)
D. Bell (2002–04)
A. Bell (2004)
Wade (2004–05)
Richardson (2005–06)
Lee (2006–07)
Bogie (2007–12)
Smith (2012–13)
Rush^c (2013)
Mills (2013–15)
Crosby (2015)
Clark & Cummins^c (2015)
Aspin (2015–)

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