Joe Butler (footballer, born 1943)

English footballer For the 1900s/1910s goalkeeper, see Joe Butler (footballer born 1879).

Joe Butler
Personal information
Date of birth	(1943-02-07) 7 February 1943 (age 81)
Place of birth	Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
1960–1962	Newcastle United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1965	Newcastle United	3	(0)
1965–1976	Swindon Town	362	(18)
	Aldershot
	Witney Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Joseph Butler (born 7 February 1943) is a retired football right back best known for his spell at Swindon Town.

Newcastle United

Joe Butler started his football career as a junior with his hometime club Newcastle United. He made his senior debut in the 1963 Football League Cup loss at Bournemouth & Boscombe. Later, during the same season, Joe Butler played his only three league games for the Magpies. His league debut came in the 2–1 loss at Manchester City and then appearing at St James' Park in a 5–2 victory over Rotherham United before making his final appearance in the 4–0 loss to Bury.

Swindon Town

In 1965, Swindon Town paid Newcastle United £5,500 to secure the services of Joe Butler. The fee would see Butler remain in Wiltshire for eleven seasons. During his spell at Swindon he famously helped his club win the Football League Cup in 1969 against Arsenal and Anglo-Italian Cup victories over AS Roma and Napoli.

Honours

References

"Player Profile: Joe Butler". Toon1892. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
"Joe Butler". swindon-town-fc.co.uk. 1 January 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
"A Day to Remember". Swindon Web. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2011.

v t e Swindon Town F.C. – Player of the Season
1964: McPherson 1965: Summerbee 1966: Nurse 1967: Rogers 1968: Harland 1969: Downsborough 1970: Butler 1971: Noble 1972: Burrows 1973: Butler 1974: Trollope 1975: Eastoe 1976: Anderson 1977: Moss 1978: Trollope 1979: Carter 1980: Kamara 1981: Lewis 1982: Stroud 1983: Rideout 1984: Endersby 1985: Gordon 1986: Calderwood 1987: Digby 1988: T. Parkin 1989: Foley 1990: McLoughlin 1991: Shearer 1992: S. Taylor 1993: Bodin 1994: Moncur 1995: S. Taylor 1996: S. Taylor 1997: Digby 1998: Digby 1999: Ndah 2000: Talia 2001: Mildenhall 2002: Heywood 2003: S. Parkin 2004: Mooney 2005: S. Parkin 2006: Evans 2007: Peacock 2008: Comminges 2009: Cox 2010: Douglas 2011: Ritchie 2012: McCormack 2013: Thompson 2014: Thompson 2015: Turnbull 2016: Ajose 2017: Vigouroux 2018: M. Taylor 2019: Doughty 2020: Grant 2021: Odimayo 2022: McKirdy 2023: Blake-Tracy 2024: Kemp

Swindon Town F.C. – Player of the Season

1964: McPherson
1965: Summerbee
1966: Nurse
1967: Rogers
1968: Harland
1969: Downsborough
1970: Butler
1971: Noble
1972: Burrows
1973: Butler
1974: Trollope
1975: Eastoe
1976: Anderson
1977: Moss
1978: Trollope
1979: Carter
1980: Kamara
1981: Lewis
1982: Stroud
1983: Rideout
1984: Endersby
1985: Gordon
1986: Calderwood
1987: Digby
1988: T. Parkin
1989: Foley
1990: McLoughlin
1991: Shearer
1992: S. Taylor
1993: Bodin
1994: Moncur
1995: S. Taylor
1996: S. Taylor
1997: Digby
1998: Digby
1999: Ndah
2000: Talia
2001: Mildenhall
2002: Heywood
2003: S. Parkin
2004: Mooney
2005: S. Parkin
2006: Evans
2007: Peacock
2008: Comminges
2009: Cox
2010: Douglas
2011: Ritchie
2012: McCormack
2013: Thompson
2014: Thompson
2015: Turnbull
2016: Ajose
2017: Vigouroux
2018: M. Taylor
2019: Doughty
2020: Grant
2021: Odimayo
2022: McKirdy
2023: Blake-Tracy
2024: Kemp

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