John Burndred

John Burndred
Personal information
Full name	John Nigel Burndred
Date of birth	23 March 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Stoke-on-Trent, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Knypersley Victoria
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995	Port Vale
	Stafford Rangers
	Newcastle Town
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Nigel Burndred (born 23 March 1968) is an English former footballer who played for Knypersley Victoria, Port Vale, Stafford Rangers, and Newcastle Town.

Career

Burndred played for Knypersley Victoria, where he won the Midland Football Alliance golden boot with 31 goals in the 1994–95 season,^[3] before joining his favourite club Port Vale in February 1995, initially on trial.^[1] He made his First Division debut at Vale Park in a 1–1 draw with Notts County on 7 May 1995, the last day of the 1994–95 season, but "Valiants" manager John Rudge allowed him to leave on a free transfer later that month.^[1] After a trial with Walsall he moved back into non-League football with Stafford Rangers (Southern League) and Newcastle Town.^[1]

During his long periods of non-League football, he worked as a manager at a Burslem pottery firm.^[4]

Source:^[5]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1994–95	First Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 48. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0. ASIN 0952915200.
^ Rollin, Jack (1995). Rothmans football yearbook, 1995-96. Headline. ISBN 978-0-7472-7823-8. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
^ League statistics Archived 22 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ Turnbull, Simon (10 November 1996). "Meet the other Newcastle No 9". The Independent. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
^ John Burndred at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)