Stuart Shaw (born 9 October 1944) is an English former footballer who played as a right-sided winger in the Football League for Everton, Southport, and Port Vale. He also made one senior appearance for Crystal Palace in the FA Cup. He later played Northern Premier League football with Morecambe, Skelmersdale United and South Liverpool. He won promotion out of the Fourth Division with Port Vale in 1969–70.
Career Shaw played for Aintree Villa Colts before joining Harry Catterick's Everton. He played three First Division games for the "Toffees" in the 1964–65 and 1965–66 seasons. The Goodison Park club finished fourth and eleventh. Stuart dropped into the Second Division with Dick Graham's Crystal Palace in December 1966, but did not make a league appearance at Selhurst Park in the 1966–67 season and departed in March 1967. He made one appearance as a substitute in the FA Cup third round as Palace lost 0–3 away to Leeds United.
Shaw spent the 1967–68 and 1968–69 seasons with Southport, and scored six goals in 67 Third Division appearances under the stewardship of Billy Bingham and Don McEvoy. He left Haig Avenue and joined Gordon Lee's Port Vale in July 1969. He made his debut at Vale Park in a goalless draw with Peterborough United on 9 August, but was sidelined after breaking his rib in the match. He recovered to play four further games that season, as the "Valiants" won promotion out of the Fourth Division. He was given a free transfer to Northern Premier League side Morecambe in May 1970. He later played for Skelmersdale United and South Liverpool in the Northern Premier League, and then non-League sides Howard Sports and Fleetwood Hesketh.
Career statistics Sources:
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsEverton1964–65First Division100000101965–66First Division20000020Total30000030Crystal Palace1966–67Second Division00100010Southport1966–67Fourth Division13100001311967–68Third Division25130102911968–69Third Division2940030324Total6763040746Port Vale1969–70Fourth Division30200050Career total7366040836
Honours Port Vale Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion: 1969–70
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