Keith Richard Bebbington (born 4 August 1943) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Oldham Athletic, Rochdale and Stoke City.
Career Bebbington was a quick left winger who came through the youth team at Stoke City. He made his debut against Luton Town in September 1962. He had a good debut season with Stoke as in 1962–63 they won the Second Division title. In 1963–64 Stoke made it to the 1964 Football League Cup Final against Leicester City, Bebbington scoring the first goal of a two legged tie becoming Stoke's first cup final goalscorer, Stoke however lost 4–3 on aggregate.
In the 1965–66 season the substitute was introduced and Bebbington was Stoke's first sub replacing Dennis Viollet on the opening day away at Arsenal. He spent two more seasons at the Victoria Ground and after making 124 appearances, scoring 22 goals he left for Oldham Athletic. He became a key figure with the "Latics" as he made 237 appearances in the league in six years with the club. He finished his career with Rochdale.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsStoke City1962–63Second Division19411212261963–64First Division36740924991964–65First Division23300412741965–66First Division2230040263Total100175119412422Oldham Athletic1966–67Third Division38344004271967–68Third Division37410103941968–69Third Division4112112044131969–70Fourth Division37721104081970–71Fourth Division4310102146111971–72Third Division4131020443Total237391068125546Rochdale1972–73Third Division37310204031973–74Third Division2333010273Total6064030676Career total3976219730544674
Honours Stoke City Football League Second Division: 1962–63 Football League Cup runner-up: 1963–64
Oldham Athletic Football League Fourth Division third-place promotion: 1970–71
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