About Horace Astley
Born 1882. Horace Astley was a British association football player.
Horace Astley (born 1882) was an English footballer who played for Crystal Palace as a forward.
Career Born in Bolton, Astley played professionally for Middlesbrough, before following manager Jack Robson South to join the newly established club, Crystal Palace. Astley was the top scorer in the club's second season, 1906–07, the club's first playing in the Southern League Division One. Astley famously scored the only goal in Palace's shock defeat of Newcastle in the first round of the 1906–07 FA Cup.
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Who was Horace Astley?
English footballer (1882-?)
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Horace Astley was born in 1882 in Bolton.
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Horace Astley was an association football player.
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