Player Details

Real Name: Roy Ambler
Normal Position: Inside Forward
Height: 5' 10 1/2
Weight: 11st 6lbs
Born: 02/12/1937 (Wakefield)
Died: 05/05/2007 (Leeds)

He represented Yorkshire Boys as well as the North of England Schoolboys where he played in the same team as Bobby Charlton. He showed his best scoring form with Wrexham (35 games, 15 goals). He helped to make footballing history in March 1962 when he was one of 3 players to score hat-tricks in Wrexham\'s 10-1 win over Hartlepools United. He could not reproduce this form at Haig Avenue, failing to find the net in League appearances, although he did score the winning goal in the Liverpool Senior Cup semi-final against Tranmere Rovers and hit the bar in the drawn final against Liverpool. He was the Reserves\' top scorer with 17 goals in 3o Combination games. He wound up his career as Reserve Coach with Bradford and turned out on occasions in their Northern Premier League team following their failure to be re-elected. He later scouted for West Bromwich Albion for a number of years, working as a sales representative selling kitchen and bedroom furniture.

Player Profile reproduced with Permission from:
The Sandgrounders: The Complete League History of Southport F. C., by Michael Braham and Geoff Wilde (Palatine Books, 1995). ISBN 978-1-874181-14-9

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Season	Date	From	To	Value
1963/1964	15/07/1963	YORK CITY	Southport
1963/1964	01/06/1964	Southport	UNATTACHED	Free

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Statistics include the following competitions
Cambrian Cup, Conference League Cup, English Jubilee Fund, FA Cup , FA Trophy , Football League Cup, Lancashire Floodlit Trophy, Lancashire Junior Cup, Lancashire League Medal Competition, Lancashire Senior Cup, League, Liverpool Senior Cup, Northern Premier League Cup, Northern Premier League Shield, PLAY OFFS , President's Cup, President's Inter League, Third Division (North) Cup, Welsh Cup,

Season	Apps	Subs	Goals
1963/1964	14	0	1
Total	14	0	1

Games where player was named on the team sheet

Date	Competition	Venue	Opponents	Score
04/05/1964	Liverpool Senior Cup / Final	H	LIVERPOOL	2 - 2
27/04/1964	Liverpool Senior Cup	H	TRANMERE ROVERS	1 - 0
21/04/1964	League / D4	H	BRADFORD ( PARK AVENUE )	0 - 1
18/04/1964	League / D4	H	STOCKPORT COUNTY	2 - 0
18/01/1964	League / D4	H	EXETER CITY	1 - 1
15/01/1964	Lancashire Senior Cup / 2	H	BLACKBURN ROVERS	2 - 2
11/01/1964	League / D4	A	CHESTERFIELD	0 - 1
21/12/1963	League / D4	A	GILLINGHAM	1 - 5
19/10/1963	League / D4	H	CHESTER (1885)	0 - 2
14/10/1963	League / D4	A	TORQUAY UNITED	1 - 3
12/10/1963	League / D4	A	BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION	0 - 1
07/10/1963	League / D4	H	TORQUAY UNITED	1 - 0
02/10/1963	League / D4	A	BRADFORD CITY	0 - 2
28/09/1963	League / D4	A	DARLINGTON	2 - 2