{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Billy Stagg | fullname = William Stagg<ref>{{Hugman|18655|accessdate=17 October 2015}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|10|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Ealing, England | height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}<ref name="AZBees" /> | position = Left winger | youthyears1 = 1972–1974 | youthclubs1 = Brentford | years1 = 1974–1975 | clubs1 = Brentford | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1976–1977 | clubs2 = Wealdstone | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1977 | clubs3 = Aylesbury United | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1977 | clubs4 = Hazells | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1977–1978 | clubs5 = Tonbridge Angels | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 1979 | clubs6 = Pennsylvania Stoners | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 1980 | clubs7 = GAIS | caps7 = 2 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 1980–1981 | clubs8 = Northwood | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 1982–1983 | clubs9 = Hendon | caps9 = 16 | goals9 = 3 | years10 = 1984–1985 | clubs10 = Northwood | caps10 = 18 | goals10 = 8 | years11 = 1986–1987 | clubs11 = Northwood | caps11 = 23 | goals11 = 6 | years12 = 1987 | clubs12 = Wealdstone | caps12 = | goals12 = | years13 = 1990 | clubs13 = St Albans City | caps13 = 1 | goals13 = 0 }}
'''William Stagg''' (born 17 October 1957) is an English retired footballer who played as a left winger in the Football League for Brentford. He also played in Sweden and the United States. Stagg's {{height|ft=5|in=4}} height ties him with Hughie Reed for the record of shortest Brentford player.<ref name="AZBees">{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopedia |publisher=Yore Publications |year=1998 |isbn=1-874427-57-7 |page=69}}</ref>
== Career == A graduate of the Brentford youth team, Stagg made four appearances for the club during the 1974–75 Fourth Division season at the age of 16 and dropped into non-League football upon his release at the end of the campaign.<ref name="Timeless">{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=0955294916 |location=Harefield |page=153}}</ref> Between 1975 and 1990 he played for Wealdstone (two spells),<ref name="aylesbury">{{Cite web |title=Billy Stagg Profile |url=http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/players/billy-stagg |access-date=20 July 2014 |publisher=Aylesbury United FC}}</ref> Staines Town,<ref name="Timeless" /> Aylesbury United,<ref name="aylesbury" /> Hazells,<ref name="aylesbury" /> Tonbridge Angels, Northwood (three spells),<ref name="northwoodfc">{{Cite web |title=Billy Stagg |url=http://www.northwoodfc.com/AZ/S/Stagg%20Billy.htm |access-date=16 January 2017 |website=Northwood F C}}</ref> Hendon and St Albans City.<ref name="hendonfc">{{Cite web |title=Former Staff – Billy Stagg |url=http://www.hendonfc.net/Squad?method=view&id=1021 |access-date=20 July 2014 |publisher=Greensnet – Official Hendon FC}}</ref><ref name="saintsstatistics">{{Cite web |title=Billy Stagg |url=https://www.saintsstatistics.co.uk/index.php/city-statistics/seasonsquads/team/1989 |access-date=20 July 2014 |publisher=St Albans City F.C. Statistics}}</ref> He also had short spells with American Soccer League and Swedish Division 2 clubs Pennsylvania Stoners and GAIS respectively.<ref name="GAISstats">{{Cite web |title=Spelarinformation för Billy Stagg |url=http://www.gais.se/fotboll/gais.nsf/0/438DC4F881E471CAC1256F16003A632B |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140726002901/http://www.gais.se/fotboll/gais.nsf/0/438DC4F881E471CAC1256F16003A632B |archive-date=26 July 2014 |access-date=20 July 2014 |publisher=GAIS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Historik – 1980 |url=http://www.gais.se/fotboll/gais.nsf/0/E02D56DA716E1F12C1256F2C0049B553 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613040445/http://www.gais.se/fotboll/gais.nsf/0/E02D56DA716E1F12C1256F2C0049B553 |archive-date=13 June 2011 |access-date=31 December 2021 |website=GAIS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=American Soccer League Players – Billy Stagg |url=http://www.nasljerseys.com/ASL/Players/S/Stagg.Billy.htm |access-date=1 April 2019}}</ref>
== Career statistics == {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! colspan="3" |League ! colspan="2" |National Cup ! colspan="2" |League Cup ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |- !Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |- |Brentford |1974–75<ref>{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |page=393}}</ref> |Fourth Division |4 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— |4 |0 |- | rowspan="3" |Aylesbury United |1976–77<ref name="aylesbury" /> | rowspan="2" |Southern League First Division South |11 |1 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |11 |1 |- |1977–78<ref name="aylesbury" /> |3 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |3<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearances in Southern League Cup</ref> |0 |6 |0 |- ! colspan="2" |Total !14 !1 !0 !0 ! colspan="2" |— !3 !0 !17 !1 |- |GAIS |1980<ref name="GAISstats" /> |Swedish Division 2 |2 |1 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |2 |1 |- |Northwood |1980–81<ref name="northwoodfc" /> |Hellenic League Premier Division |1 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |1 |0 |- |Hendon |1982–83<ref name="hendonfc" /> |Isthmian League Premier Division |16 |3 |0 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |16 |3 |- |St Albans City |1989–90<ref name="saintsstatistics" /> |Isthmian League Premier Division |2 |0 | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— | colspan="2" |— |2 |0 |- ! colspan="3" |Career total !39 !5 !0 !0 !0 !0 !3 !0 !42 !5 |} <references group="lower-alpha" />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stagg, Billy}} Category:1957 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Ealing Category:People from Ealing Category:English men's footballers Category:Brentford F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Isthmian League players Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Wealdstone F.C. players Category:Aylesbury United F.C. players Category:Tonbridge Angels F.C. players Category:GAIS players Category:Northwood F.C. players Category:Hendon F.C. players Category:St Albans City F.C. players Category:National League (English football) players Category:Southern Football League players Category:English expatriate men's footballers Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Category:English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Category:Staines Town F.C. players Category:Pennsylvania Stoners players Category:American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
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