# Billy Stagg

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{{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](/source/Ealing), England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=4}}<ref name="AZBees" />
| position = [Left winger](/source/Midfielder)
| youthyears1 = 1972–1974
| youthclubs1 = [Brentford](/source/Brentford_F.C.)
| years1 = 1974–1975
| clubs1 = [Brentford](/source/Brentford_F.C.)
| caps1 = 4
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1976–1977
| clubs2 = [Wealdstone](/source/Wealdstone_F.C.)
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1977
| clubs3 = [Aylesbury United](/source/Aylesbury_United_F.C.)
| caps3 = 14
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1977
| clubs4 = Hazells
| caps4 = 
| goals4 = 
| years5 = 1977–1978
| clubs5 = [Tonbridge Angels](/source/Tonbridge_Angels_F.C.)
| caps5 = 
| goals5 = 
| years6 = 1979
| clubs6 = [Pennsylvania Stoners](/source/Pennsylvania_Stoners)
| caps6 = 
| goals6 = 
| years7 = 1980
| clubs7 = [GAIS](/source/GAIS)
| caps7 = 2
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 1980–1981
| clubs8 = [Northwood](/source/Northwood_F.C.)
| caps8 = 1
| goals8 = 0
| years9 = 1982–1983
| clubs9 = [Hendon](/source/Hendon_F.C.)
| caps9 = 16
| goals9 = 3
| years10 = 1984–1985
| clubs10 = [Northwood](/source/Northwood_F.C.)
| caps10 = 18
| goals10 = 8
| years11 = 1986–1987
| clubs11 = [Northwood](/source/Northwood_F.C.)
| caps11 = 23
| goals11 = 6
| years12 = 1987
| clubs12 = [Wealdstone](/source/Wealdstone_F.C.)
| caps12 = 
| goals12 = 
| years13 = 1990
| clubs13 = [St Albans City](/source/St_Albans_City_F.C.)
| caps13 = 1
| goals13 = 0
}}

'''William Stagg''' (born 17 October 1957) is an English retired [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [left winger](/source/Midfielder) in the [Football League](/source/the_Football_League) for [Brentford](/source/Brentford_F.C.). He also played in [Sweden](/source/Football_in_Sweden) and the [United States](/source/Soccer_in_the_United_States). Stagg's {{height|ft=5|in=4}} height ties him with [Hughie Reed](/source/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](/source/Brentford_F.C.) [youth team](/source/Brentford_F.C._Reserves_and_Academy), Stagg made four appearances for the club during the [1974–75](/source/1974%E2%80%9375_Brentford_F.C._season) [Fourth Division](/source/Football_League_Fourth_Division) season at the age of 16 and dropped into [non-League football](/source/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](/source/Wealdstone_F.C.) (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](/source/Staines_Town_F.C.),<ref name="Timeless" /> [Aylesbury United](/source/Aylesbury_United_F.C.),<ref name="aylesbury" /> Hazells,<ref name="aylesbury" /> [Tonbridge Angels](/source/Tonbridge_Angels_F.C.), [Northwood](/source/Northwood_F.C.) (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](/source/Hendon_F.C.) and [St Albans City](/source/St_Albans_City_F.C.).<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](/source/American_Soccer_League_(1933%E2%80%931983)) and [Swedish Division 2](/source/Division_2_(Swedish_football)) clubs [Pennsylvania Stoners](/source/Pennsylvania_Stoners) and [GAIS](/source/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](/source/Brentford_F.C.)
|[1974–75](/source/1974%E2%80%9375_Brentford_F.C._season)<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](/source/Football_League_Fourth_Division)
|4
|0
|0
|0
|0
|0
| colspan="2" |—
|4
|0
|-
| rowspan="3" |[Aylesbury United](/source/Aylesbury_United_F.C.)
|[1976–77](/source/1976%E2%80%9377_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="aylesbury" />
| rowspan="2" |[Southern League](/source/Southern_Football_League) First Division South
|11
|1
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|11
|1
|-
|[1977–78](/source/1977%E2%80%9378_Southern_Football_League)<ref name="aylesbury" />
|3
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|3<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearances in [Southern League Cup](/source/Southern_Football_League_Cup_(England))</ref>
|0
|6
|0
|-
! colspan="2" |Total
!14
!1
!0
!0
! colspan="2" |—
!3
!0
!17
!1
|-
|[GAIS](/source/GAIS)
|[1980](/source/1980_Swedish_football_Division_2)<ref name="GAISstats" />
|[Swedish Division 2](/source/Swedish_football_Division_2)
|2
|1
|0
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|2
|1
|-
|[Northwood](/source/Northwood_F.C.)
|[1980–81](/source/1980%E2%80%9381_in_English_football)<ref name="northwoodfc" />
|[Hellenic League](/source/Hellenic_Football_League) Premier Division
|1
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|1
|0
|-
|[Hendon](/source/Hendon_F.C.)
|[1982–83](/source/1982%E2%80%9383_Isthmian_League)<ref name="hendonfc" />
|[Isthmian League](/source/Isthmian_League) Premier Division
|16
|3
|0
|0
| colspan="2" |—
| colspan="2" |—
|16
|3
|-
|[St Albans City](/source/St_Albans_City_F.C.)
|[1989–90](/source/1989%E2%80%9390_Isthmian_League)<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" />

==References==

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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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