# Edwin Simpson

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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{no footnotes|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Edwin Simpson
| fullname = 
| image = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|1|21|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Chilton](/source/Chilton%2C_County_Durham), England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1973|8|31|1909|1|21|df=y}}
| death_place = [Bishop Middleham](/source/Bishop_Middleham), England
| height = 5 ft 7+1/2 in
| position = Left-half
| years1 = 1927–1928 | clubs1 = [Nelson](/source/Nelson_F.C.) | caps1 = 17 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1928–1929 | clubs2 = [Crewe Alexandra](/source/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.) | caps2 = 0 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = | clubs3 = [Craghead United](/source/Craghead_United_F.C.) | caps3 = ? | goals3 = ?
| years4 = | clubs4 = South Moor Colliery | caps4 = ? | goals4 = ?
}}
'''Edwin Simpson''' (21 January 1909 – 31 August 1973) was an English professional [footballer](/source/association_football) who played as a [left-half](/source/wing_half). Born in [Chilton, County Durham](/source/Chilton%2C_County_Durham), he played 17 matches in the Football League for [Nelson](/source/Nelson_F.C.) and also had spells in [non-League football](/source/non-League_football).

==Career==
Simpson started his career in senior football as an amateur with Chilton Colliery Railway Athletic in October 1926. In March of the following year, he was given a trial at [Football League First Division](/source/Football_League_First_Division) side [Blackburn Rovers](/source/Blackburn_Rovers_F.C.) but was deemed to be unready for that standard of football. Blackburn recommended Simpson to local [Third Division North](/source/Football_League_Third_Division_North) club [Nelson](/source/Nelson_F.C.), who signed the player as a professional on 16 March 1927. He made his league debut on 18 April 1927 in the 0–3 home defeat to [Chesterfield](/source/Chesterfield_F.C.), deputising for regular left-half [Ronald Mitchell](/source/Ronald_Mitchell).

Simpson began the 1927–28 campaign as first-choice but was replaced by trialist [Alfred Brown](/source/Alfred_Brown_(footballer_born_1898)) after five matches. He returned to the team for a short spell during the middle of the season before losing his left-half berth to new signing [Arthur Hepworth](/source/Arthur_Hepworth). Simpson made his seventeenth and final appearance for Nelson on 16 April 1928, playing as a makeshift [centre forward](/source/centre_forward) in the 1–4 defeat away at [Darlington](/source/Darlington_F.C.). Nelson finished bottom of the Third Division North at the end of the campaign and Simpson was one of several players to leave the club during the summer of 1928. He subsequently signed for [Crewe Alexandra](/source/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C.) but failed to make a first-team appearance during his season in Cheshire. Following this unsuccessful spell, Simpson returned to the north-east of England and moved into [non-League football](/source/non-League_football), initially with [Craghead United](/source/Craghead_United_F.C.) before ending his playing career with South Moor Colliery.

==References==
*{{FL Joyce|page=238}}
*{{cite book|first=Garth|last=Dykes|title=Nelson FC in the Football League|page=64|isbn=978-1-905891-29-0|publisher=Soccerdata|location=Nottingham|year=2009}}
*{{citation|work=English National Football Archive|title=Simpson, E (Edwin)}}

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Category:1909 births
Category:1973 deaths
Category:People from Chilton, County Durham
Category:Footballers from County Durham
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Nelson F.C. players
Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
Category:Craghead United F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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