William Tunstall
Encyclopedia
Playing career
Tunstall played for Hanley Swifts before joining Burslem Port ValePort Vale F.C.
Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...
in May 1901. He had a successful debut; scoring in a 1–1 draw at home to Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...
. However, after a further 12 league and 9 cup games he failed to score and was released at the end of the 1903–04 season
1903–04 Burslem Port Vale F.C. season
The 1903–04 season was Burslem Port Vale's sixth consecutive season of football in the Football League. The club went the whole season without recording an away win, part of a club record 29 away games without victory...
.