Derek Mountford (24 March 1934 – January 1994) was an English former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played for

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

, Crewe Alexandra,

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and

Stafford Rangers Stafford Rangers Football Club is a semi-professional English football team from Stafford which plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division. The team wear black and white stripes with black shorts. Stafford Rangers' rivals include T ...

in the 1950s.

Career

Mountford graduated through the

juniors to sign with the club as a professional in May 1951. He played the last two Second Division games of the 1954–55 season, and made his debut at Vale Park on 30 April, in a 1–0 win over Rotherham United. He played 15 games in the 1955–56 campaign, but soon fell out of manager Freddie Steele's first team plans. He featured in nine league and two FA Cup games in the 1956–57 season, but was released by new boss

Norman Low Norman Harvey Low (23 March 1914 – 21 May 1994) was a Scottish football player and manager. He was the son of Scottish international footballer, Wilf Low. A central defender, he played for Newcastle United between 1931 and 1933, before a th ...

in July 1957 after the "Valiants" suffered relegation. He then played 13

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games for nearby Crewe Alexandra as Maurice Lindley's "Railwaymen" finished bottom of the

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in 1957–58. He then departed Gresty Road and later played for non-league sides

and

Career statistics

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mountford, Derek 1934 births 1994 deaths Footballers from Stoke-on-Trent English footballers Association football midfielders Port Vale F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Northwich Victoria F.C. players Stafford Rangers F.C. players English Football League players