Stuart Shaw (born 9 October 1944) is an English former

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who played as a right-sided winger in the

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for Everton, Southport, and

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. He also made one senior appearance for Crystal Palace in the FA Cup. He later played

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football with

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Skelmersdale United Skelmersdale United Football Club is a football club from Skelmersdale, Lancashire. They are currently members of the and play at The Community Ground, Burscough. The club is a member of both the Liverpool F.A. and the Lancashire County Footb ...

and South Liverpool. He won promotion out of the

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with Port Vale in 1969–70.

Career

Shaw played for Aintree Villa Colts before joining Harry Catterick's Everton. He played three First Division games for the "Toffees" in the 1964–65 and 1965–66 seasons. The Goodison Park club finished fourth and eleventh. Stuart dropped into the Second Division with

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's Crystal Palace in December 1966, but did not make a league appearance at

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in the 1966–67 season and departed in March 1967. He made one appearance as a substitute in the FA Cup third round as Palace lost 0–3 away to Leeds United. Shaw spent the 1967–68 and 1968–69 seasons with Southport, and scored six goals in 67

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appearances under the stewardship of Billy Bingham and Don McEvoy. He left Haig Avenue and joined Gordon Lee's

in July 1969. He made his debut at Vale Park in a goalless draw with Peterborough United on 9 August, but was sidelined after breaking his

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in the match. He recovered to play four further games that season, as the "Valiants" won promotion out of the

. He was given a free transfer to

side

in May 1970. He later played for

and South Liverpool in the Northern Premier League, and then non-League sides Howard Sports and Fleetwood Hesketh.

Career statistics

Sources:

Honours

Port Vale *

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fourth-place promotion: 1969–70

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Stuart 1944 births Living people Footballers from Liverpool English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Everton F.C. players Crystal Palace F.C. players Southport F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players Morecambe F.C. players Skelmersdale United F.C. players South Liverpool F.C. players English Football League players Northern Premier League players