Teddy Morse


Edward Morse was an English 19th-century footballer. He played 46 games for Burslem Port Vale in the late 1890s.

Career

Morse joined Burslem Port Vale in February 1895. His debut came, rather unfortunately, in a 10–0 defeat at Notts County on 26 February; this was his only Second Division appearance of the Burslem Port Vale F.C. season|1894–95] season. He became a first-team regular from March 1896, playing 12 league games at the end of the 1895–96 [Burslem Port Vale F.C. season|1895–96] campaign. However, he failed to rejoin the club after the 1897–98 season, despite the club retaining him. Perhaps this was in part to his experiences that season; he was 'hurled under the waggonette' by the crowd after Vale won 1–0 at Doncaster Rovers on 27 March 1897 in a Football League (1889)|Midland League] match, and he was also sent off the next week at the Athletic Ground in a 1–0 loss to Ilkeston Town after punching an opponent who Morse claimed bit him on the nose.