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{{short description|English footballer}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name          = Billy Ashcroft
| image          = 
| caption        = 
| fullname       = William Ashcroft
| birth_date    = {{Birth date and age|1952|10|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Liverpool]], England
| death_date    = 
| height         = 
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]/[[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1    = 
| youthclubs1    = 
| years1         = 1970–1977
| years2         = 1977–1982
| years3         = 1982–1985
| years4         = 1985–1986
| clubs1         = [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]]
| clubs2         = [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]]
| clubs3         = [[FC Twente]]
| clubs4         = [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]]
| caps1          = 219
| caps2          = 139
| caps3          = 77
| caps4          = 23
| goals1         = 72
| goals2         = 21
| goals3         = 29
| goals4         = 2
| totalcaps      = 458
| totalgoals     = 124
}}
'''Billy Ashcroft''' (born 1 October 1952) is an English retired [[Association football|footballer]] who played both as a [[Defender (association football)|central defender]] and as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]]. He made his League debut for [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] on 3 September 1977 in a 2–1 defeat at [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]], after having previously served [[Wrexham A.F.C.|Wrexham]] for seven years, playing 219 matches and scoring 72 goals. Ashcroft was transferred to [[FC Twente]] in the Netherlands in 1982, where he stayed for three years, making 77 league appearances and scoring 29 goals. He was the club top-scorer in the [[1983–84 Eerste Divisie|1983–84 season]]. In 1985, he moved to [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]], where he scored twice in 23 league appearances.

==References==
* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=38100 Billy Ashcroft career stats] at [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/ Sporting-Heroes.net]

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{{1976–77 Football League Third Division PFA Team of the Year}}

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[[Category:1952 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:English men's footballers]]
[[Category:English expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football central defenders]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Middlesbrough F.C. players]]
[[Category:FC Twente players]]
[[Category:Tranmere Rovers F.C. players]]
[[Category:Wrexham A.F.C. players]]
[[Category:Footballers from Liverpool]]
[[Category:English Football League players]]
[[Category:Eredivisie players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands]]


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