6'2.5" 12st.1lb.

b. Altrincham 28 April 1956

Debut 17 February 1974 (17y 295d) Final Game 24 September 1977 (21y 149d)

CAREER: Blackburn Rovers Sum’70 (ass sch) Aug’71 (app) Jul'73 (pro);Wolverhampton Wanderers Sep'77 (£140,000)[200];Vancouver White Caps (Canada) May'84;West Bromwich Albion Aug'85[8];Walsall Jun'86;Bristol Rovers Apr'87[5]; Newport County Aug'87[23];West Bromwich Albion Aug'88[2];Peterborough United Aug'90[39];Kettering Town Jul'91.

HONOURS FLC win (Wolverhampton Wanderers) ’80.

FL          78 apps

FAC        4 apps

FLC         5 apps

Total    87 apps

Penalty record  F 6 Sc 5 M 1

Minutes per goal  70 Clean Sheet % 34

Longest unbeaten  327m First conceded 115m

Most goals one game  4

ASC       7 apps

Minutes per goal 90 Clean Sheet % 29

LC       1 app

Minutes per goal  90

FAYC  5 apps

Minutes per goal  64 Clean sheet %  20

Bradshaw should have been one of England's greatest goalkeepers. From the moment he signed for the Rovers after playing on Ewood for the Altrincham schools' team he had everything. A dominating physique with great reach, agility, sure hands and a positive, calm approach he played the game naturally but still looked like he had absorbed lessons on technique. It is unusual for a goalkeeper to make his debut whilst still eligible for the youth team but Bradshaw did and coped well. When the legendary Roger Jones had to be sold he took over without the slightest hitch. When big money took him to Wolverhampton he played well but never matured into an international with his dedication sometime questioned. The victim of an assault in a Midlands night club in which he almost lost an eye, he recovered to eke out his career in unlikely venues before becoming a security advisor in Wolverhampton. In his mid fifties he became unable to work because of a degenerative back condition and after being divorced he returned to live in Altrincham.