▁Ch ester field , ▁G illing ham , ▁Acc r ington ▁Stanley , ▁W als all , ▁Dar ling ton ▁and ▁Nor wich ▁City . ▁ ▁Career ▁Cro ck ford ▁played ▁for ▁Ch ath am , ▁Vic ar ▁of ▁W ake field , ▁Ful ham ▁and ▁Ex eter ▁City , ▁before ▁joining ▁Port ▁V ale ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 2 3 . ▁He ▁scored ▁on ▁his ▁debut ▁on ▁ 2 5 ▁August , ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 – 1 ▁victory ▁over ▁Cry stal ▁Palace ▁at ▁the ▁N est , ▁and ▁scored ▁again ▁two ▁days ▁later ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 – 0 ▁win ▁over ▁She ff ield ▁Wed nes day ▁at ▁The ▁Old ▁Rec re ation ▁Gr ound . ▁However ▁V ale ▁lost ▁the ▁next ▁four ▁Second ▁Division ▁games ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 3 – 2 4 ▁season , ▁and ▁he ▁left ▁by ▁mut ual ▁consent ▁the ▁next ▁month ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁poor ▁form ▁and ▁was ▁replaced ▁by ▁Tom ▁Butler . ▁Cro ck ford ▁moved ▁on ▁to ▁play ▁for ▁Ch ester field , ▁G illing ham , ▁Acc r ington ▁Stanley , ▁W als all , ▁Dar ling ton , ▁Nor wich ▁City , ▁Bed ford ▁Town ▁and ▁Tun bridge ▁Well s ▁R angers . ▁ ▁Career ▁statistics ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : S ports people ▁from ▁Derby ▁Category : English ▁football ers ▁Category : Associ ation ▁football ▁mid field ers ▁Category : B rent ford ▁F . C . ▁w art ime ▁guest ▁players ▁Category : F ul ham ▁F