Edward John Cooke is an English

English people

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 former football goalkeeper who was a member of non-league Macclesfield Town

Macclesfield Town F.C.

Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium...

's all-conquering team of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Playing career

Cooke passed through the Port Vale

Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

 youth team to sign professional forms in June 1960. He was only ever utilized as an emergency keeper however and after just seven appearances in almost four years he was given a free transfer in May 1964.
He was taken to Macclesfield Town

Macclesfield Town F.C.

Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium...

 by manager Albert Leake

Albert Leake

Albert George Leake was an English former football half-back.He spent the entire 1950s with Port Vale, as the club enjoyed an exciting period of their history. After a total of 43 goals in 293 games, Leake left the club in 1961 for non-league Macclesfield Town, a club he later managed...

, a former half-back at Port Vale. He held his place in the reserves before he made the first team goalkeeping position his own from the 1965–66 season. From then on Macclesfield went on to win the Cheshire County League

Cheshire County League

The Cheshire County League was a football league founded in the north west of England in 1919, drawing its teams largely from Cheshire, surrounding English counties and North Wales....

 in 1967–68, the Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League

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 in 1968–69 and 1969–70; and also lifted the FA Trophy

FA Trophy

The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams...

 at Wembley in 1970, the Cheshire Senior Cup

Cheshire Senior Cup

The Cheshire County Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the Cheshire Senior Cup, is a football knockout tournament founded in the 1879–80 season and involves teams from Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, England. It is the County Cup competition of the Cheshire FA and...

 in 1969, and the Cheshire League Challenge Cup in 1967. Cooke was also the goalkeeper for Macclesfield's Third Round FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

 tie with Bobby Robson

Bobby Robson

Sir Robert William "Bobby" Robson, CBE was an English footballer and manager, who coached seven European clubs and the England national team during his career....

's Fulham

Fulham F.C.

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 at Craven Cottage

Craven Cottage

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 on 27 January 1968.

Honours

with Macclesfield Town

• Cheshire League Challenge Cup winner: 1967
• Cheshire County League
  Cheshire County League
  The Cheshire County League was a football league founded in the north west of England in 1919, drawing its teams largely from Cheshire, surrounding English counties and North Wales....
  
   champion: 1967–68
• Northern Premier League
  Northern Premier League
  The Northern Premier League, is one of the regional English football leagues which sits directly below the Football Conference featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. Geographically, the league covers all of Northern England, and the northern areas of the Midlands. Originally just one...
  
   champion: 1968–69 and 1969–70
• Cheshire Senior Cup
  Cheshire Senior Cup
  The Cheshire County Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the Cheshire Senior Cup, is a football knockout tournament founded in the 1879–80 season and involves teams from Cheshire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside, England. It is the County Cup competition of the Cheshire FA and...
  
   winner: 1969
• FA Trophy
  FA Trophy
  The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams...
  
   winner: 1970