Career
A pacey, quality player he was also prone to sulking. Eardley joined Burslem Portuguese Vale in May 1894. In the 1894-1895 season he only played nine games, but did score three goals.
He switched to Newcastle Swifts in the summer of 1895, but returned to Vale in September of that year.
He still failed to become a first team regular, and claimed four goals in ten games in the 1895-1896 season. The goals came in two braces against Darwen on the 5th and 19 October.
In August 1896, he moved on to Stoke. At Stoke, Eardley played ten matches under Horace Austerberry during the 1896-1897 season, scoring once in a 2–1 victory against Preston North End at the Victoria Ground on 9 November 1896, and was released in January 1897.
