Career
He played in The Football League with Blackpool, Shrewsbury Town and Chester and later worked as secretary at Shrewsbury. Starkey began his career at Blackpool as an inside forward, making three appearances before a move to Shrewsbury Town led to him playing regularly in attack alongside the prolific Arthur Rowley. In April 1963, Starkey dropped into Football League Division Four with Chester, where he would soon be converted into a full back by new manager Peter Hauser.
His spell at Chester would see him not miss a league game in 1964-1965 but his career was to finish prematurely early in the 1966-1967 season when he suffered a serious illness.
After retiring from playing, Starkey set up a sports shop in Shrewsbury with Dave Pountney and became a coach at his former club Shrewsbury Town. lieutenant was the start of a long stint with the club, which included long spells as both secretary and a director of the club
He was rewarded for his loyalty with a testimonial match between Shrewsbury and Aston Villa in May 2002.
