Career
Roney began his footballing career in England in 1907, when he joined Norwich City. Two years later he joined Bristol Rovers where he became one of the first goalkeepers to score a goal, netting in Rovers" final game of the 1909-1910 season from the penalty spot against Queens Park Rangers, and the only goalie to have scored for Bristol Rovers. He went on to play in a total of 178 games in the Southern League for Rovers in his six-year stint with the club
You could hear the Germans talking and singing among themselves as though there was no war on at all.
Then all of a sudden our artillery would send them a reminder, and then all you could hear were cries of agony. I"ve nearly turned grey listening to the groans of the wounded.
His plight became a matter of concern to Bristol Rovers in 1921 when he was said to have been "down on his luck" and " on a bed of sickness", suffering from severe rheumatism as a result of his time fighting in the war. The directors of the football club donated ten guineas (£1010s) to him and arranged for a collection to be made at a Southern League match between Bristol Rovers and Norwich City, his two former clubs.
Roney died on 25 August 1930 in Clydebank in Scotland at the age of 43.