Career
Brentford
Ledgerton began his career as a youth in his native Liverpool with spells at Saint Dominic’s and Huyton. He also represented a Liverpool FA Youth XI. Ledgerton moved on to join the youth team at Division Two side Brentford as an amateur in 1949. He established himself as a first team regular during the 1952/53 season, making 31 appearances.
His appearances tailed off during the 1953/54 season and he departed the club in the summer of 1954.
Millwall
Ledgerton joined Division Three South side Millwall in the summer of 1954. He made just 8 appearances for the club before departing at the end of the 1954/55 season.
Clacton Town
Ledgerton dropped into non-league football and joined Eastern Counties League side Clacton Town in the summer of 1955. He bagged 30 goals during the 1955/56 season to set a new goalscoring record at the club and beat his own record by scoring 31 goals in the 1956/57 season, winning the East Anglian Cup.
Ledgerton was an integral part of the best years in the club"s existence, firing in the goals which led the club to be accepted into the Southern League South-East Division, its highest ever placing in the league pyramid.
Ledgerton played for Clacton into the 1960s. Clacton Town
East Anglian Cup (1): 1956/57
Southern Football League Division One (1): 1959/60.
