[2] Bottrill began his professional career with league side Middlesbrough but after two years, moved to the non-league with Nelson.
[3] He was signed by Wolverhampton Wanderers in Summer 1930 and made his Wolves debut on 30 August 1930 in a 4–3 win at Nottingham Forest.
He scored 16 goals in his first season at Molineux and hit 21 in the following year as the club won the Second Division championship.
He remained in the Wolves side for the majority of their return to the top flight, scoring 7 further goals in what proved his final season with the club, as they narrowly avoided relegation.
In summer 1933, he moved to fellow First Division club Huddersfield Town, but after injury was allowed to join Chesterfield, where he ended his career.