Beverley started out with James Street and stayed with them when they merged with Black Star to form Blackburn Olympic.
[1][2] Joe Beverley made his League debut on 15 September 1888, as a full-back, at Leamington Road, then home of Blackburn Rovers, against Accrington.
When Joe Beverley played as a full – back on 20 October 1888 against Wolverhampton Wanderers, he was 31 years 343 days old; that made him, on that seventh weekend of League football, Blackburn Rovers oldest player.
Beverley had been the League' oldest player from 15 September 1888 (replacing Johnny Graham of Preston North End) until 20 October 1888.
This biographical article related to association football in England, about a defender born in the 1850s, is a stub.