Malcolm Manley (born 1 December 1949 in Johnstone), was a footballer.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malcolm Richardson Manley | ||
| Date of birth | 1 December 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Johnstone, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 16 August 2020 (aged 70) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1964–1966 | Johnstone Burgh | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1973 | Leicester | 120 | (5) |
| 1973–1974 | Portsmouth | 11 | (0) |
| 1977 | South Melbourne | 2 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1964 | Scotland Schoolboys | 3 | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Manley gained Schoolboy international honours for Scotland before joining his hometown club Johnstone Burgh. Here he quickly caught the eye of scouts south of the border and he signed for Leicester City F.C.[1] in January 1967.[2] The highlights of his time at Filbert Street included being substitute in the 1969 FA Cup final side[3] and a 1971 Second division Championship winners Medal. He also played as a substitute when Leicester won the 1971 FA Charity Shield.[4] In December 1973, Manley signed for Portsmouth[5] with funds made available by ambitious new chairman John Deacon.[6] Manager John Mortimore planned a rock-like central partnership between the Scotsman and fellow new signing Paul Went which briefly materialised[7] before he severed a cartilage in only his 11th game for the Fratton Park club, never to play professionally again.
Death
editManley died on 16 August 2020, aged 70.
Honours
editLeicester City
Notes
edit- ^ Photo during Leicester days Archived 18 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The PFA Premier League and Football League Players' Records 1946-98" Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 ISBN 1-85291-585-4
- ^ "Match details". Archived from the original on 13 May 2009.
- ^ "1971/72 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ In his brief spell at Pompey Archived 11 September 2012 at archive.today
- ^ "Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball" Farmery, C: Southend-on-Sea, Desert Island Books, 1999 ISBN 1-874287-25-2
- ^ Short but effective partnership with Went Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 491. ISBN 0354 09018 6.
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