Terry Long (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 November 1934 | ||
Place of birth | Tylers Green, England | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Arsenal | |||
Wycombe Wanderers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1955–1970 | Crystal Palace | 442 | (16) |
Teams managed | |||
1980 | Millwall (caretaker) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Terry A. Long (born 17 November 1934) is an English former professional football player and coach, who played for Crystal Palace as a defender between 1955 and 1970 making a then record number of appearances for his only club.
Early and personal life
Long was born in Tylers Green, Buckinghamshire on 17 November 1934.[1]
Playing career
Long, who played as a defender, began his playing career as an amateur with Arsenal,[2] before signing for his local team Wycombe Wanderers at that time a non-league club competing in the Isthmian League. In May 1955,[1] he signed for Crystal Palace, and went on to make over 400 appearances in the Football League[3] before retiring as a player in 1970.[1]
During Long's playing career, he appeared for Palace initially in the old Third Division South and then in the fourth, third & second tiers of the League after reorganisation in 1958. In doing so he put together a sequence of 214 consecutive appearances[2] and was a part of the 1961[4] and 1964[5] promotion sides. However, he made only two appearances in the 1968–69[6] season which saw Palace reach the top flight for the first time but although he remained a player until the 1970 close season,[1] did not make an appearance in the old First Division during the 1969–70 season.[7] He thus played for Crystal Palace in four different divisions of the League, but not in the top flight.
Coaching career
After retirement, Long remained at Palace as a coach,[8] and in 1972, was appointed assistant manager to Bert Head.[9] However, when Head was replaced by Malcolm Allison in 1973, Long also left Crystal Palace.
He later had a spell as caretaker manager of Millwall, reverting to assistant manager until he was sacked during the 1982–83 season.[10]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 332. ISBN 0907969542.
- 1 2 Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 80. ISBN 0907969542.
- ↑ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ↑ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 215. ISBN 0907969542.
- ↑ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 221. ISBN 0907969542.
- ↑ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 231. ISBN 0907969542.
- ↑ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 233. ISBN 0907969542.
- ↑ "Terry Long". Crystal Palace F.C. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- ↑ King, Ian. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–2011. The Derby Books Publishing Company. p. 158. ISBN 9781780910468.
- ↑ "Millwall 1982-83 Season Review". The Millwall History Files. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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