Roger Kenyon

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Roger Kenyon
Personnel
Surname Roger Norton Kenyon
birthday January 4, 1949
place of birth Blackpool ,  England
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
1963-1966 Everton FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1966-1979 Everton FC 268 (6)
1979 Vancouver Whitecaps 10 (0)
1979-1980 Bristol City 4 (0)
1980-1981 Vancouver Whitecaps 50 (0)
1982-1983 Altrincham FC
Indoor
Years station Games (goals) 1
1980-1981 Vancouver Whitecaps 14 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Roger Norton Kenyon (born January 4, 1949 in Blackpool ) is a retired English football player . The central defender was on the professional Everton team between 1966 and 1979 before playing for the Vancouver Whitecaps in the North American professional league NASL and winning the Soccer Bowl there .

Athletic career

Kenyon went through the youth department of Everton and from September 1966 he was represented in the squad of the professional team. As a central defender who was strong in duels and headed the ball and was also faster than average, his appearances were initially rare. He made his debut on November 11, 1967 against Arsenal (2-2) by substitution for Howard Kendall and between the end of March and May 1968 followed a first series of nominations in the starting line-up. Especially with his performance on April 27, 1968 in the FA Cup semifinals against Leeds United (1-0), when he represented the sick John Hurst , he made positive attention for the first time in front of a larger audience - in the subsequent final against West Bromwich Albion (0: 1) he was missing. For the time being, he was denied the regular place he wanted; only in the decisive final phase of the championship season 1969/70 he was needed after the serious injury of national player Brian Labone . In the last eight championship games, Kenyon helped to secure the title success, but it was not enough for his own championship medal due to the insufficient number of entries.

Labone had to end his career early in 1971 and Kenyon was available as his tried and tested successor. In the first half of the 1970s Kenyon gradually cultivated his game and so his skills were not limited to those of a "stopper", but he also developed qualities in the development game from the defensive. In his position he also played himself in the focus of the English national team , but in the end he could not oust competitors like Roy McFarland . Only three times he found his way to the bench of the "Three Lions" in 1975. The year before he had had a car accident. He recovered quickly from the wounds, but concerns about injuries increased by the second half of the 1970s. So he lost his regular place in the 1976/77 season and only gained his own goal in the first replay of the League Cup final against Aston Villa (1: 1) on March 16, 1977. He was on the team until the end of the 1978/79 season the “Toffees” only sporadically represented. So he said goodbye to the club in 1979 and tried a fresh start in North American professional football at the Vancouver Whitecaps .

Interrupted by a short engagement from October 1979 for Bristol City , he played three seasons for the Canadian club. The greatest success was winning the Soccer Bowl in 1979 . After his return to the English homeland, Kenyon let his active career end in the 1982/83 season at the lower class FC Altrincham .

Title / Awards

literature

  • Ivan Ponting: Everton Player by Player . Hamlyn, London 1998, ISBN 0-600-59581-1 , pp. 90 .

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personal data
SURNAME Kenyon, Roger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kenyon, Roger Norton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Blackpool