Billy Bingham
Billy Bingham | ||
Personnel | ||
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Surname | William Laurence Bingham | |
birthday | August 5, 1931 | |
place of birth | Belfast , Northern Ireland | |
size | 170 cm | |
position | Right winger | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1949-1951 | Glentoran FC | |
1951-1958 | Sunderland AFC | 206 (45) |
1958-1960 | Luton Town | 87 (27) |
1961-1963 | Everton FC | 86 (23) |
1963-1964 | Port Vale | 40 | (6)
National team | ||
Years | selection | Games (goals) |
1951-1963 | Northern Ireland | 56 (8) |
Stations as a trainer | ||
Years | station | |
1965-1967 | Southport FC | |
1967 | Northern Ireland | |
1968-1970 | Plymouth Argyle | |
1970-1971 | Linfield FC | |
1971-1973 | Greece | |
1973-1977 | Everton FC | |
1977 | PAOK Saloniki | |
1978-1979 | Mansfield Town | |
1980-1993 | Northern Ireland | |
1 Only league games are given. |
William Laurence "Billy" Bingham , MBE (born August 5, 1931 in Belfast ) is a former Northern Irish football player and football coach .
As an active footballer, Billy Bingham was a dribbling right winger who began his career in his hometown at Glentoran Belfast and moved to England for Sunderland FC in 1950 . In 1957 he qualified with the Northern Irish national football team for the 1958 World Cup in Sweden , where he met World Champion Germany in preliminary group 1 . His team failed in the quarter-finals 4-0 to France .
After the World Cup tournament, he moved to Luton Town . With Luton Town he reached the FA Cup final in 1959. He achieved his greatest success as a club player in 1963 with Everton FC when he became English champions. After the championship season he moved to Port Vale , where he ended his career after a broken leg in 1964.
After his active career, Bingham began working as a coach. In 1967 he took over the Northern Irish national team as national coach for the first time and at the same time coached the English club Plymouth Argyle . In 1971 he took over the Greek national soccer team as national coach for two years . In 1973 he came as a coach to his former championship club Everton, but where he could only show average success. In January 1977 he was fired and remained without a coaching position until 1980. Then he took over the Northern Irish national team again and reached the second qualification of the Northern Irish for a World Cup tournament after 1958 and qualified for the Soccer World Cup 1982 in Spain . He led the strong team into the second final round, where again France was too strong for a Northern Irish team. Bingham became Northern Ireland's most successful national coach ever when he led the team to Mexico for the 1986 World Cup . Here, however, the team failed in the preliminary round. Billy Bingham remained as national coach for Northern Ireland until 1994 when he retired from the coaching business.
Web links
- Billy Bingham in the database of weltfussball.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bingham, Billy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bingham, William Laurence |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Northern Irish soccer player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1931 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Belfast |