Kenny Hibbitt
| Kenny Hibbitt | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Kenneth Hibbitt | |
| birthday | January 3, 1951 | |
| place of birth | Bradford , England | |
| position | midfield | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1967-1968 | Bradford Park Avenue | 15 (0) |
| 1968-1984 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 466 (89) |
| 1982 | → Seattle Sounders (loan) | 14 (4) |
| 1984-1986 | Coventry City | 47 (4) |
| 1986-1988 | Bristol Rovers | 43 (5) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1970 | England U-23 | 1 (0) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1990-1994 | Walsall FC | |
| 1995-1996 | Cardiff City | |
| 1996 | Cardiff City | |
| 1998 | Cardiff City | |
| 2001-2002 | Hednesford Town | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Kenneth "Kenny" Hibbitt (born January 3, 1951 in Bradford ) is a former English football player . The attacking midfielder and two-time league cup winner was active between 1968 and 1984 for the Wolverhampton Wanderers and has completed the second most competitive games for the "Wolves" behind Derek Parkin .
Athletic career
Hibbitt first played for Bradford Park Avenue in his hometown before Ronnie Allen brought him to the Wolverhampton Wanderers for £ 5,000 in November 1968 . Under the new coach Bill McGarry , who took Allen's place immediately after Hibbitt's commitment, he came on April 12, 1969 in the 0-1 home defeat to local rivals West Bromwich Albion as a substitute for his debut. The second mission followed on September 12, 1970; there he also scored his first goal in a 2-2 draw against Chelsea .
In the 1970/71 season he won the central midfield position and was instrumental in winning the Texaco Cup . He was also in the final of the UEFA Cup a year later and was only barely defeated by Tottenham Hotspur . After further partial successes in 1973 with the respective semi-finals in the FA Cup and League Cup , Hibbitt won the last-mentioned cup a year later and thus the first "Major Trophy" in his career. He and his men defeated the final opponent Manchester City 2-1 at Wembley Stadium and scored the first goal of the game shortly before the end of the first half. He repeated this success six years later at the same place as the Wolves in the 1980 League Cup final Nottingham Forest beat 1-0. The good results in the cup competitions were also accompanied by two relegations from the First Division . Directly after the first two courses in the second division in 1976 and 1982 , the direct resurgence in the following year, the descent in 1984 - Hibbitt's last season in Wolverhampton - was the initiation of a sporty decline in Wolverhampton. In total, Hibbitt scored 114 goals in 574 competitive appearances before he moved to Coventry City on a free transfer , ensuring his personal stay in the English top division. It was noteworthy during his time at Wolverhampton Wanderers that Hibbitt played under six different coaches and often faced his brother Terry in the first division games , who was often his direct opponent in midfield for Leeds United , Newcastle United and Birmingham City . In 1982 he also completed some games for the Seattle Sounders in the North American NASL .
Hibbitt spent two seasons with the "Himmelblauen" in Coventry before moving to the Bristol Rovers in 1986 to end his career in the third division . But then in February 1988 a broken leg was responsible for the end of his career. He remained loyal to the club and from then on worked as an assistant under Gerry Francis . Together the Bristol Rovers won the third division championship and promotion to the second division in 1990. Due to this success, the fourth division FC Walsall took him under contract as head coach. In the four years he led the "Saddlers' 1994 in the play-off games for promotion to the third division and joined in summer 1995 as the successor of Eddy Gray for Welsh club Cardiff City , who played in the third English league after the Introduction of the Premier League called the Second Division . He took over the position of sports director for just one year and was inherited by Phil Neal himself . Neal's tenure lasted only a few months and so Hibbitt took over the sporting management on an interim basis before a permanent successor was found in Russell Osman . When he was released in February 1998, Hibbitt served again as an interim solution. This came to an end with the engagement of Frank Burrows , who subsequently restricted Hibbitt's efficiency; after the end of the 1997/98 season, Hibbitt left the club.
A brief comeback celebrated Hibbitt as a coach at the amateur club Hednesford Town in September 2001. There he succeeded after a bad start to the season, although the league, which was not enough to continue his commitment. Today he works for the Premier League as a referee observer.
successes
- English league cup winner: 1974, 1980
- Texaco Cup winner: 1971
Web links
literature
- Matthews, Tony: Wolverhampton Wanderers - The Complete Record . Breedon Books, 2008, ISBN 978-1-85983-632-3 , pp. 128-129 .
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hibbitt, Kenny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hibbitt, Kenneth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bradford |