Phil Kelly (soccer player, 1939)
| Phil Kelly | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | James Philip Vincent Kelly | |
| birthday | July 10, 1939 | |
| place of birth | Dublin , Ireland | |
| date of death | August 16, 2012 | |
| Place of death | Norwich , England | |
| position | Defense (right) | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Sheldon Town | ||
| Brockhill | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1957-1962 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 16 (0) |
| 1962-1967 | Norwich City | 115 (2) |
| Lowestoft Town | ||
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1960-1961 | Ireland | 5 (0) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| Lowestoft Town | ||
| Newmarket Town | ||
| Thetford Town | ||
| Reepham Town | ||
| Thetford Town | ||
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
James Philip Vincent "Phil" Kelly (born July 10, 1939 in Dublin , † August 16, 2012 in Norwich ) was an Irish football player . He was mostly used as a right back and was part of the extended squad of Wolverhampton Wanderers , who won two English championships in series in the seasons 1957/58 and 1958/59 .
Athletic career
Kelly's parents moved with Phil from Ireland, then eight, to Birmingham , England , where he went to school. Before Kelly started his professional career with Wolverhampton Wanderers in September 1957, he had learned to play football at Sheldon Town and Brockhill .
He was first part of the youth team of Wolverhampton Wanderers, which won the FA Youth Cup in 1958 (after winning the final against Chelsea ). Then he came under head coach Stan Cullis towards the end of the 1958/59 season, in which the "Wolves" successfully defended the English championship, to his debut against the Bolton Wanderers on the right side of defense. He took on the injured Eddie Stuart and was preferred to his reserve team mate Gwyn Jones . The game ended in a 2-2 draw, with Kelly giving Nat Lofthouse a penalty , who helped Bolton level a 2-2 score 18 minutes from time. It was the only use for him that year and in the 1959/60 season he played four league games in a row for Wolverhampton, after he had convinced in a friendly against Celtic Glasgow shortly before . Four more championship games followed in the 1960/61 season, including a 5-1 at Arsenal in the last away game, and another appearance against Austria Wien in the European Cup Winners' Cup . His most profitable time was the 1961/62 season, when he came seven times in the league and in the third round of the FA Cup against Carlisle United to the train. His departure turned out to be particularly disappointing with a hefty 7-2 defeat against Blackpool FC in January 1962. He now acted on the left side and only a week later the later "long-running" Bobby Thomson celebrated his premiere there. In the summer of 1962, Kelly, who had completed five international matches for Ireland in the early 1960s , received clearance from Cullis for a move. Kelly, who always suffered from great competition from players like George Showell , Gerry Harris and Eddie Stuart, signed on with the second division Norwich City - just before Jones, Stuart and Vic Cockcroft had already left the club.
Three weeks after signing the contract, he played his first game for Norwich on September 12, 1962. He was a total of 114 times in the league games of the "Canaries" in the starting line-up and he scored two goals. For more than four years he was a regular in a defensive row with teammates like Joe Mullett and Bryan Thurlow before he played for Norwich for the last time after a serious knee injury on December 10, 1966 (ironically against his former club from Wolverhampton (1: 2)) . Another side note is a use against Northampton Town as a goalkeeper after a suspension of Kevin Keelan , where he did not concede.
Kelly's professional career ended shortly thereafter due to injury and he later worked successfully at amateur clubs such as Lowestoft Town (as a player- coach from 1967 to June 1969 in the Eastern Counties League), Newmarket Town , Thetford Town (January 1971 to May 1972), Reepham Town and again Thetford Town (from 1974). In addition to soccer, he was a passionate golfer despite having an artificial knee joint. After a long illness, he died at the age of 73 in his homeland near Norwich.
Title / Awards
- FA Youth Cup (1): 1958
Web links
- Statistical data from the Post War English & Scottish Football League AZ Player's Database
- Profile on barryhugmansfootballers.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Former Norwich City right-back "Phil Kelly dies following illness" (Eastern Daily Press)
- ↑ "Phil Kelly: 1939-2012" (Wolves Heroes)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kelly, Phil |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kelly, James Philip Vincent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 2012 |
| Place of death | Norwich |