Ray Veall

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Ray Veall
Personnel
Surname Raymond Joseph Veall
birthday March 16, 1943
place of birth Skegness ,  England
position Left winger
Juniors
Years station
until 1961 Skegness Town
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1961 Doncaster Rovers 19 (6)
1961-1965 Everton FC 11 (1)
1965 Preston North End 10 (0)
1965-1968 Huddersfield Town 12 (1)
1968 Los Angeles Wolves 23 (4)
FC Maritzburg
Gisborne City
1 Only league games are given.

Raymond Joseph "Ray" Veall (born March 16, 1943 in Skegness ) is a former English football player . On the left wing position he gained only brief fame in English professional sport when he won the English championship title with Everton FC in the 1962/63 season and at the end of 1962 compensated for the injury-related loss of Johnny Morrissey for a short time .

Athletic career

Veall began his professional career in the fourth English division with the Doncaster Rovers . There he completed 19 league games in the early 1960s, in which he scored six goals. Although of a rather slight nature, he quickly developed a good reputation as a left winger that was heard right up to the top division. In September 1961 he finally moved to Everton FC after Everton's scout Harry Cooke had strongly recommended him to his coach and namesake Harry Catterick .

The hoped-for sporting breakthrough was more or less denied Veall with the "Toffees". In the period up to mid-1965 he was mostly part of the reserve team, especially since the club strengthened its position in September 1962 with Johnny Morrissey . An injury to Morrissey was partly responsible for the fact that Veall came after two missions at the beginning of the season at the end of 1962 to nine starting appointments in a row. The performances were occasionally also satisfactory and especially his performance in the 3-1 victory against the then top team Burnley FC made an impression when he convinced in a direct duel with Alex Elder . He was also highly praised after a 4-3 win against Nottingham Forest (after an early 2-0 deficit), in which he scored his first and only goal for Everton. Overall, however, he struggled to keep up at the first division level and Morrissey's return to the team ensured that Veall lost his place on the team and stagnated in his development in the following two years. Everton ultimately won the league title in the 1962/63 season and Veall's contribution to the success was long considered to be too small, as he lacked three inserts for the minimum number. It was not until 51 years later that he received an official medal and at the end of 2014 Veall was honored as the “English Master”. After a clarifying conversation with coach Catterick, Zeit von Veall, whom his teammates jokingly called “Pork chop” (English for “pork chop”, based on his last name, phonetically equal to “Veal”, which in turn means “veal”), left in mid-1965 ended in Everton.

When the second division Preston North End announced themselves in May 1965 , an agreement was quickly reached, whereby Veall was very good friends with Howard Kendall, who played there. The desired revitalization of his career was not granted to him in Preston either and after just ten league games he moved to Huddersfield Town in December of the same year . The twelve games for the "Terriers" there were his last in English professional football. What followed was a journey that took him to three different continents with his wife and young son. The first destination was California in 1968 . There he played for the Los Angeles Wolves before the newly formed US league system collapsed again. After a few months back in England, he fled the cold winter towards the South African city of Durban . There he spent four years, after which he followed the call of a friend from Gisborne , New Zealand . Veall then also settled permanently in Gisborne.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ "North American Soccer League Players: Ray Veall" (nasljerseys.com)
  2. ↑ "Unsung hero of Everton's 1962/63 championship side honored at last" (Liverpool Echo)
  3. ^ Ivan Ponting: Everton Player by Player . Hamlyn, London 1998, ISBN 0-600-59581-1 , pp. 39 .
personal data
SURNAME Veall, Ray
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Veall, Raymond Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Skegness , England