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John
Hollins |
Chelsea FC
1 appearance, 0 goals
P 1 W 1 D 0 L 0 F
2:
A
0
100% successful
1966-73
disciplined: none
captain: none
minutes played: 90 |
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Timeline |
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John William Hollins
MBE |
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Birth |
Tuesday,
16 July 1946 in Guildford, Surrey. |
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registered in Surrey South Western July-September 1946. |
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Education |
Attended Park Barn
Secondary School, Guildford |
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Marriage |
to Linda K. Barnes, on Sunday, 31 March 1968 at Bexley Church, Kent |
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registered in Bexley January-March 1968. |
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Children |
John and Linda had two children together, Elizabeth and Christopher
(b.20 March 1971) |
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Death |
Wednesday, 14 June 2023. |
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aged 76 years 333 days |
living at Smith Terrace, Chelsea, at the time of his death |
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Source |
 Douglas Lammings' An
English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & |
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Playing Career |
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Club(s) |
Hollins began his
footballing career playing with Guildford Schhols, before he joined Chelsea FC as an
amateur player and signed a
professional contract in July 1963 and became a regular and eventually
club captain and remained until the club he was transfer listed by Eddie McCreadie in 1975, joining
Queen's Park Rangers FC ion 4 July 1975 for £80,000, despite
interest from Coventry City FC and Birmingham City FC when talks broke
down. After committing his future to the Loftus Road club on 3 July 1979,
Hollins moved to Arsenal FC for £75,000, choosing them over Norwich City FC and Luton Town FC a day
later. After considering the manager's job at Colchester United FC, but he
chose a return to Stamford Bridge as player-coach and captain in on 23 May 1983 on a free transfer, before hanging up his playing
boots at the end of the 1983-84 season. Returned to playing for one match
in February 1989 for Cobh Ramblers FC. |
League honours
736+7 appearances 62 goals |
Chelsea
FC 1964-75 436 appearances 47 goals
debut: 4 March 1964 Stoke
City FC 2 Chelsea FC 0
Queen's
Park Rangers FC 1975-79 148+three appearances six goals
debut:
16 August 1975 Queen's Park Rangers FC 2 Liverpool FC 0.
Arsenal FC 1979-83 123+four appearances eight goals
debut:
(sub) 18 August 1979 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 0 Arsenal FC 4,
Chelsea FC
1983-84 29 appearances one goal
debut: 27 August 1983 Chelsea FC 5
Derby County FC 0.
last: 12 May 1984 Grimsby Town FC 0 Chelsea FC 1. |
Club honours |
Football League Division One third
place 1964-65 (41ᵃ, 2ᵍ), 1969-70 (42ᵃ, 6ᵍ), 1980-81 (38ᵃ, 4ᵍ), runners-up
1975-76 (30ᵃ, 1ᵍ), Division Two winners 1983-84 (29ᵃ, 1ᵍ);
Football League Cup winners 1964-65,
runners-up 1971-72;
FA Cup runners-up 1966-67 (7ᵃ), 1979-80 (2ᵃ),
winners 1969-70 (8ᵃ, 1ᵍ);
FA Charity Shield runners-up 1970, 1979;
European Cup Winners' Cup
winners 1970-71, runners-up 1979-80 |
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Individual honours |
Football
League (three appearances)
Chelsea FC
Player of the Year 1969-70, 1970-71;
Arsenal FC Player
of the Year 1981-82;
Awarded the MBE 11 June
1982;
PFA Player of the Season nominee 1982-83;
Rothman's Football Year Book Player of the season 1983-84; |
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Distinctions |
Completed 167
consecutive appearances for Chelsea FC, a club record.
His son, Chris,
has carved out a successful media career after playing first class cricket.
His brother, David,
was a goalkeeper
for Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Newcastle United FC, Mansfield Town FC,
Nottingham Forest FC, Aldershot FC, and Wales, 1962-66. |
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Height/Weight |
5'
7½", 11st.
5lbs [1967]. |
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Source |
Douglas Lammings' An English
Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990]. |
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Management
Career |
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Club(s) |
Hollins became a
player-coach at Stamford Bridge on 23 May 1983, but only played in the
immediate season. He took over the reigns at Chelsea FC on 11 June 1985 after John Neal retired,
and remained until he left 'by mutual consent' on 22 March 1988. Returned to coaching in 1993, at Queen's Park Rangers,
stepping in as caretaker-manager in November 1997. Was manager at Swansea City FC in
July 1998-September 2001, then Rochdale AFC in December 2001, and sacked by fax machine on 14 May
2002. At Stockport County FC in September-October 2003 as a
caretaker, taking on the role in a permanent capacity in 2004. Was also an
assistant at Raith Rovers FC in 2004. Crawley
Town FC manager from 12 November 2005-30 October 2006. Lost out to Roberto
Martínez for the Swansea City FC vacancy in 2007. Weymouth AFC in
13 November 2008, until his sacking on 3 December. |
League honours
P 292 W 106 D 87 L 99 |
Football League
Division One best, sixth place 1985-86;
FA Cup
best fourth round, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1998-99 |
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Club honours |
Full-Members Cup winners 1985-86;
Football League Division Three winners 1999-2000; |
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Individual honours |
Football
League Division Three Manager of the Year 1999-2000; |
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England Career |
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Player number |
847th
player to appear for England. |
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Position(s) |
Outside-left |
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Only match |
No. 414, 24 May 1967, England 2 Spain 0, an
end-of-season friendly match at The Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 20 years
312 days. |
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Major tournaments |
World Cup
Finals 1966 (standby), 1970 (reserve); |
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Team honours |
None |
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Individual honours |
England B
(five appearances, 1ᵍ, May-June 1978) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Youth Career |
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Youth tournaments |
UEFA Youth
Tournament 1964 |
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Youth honours |
UEFA Youth Tournament
winners 1964 |
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Individual honours |
Under 23
(twelve appearances, 2ᵃ 1ᶜ November 1964-May 1968; three appearances, 1ᵃ
2ᶜ as Young
England April 1965-April 1969);
Under 18
(six appearances, February-May 1964) |
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Distinctions |
None |
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Beyond England |
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Set up his own sports promotion and
agency company after his sacking at Stamford Bridge. Was a BBC Radio
Five Live pundit from 2005. -
An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who.
Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.135. |
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The Numbers |
| Squads |
Appearances |
comp. apps |
starts |
substitute |
unused |
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minutes |
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| 4+ |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
▲0
▼0 |
0 |
90 |
none |
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minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors. |
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P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
GD |
FTS
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CS |
FAv |
AAv |
Pts% |
W/L |
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1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
+2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
100 |
+1 |
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His only match was a friendly match, played at a home venue and in a
white shirt |
Match History
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Age 17 |
youth |
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six appearances - Spain February 1964, Poland, Republic of Ireland,
Austria, Portugal & Spain May 1965; |
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Age 18 |
under 23 |
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four appearances - Wales November 1964, England (as part of the Young
England side) April 1965, Czechoslovakia May 1965,
Austria June 1965; |
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Age 19 |
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two appearances - France & Yugoslavia November 1965; |
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Club:
Chelsea F.C.
- one full appearance (90 min) |
manager: Alf Ramsey - one full
appearance (90 min)x
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Alf Ramsey named his provisional list of forty players on April 7. He
then named a provisional squad of 28 on 6 May to attend Lilleshall. John
Hollins was one of the twelve cut, but asked to remain on standby. |
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under 23 |
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three appearances - Wales
October 1966, Scotland March 1967,
Austria May 1967; |
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apps |
match |
match details |
comp |
res. |
rundown |
pos |
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Age 21 |
under 23 |
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three appearances - Wales November 1967, Italy December 1967,
Scotlandᶜ February 1968; |
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under 23 |
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two appearances - Hungary & Englandᶜ (as part of the Young England team) May 1968; |
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Age 22 |
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one appearance - Englandᶜ (as part of the Young
England team) April 1969; |
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On 25 March 1970, Sir Alf Ramsey announced a 28-man provisional squad
to take to Mexico. Sir Alf named a
further twelve reserves, who were inoculated
and received medical certificates for one simple reason; any one of them
could be called in an emergency. Those given 'reserve' status included John Hollins. |
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Age 31 |
B |
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five appearances - Malaysia A, New Zealand A
(three times) & Singapore A May-June 1978; |
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