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Jimmy Langley

Brighton & Hove Albion FC, Fulham FC

 3 appearances, 0 goals

P 3 W 2 D 0 L 1 F 6: A 6
67% successful
1955-58

captain: none
minutes played: 270

Timeline
  Ernest James Langley
Birth 7 February 1929 in Kilburn, Middlesex [registered in Willesden, March 1929].
Marriage to June P.F. Edwards [registered in Uxbridge, Middlesex, September 1950]. Three children
Death 9 December 2007 in West Drayton, Middlesex, aged 78 years 305 days.

Source

 Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &

Club Career
Club(s) Played schoolboy football in the London area before turning out for a number of sides in his formative years, including Yiewsley FC, Hounslow Town FC, Uxbridge FC, Hayes FC, at the same time he joined Brentford FC on apprentice forms, Ruislip FC and then Guildford City FC in 1947. He turned professional in 1949. Signed for Leeds United FC in June 1952, played only nine league appearances, scoring three times when Brighton & Hove Albion FC signed Langley for £1500 in July 1953. After 178 league appearances, when he scored another sixteen goals, he joined Fulham FC in February 1957 for £12,000, another 356 league appearances followed, along with 33 goals. Queen's Park Rangers FC then signed Langley in June 1965 for £4,000, and another 87 league appearances and nine goals followed.  Hillingdon Borough FC took him as player/manager in September 1967, a position held until May 1971.
Club honours Inter-Cities Fairs Cup runners-up 1957-58; Football League Cup winners 1966-67; Football League Division Three winners 1966-67;
Individual honours Football League (one appearance)
Distinctions Langley Close exists on the site of Guildford City's Joseph's Road ground, in Gentleman Jim's honour.
Height/Weight 5' 9", 11st. 5lbs [1958].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

Management Career
Club(s) After leaving Hillingdon in May 1971, Langley became coach at Crystal Palace. He returned to Hillingdon Borough FC as manager in 1973. He returned to the hotseat with Dulwich Hamlet FC in 1976-77;
Club honours FA Trophy runners-up 1970-71;

England Career
Player number 766th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Left-back
First match No. 318, 19 April 1958, Scotland 0 England 4, a British Championship match at Hampden Park, Mount Florida, Glasgow, aged 29 years 71 days.
Last match No. 320, 11 May 1958, Yugoslavia 5 England 0, an end-of-season tour match at Stadion Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija, Beograd, aged 29 years 93 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1958 (provisional)
Team honours None
Individual honours England B (three appearances, 1955-56)
Distinctions None

Beyond England
No information. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.153.


The Numbers
parties Appearances comp. apps reserve minutes captain
7 3 1 three 270 0 1 none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
3 2 0 1 6 6 =0 1 1 2 2 66.7 +1
All matches were played in a white shirt

Venue Record

Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 0 0 2.00 1.00 100.0 +1
Away 2 1 0 1 4 5 -1 1 1 2.00 2.50 50.0 =0

Competition Record

Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
British Championship 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 1 4.00 0.00 100.0 +1
Friendly 2 1 0 1 2 6 -4 1 0 1.00 2.00 50.0 =0

Tournament Record

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1957-58 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 1 4.00 0.00 100.0 +1
All 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 1 4.00 0.00 100.0 +1

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 1 4.00 0.00 100.0 +1
1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 1 4.00 0.00 100.0 +1

Match History

Age 26 B  
postponed starter - Scotland March 1955;
two appearances - West Germany March 1955; Yugoslavia October 1955.

 
 Club: Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. - no full appearances manager: Walter Winterbottom - three full appearance (270 min)x
 
apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

301 30 November 1955 - England 4 Spain 1, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW dropped
party member

Age 27 B  
one appearance - Scotland February 1956

307 6 October 1956 - Northern Ireland 1 England 1, Windsor Park, Belfast BC AD reserve

Age 28
312 8 May 1957 - England 5 Republic of Ireland 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley
WCP		 HW reserve
313 15 May 1957 - Denmark 1 England 4, Idrætsparken, København AW standby
party member
314 19 May 1957 - Republic of Ireland 1 England 1, Dalymount Park, Dublin AD
   

 Club: Fulham F.C. - three full appearances (270 min)  

Age 29
1 318 19 April 1958 - Scotland 0 England 4
Hampden Park, Glasgow		 BC AW   3

one of two who became the 766th player (766) to appear for England.
the 37th Fulham player to represent England

2 319 7 May 1958 - England 2 Portugal 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 tour HW 72 3

the 33rd penalty kick taken by England is the sixteenth missed

3 320 11 May 1958 - Yugoslavia 5 England 0
Stadion JNA, Beograd		   AL   3
321 18 May 1958 - USSR 1 England 1, Lenin Stadium, Moskva   AD reserve
England's selectors announced their forty-man squad from whom the final 22 would be selected, on April 22 1958. Of the 18 players who were cut from the squad on 28 May, they included Jim Langley.
  


  

 
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