Cyril Lea
Welsh footballer
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1934-08-05) 5 August 1934 (age 89) | ||
Place of birth | Wrexham, Wales | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
Position(s) | Right half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Bradley Rangers | |||
1957–1964 | Leyton Orient | 205 | (0) |
1964–1968 | Ipswich Town | 107 | (2) |
International career | |||
1965 | Wales | 2 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1968–1969 | Ipswich Town (caretaker) | ||
1983–1986 | Colchester United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Cyril Lea (born 5 August 1934) is a Welsh former footballer. He was born in Wrexham, and was capped on two occasions by Wales.[1]
He played for Leyton Orient and Ipswich Town,[1] and was responsible for team selection at Portman Road for two months between the departure of Bill McGarry and the arrival of Bobby Robson.[2]
Lea later became manager of Colchester United,[3] and was in charge at Layer Road between February 1983 and April 1986.[4]
Managerial statistics
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Won %! | ||||
Ipswich Town (Caretaker) | 24 November 1968 | 12 January 1969 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 42.9 | |
Colchester United | 1 February 1983 | 10 April 1986 | 173 | 71 | 46 | 56 | 41 |
Honours
Individual
- Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: Inducted 2010[5]
References
- ^ a b Cyril Lea at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- ^ Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Ipswich Town. Breedon Books. p. 172. ISBN 1-85983-515-5.
- ^ "League Managers Association". Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ^ "Managerial stats at soccerbase". Archived from the original on 9 January 2005. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ^ "Four Town players in Hall of Fame". East Anglian Daily Times. 17 April 2010. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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Colchester United F.C. – managers
- Davis (1937–39)
- Fieldus (1945–46)
- T. Fenton (1946–48)
- Allen (1948–53)
- Meades (1953)
- Butler (1953–55)
- Miller & Orrinc (1955)
- B. Fenton (1955–63)
- Franklin (1963–68)
- Graham (1968–72)
- Mochanc (1972)
- Smith (1972–75)
- B. Roberts (1975–82)
- Hunter (1982–83)
- Lea (1983–86)
- Walker (1986–87)
- Foleyc (1987)
- R. Brown (1987–88)
- Foleyc (1988–89)
- Wallace (1989)
- Foleyc (1989–90)
- Mills (1990)
- Atkins (1990–91)
- McDonough (1991–94)
- Burley (1994)
- D. Robertsc (1994–95)
- Wignall (1995–99)
- Cook & Whittonc (1999)
- Wadsworth (1999)
- Whitton (1999–2003)
- Williamsc (2003)
- Parkinson (2003–06)
- Williams (2006–08)
- Symonsc (2008)
- Lambert (2008–09)
- Dunnec (2009)
- Boothroyd (2009–10)
- Ward (2010–12)
- Dunne (2012–14)
- Humes (2014–15)
- Hall & McGrealc (2015)
- W. Brownc (2015)
- Keen (2015–16)
- Wrightc (2016)
- Ballc (2016)
- McGreal (2016–20)
- Ball (2020–21)
- W. Brownc (2021)
- Mullins (2021–2022)
- W. Brown (2022)
- Ballc (2022)
- Bloomfield (2022–23)
- Embletonc (2023)
- Garner (2023)
- Etheringtonc (2023)
- Marshallc (2023)
- Etherington (2023–24)
- Cowley (2024–)
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