Kenny Swain

Kenny Swain

Personal information
Date of birth	(1952-01-28) 28 January 1952
Place of birth	Birkenhead, England
Position(s)	Full-back, midfielder, striker
Team information
Current team	England Under 16
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973	Wycombe Wanderers	6	(1)
1973–1978	Chelsea	119	(26)
1978–1983	Aston Villa	148	(4)
1983–1985	Nottingham Forest	112	(2)
1985–1988	Portsmouth	113	(0)
1987–1988	West Brom (loan)	7	(1)
1988–1992	Crewe Alexandra	126	(1)
Managerial career
1993–1994	Wigan Athletic
1996–1997	Grimsby Town (Caretaker)
2004–	England U-16
2012–2013	England U-17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenny Swain (born 28 January 1952 in Birkenhead) is a retired English footballer who played in numerous positions, including striker, midfielder and full back.

Football career

Swain began his professional career with Londoners Chelsea, signing from Wycombe Wanderers in the summer of 1973. As he had been a non-contract player with Wycombe, having joined them from college football, his signing-on fee was just £500. He made his League debut for Chelsea in 1974. His most successful season with the club came in 1976-77, when his strike partnership with Steve Finnieston helped Eddie McCreadie's young side win promotion back to the First Division. He remained with Chelsea until 1979, when they were relegated, and then signed for Aston Villa for £100,000.

With Villa, Swain was switched to full-back and won the league championship and European Cup in consecutive seasons. He left Villa in 1983 and had spells with Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth and Crewe Alexandra. He later moved into management, enjoying stints with Grimsby Town and Wigan Athletic, and currently the England under-16s, as well as an assistant coach for England national under-17 football team

Between 2002 and 2004, Swain was Director of Football at Thomas Telford School.

Managerial statistics

As of 21 April 2014

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Wigan Athletic	28 May 1993	2 September 1994	53	14	12	27	026.42
Grimsby Town(caretaker)	15 November 1996	21 May 1997	30	8	9	13	026.67
England U16	7 April 2004	Present	94	58	21	15	061.70
England U17	2 February 2012	10 August 2013	11	6	4	1	054.55
Total			188	86	46	56	045.74

Honours

with Crewe Alexandra

• Football League Fourth Division third-place promotion winner: 1988–89

with Aston Villa

• Football League First Division (1): 1980-81
• European Cup (1): 1981-82

External links

• Kenny Swain management career statistics at Soccerbase