Phil Hoadley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 January 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Battersea, England | ||
| Position(s) | Central defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1967–1968 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1972 | Crystal Palace | 73[1] | (1) |
| 1972–1978 | Orient | 255 | (9) |
| 1978–1982 | Norwich City | 77 | (0) |
| Total | 406 | (1) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Phil Hoadley (born 6 January 1952) is an English former footballer born in Battersea, London, who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a central defender for Crystal Palace, Orient and Norwich City.[2]
Playing career
Hoadley began his career as an apprentice with Crystal Palace.[2] He made his first-team debut on 27 April 1968, as a substitute in the Second Division match away to Bolton Wanderers. At 16 years 112 days, he became Palace's then youngest player.[3] After appearing in 88 matches in all competitions for Crystal Palace,[4] he joined Orient, in September 1971,[1] whom he captained to the semi-finals of the 1977–78 FA Cup.[5] Having played nearly 300 games for Orient,[6] his transfer to Norwich City in 1978 was the first move under freedom of contract legislation with a tribunal setting his value at £110,000.[7][8] After three years with Norwich he moved to play in Hong Kong football in February 1982,[9] but was forced to retire from professional football following a knee injury.[7] He returned to England and became a publican.[9]
Later career
Following his professional football career Hoadley remained involved with amateur football in the Norfolk area and worked in a variety of jobs before returning to Norwich City in the 1990s as football in the community officer.[7] As of 2006[update], he was landlord of a community-run public house in his local village.[10]
References
- ^ a b Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 328. ISBN 0907969542.
- ^ a b "Phil Hoadley". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ "Youngest Ever Players Revealed". Crystal Palace F.C. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ "Appearances". Crystal Palace F.C. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ Murphy, Alex (25 January 2002). "Orient golden days when Kitch was in". Evening Standard. London. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ "O's Cup Legends Return To E10". Leyton Orient F.C. 22 April 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ a b c "Phil Hoadley". Flown From The Nest. Steve Whitlam. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ "Tribunal fixes Hoadley's price at £110,000". The Times. 25 August 1978. p. 9.
An independent transfer tribunal has decided that Norwich City must pay Orient £110,000 for Hoadley, a defender whom Orient had valued at £150,000. He refused to sign a contract at the start of the new season, and, under the new regulations, was able to negotiate his own transfer.
- ^ a b Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 75. ISBN 0907969542.
- ^ Brealey, Sarah (20 September 2006). "Village pub that's run by villagers". Archant Publications. Retrieved 6 December 2009.[permanent dead link]
External links
- Stats and photo at Sporting Heroes
- League stats at Neil Brown's site
- Phil Hoadley at holmesdale.net
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