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Kevin Lock
Personal information
Full name Kevin Joseph Lock[1]
Date of birth (1953-12-27) 27 December 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth Plaistow, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s) Central defender, midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1978 West Ham United 132 (2)
1978–1985 Fulham 210 (27)
1985–1986 Southend United 10 (0)
Total 362 (29)
International career
1971–1972 England Youth 9 (0)
1973–1976 England U23 4 (0)
Managerial career
1997 Brentford (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Lock (born 27 December 1953) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender in the Football League, most notably for Fulham and West Ham United.

Club career

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Lock was born in Plaistow, Essex. He began his career with First Division club West Ham United as a ground staff boy in 1969.[3] He made his debut against Sheffield United on 29 February 1972.[4] After the departure of Bobby Moore in 1974, he broke into the team and was given Moore's number 6 shirt.[5] Lock was a part of the team which emerged victorious in the 1975 FA Cup Final and had made 165 appearances and scored two goals by the time he departed Upton Park in May 1978.[1][4] He dropped down to the Second Division to join Fulham for a £60,000 fee and made 233 appearances and scored 27 goals in seven seasons at Craven Cottage.[3][6] Lock ended his career with Fourth Division club Southend United,[1] after being signed by manager Bobby Moore on a free transfer. He made 11 appearances for the club,[7] alongside another former Hammer, Frank Lampard.[5]

International career

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Lock was capped by England at Youth and U23 level and was part of the 1971 and 1972 UEFA International Youth Tournament-winning squads.[3][8][9] He was named in the senior squad for a Euro 1976 qualifier versus Portugal on 19 November 1975, but remained an unused substitute during the 1–1 draw.[3][10]

Coaching career

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Lock began his coaching career in the Southend United youth system and remained with the club after the appointment of David Webb as manager in 1986.[11] He followed Webb to Chelsea as first team coach in 1993 and then to Brentford later that year.[11] Lock served the Bees as caretaker manager during the 1997–98 pre-season and managed the team to a 3–0 defeat versus Millwall on the opening day of the regular season.[12][13] After the appointment of Eddie May as manager, he moved to the role of Football Coordinator and departed Griffin Park in May 1998.[13] It was his final job in football.[14]

Personal life

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On Saturday 21 February 1981, Lock was the best man at Fulham teammate Tony Mahoney's wedding in Grays and the pair played for Fulham later that day.[15] After leaving football in 1998, Lock entered the pub trade.[3]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
West Ham United 1971–72[4] First Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 — — 3 0
1972–73[4] First Division 18 1 1 0 0 0 — — 19 1
1973–74[4] First Division 11 0 0 0 2 0 — 1[a] 0 14 0
1974–75[4] First Division 42 0 8 0 3 0 — — 53 0
1975–76[4] First Division 26 0 1 0 5 0 4[b] 0 3[c] 0 39 0
1976–77[4] First Division 26 0 2 0 2 0 — — 30 0
1977–78[4] First Division 6 1 2 0 2 0 — — 10 1
Total 132 2 12 0 13 0 4 0 4 0 165 2
Fulham 1978–79[6] Second Division 39 3 3 0 2 0 — — 44 3
1979–80[6] Second Division 38 5 0 0 2 0 — — 40 5
1980–81[6] Third Division 29 5 6 0 1 0 — — 36 5
1981–82[6] Third Division 25 5 0 0 0 0 — — 25 5
1982–83[6] Second Division 34 2 0 0 3 0 — — 37 2
1983–84[6] Second Division 15 2 0 0 3 0 — — 18 2
1984–85[6] Second Division 30 5 1 0 2 0 — — 33 5
Total 210 27 10 0 13 0 — — 233 27
Southend United 1985–86[7] Fourth Division 10 0 0 0 0 0 — 1[d] 0 11 0
Career total 352 29 22 0 26 0 4 0 5 0 409 29
  1. ^ Appearance in Watney Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  3. ^ 2 appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup, 1 appearance in FA Charity Shield
  4. ^ Appearance in Football League Trophy

Managerial statistics

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Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
P W D L Win %
Brentford (caretaker) 5 August 1997 12 August 1997 1 0 0 1 000.0 [12]
Total 1 0 0 1 000.0 —

Honours

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West Ham United

Fulham

England Youth

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Kevin Lock". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ a b c d e Sharratt, Ben; Blows, Kirk (7 December 2012). Claret and Blue Blood: Pumping Life into West Ham United. Random House. ISBN 9781780577647.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Kevin Lock". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media. p. 128. ISBN 1-903135-50-8.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Kevin Joseph Lock". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Kevin Lock 1985 – 1986". SUFCdb. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  8. ^ a b "England Matches – Youth/Under-18's 1971–80". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  9. ^ "England – U-23 International Results- Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
  10. ^ "England Match No. 496 – Portugal – 19 November 1975 – Match Summary and Report". www.englandfootballonline.com. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Where are they now? November 2002". 30 September 2012. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  12. ^ a b Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 240.
  13. ^ a b Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 258–259. ISBN 9781906796723.
  14. ^ "Memory Lane". www.fulhamfc.com. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  15. ^ Fulham v Portsmouth Division 3 21st February 1981. Event occurs at 0:07. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  16. ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack (1977). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78. London: Brickfield Publications Ltd. p. 491. ISBN 0354 09018 6.
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