Malcolm Manley

Malcolm Manley was a cultured[1] Scottish footballer (soccer player) whose career was cruelly cut short by a crippling knee injury.[2] Born in Johnstone on 1 December 1949 Manley gained Schoolboy international honours for Scotland before joining his hometown club Johnstone Burgh. Here he quickly caught the eye of scouts south of the border and he signed for Leicester City F.C. [3] in January 1967.[4] The highlights of his time at Filbert Street included being substitute in the 1969 FA Cup Final side[5] and a 1971 Second division Championship winners Medal. He also played as a substitute when Leicester won the 1971 FA Charity Shield.[6] In December 1973, Manley signed for Portsmouth [7] with funds made available by ambitious new chairman John Deacon.[8] Manager John Mortimore planned a rock-like central partnership between the Scotsman and fellow new signing Paul Went which briefly materialised[9] before he severed a cartilage in only his 11th game for the Fratton Park club, never to play professionally again.

Malcolm Manley
Personal information
Full name Malcolm Richardson Manley
Date of birth 1 December 1949
Place of birth Johnstone, Scotland
Date of death 16 August 2020 (age 70)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1964–1966 Johnstone Burgh
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1973 Leicester 120 (5)
1973–1974 Portsmouth 11 (0)
National team
1964 Scotland Schoolboys 3
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Death

Manley died on 16 August 2020, aged 70.

Notes
  1. "A history of Leicester City Football Club" Folliard,R: Hornchurch, Ian Henry, 1980 ISBN 0-86025-700-2
  2. "Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club" Cooper,M/ Neasom,M/ Robinson,D: Portsmouth, Milestone Publications, 1984 ISBN 0-903852-50-0
  3. Photo during Leicester days Archived 18 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "The PFA Premier League and Football League Players' Records 1946-98" Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 ISBN 1-85291-585-4
  5. "Match details". Archived from the original on 13 May 2009.
  6. "1971/72 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  7. In his brief spell at Pompey Archived 11 September 2012 at Archive.today
  8. "Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball" Farmery, C: Southend-on-Sea, Desert Island Books, 1999 ISBN 1-874287-25-2
  9. Short but effective partnership with Went Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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