- Ray Charnley
Football player infobox2
playername = Ray Charnley
fullname = Raymond Ogden Charnley
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1935|5|29
cityofbirth = Lancaster
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
currentclub =
position =Centre forward (retired)
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1953-19??
19??-19??
1957-1967
1967-1968
1968-1969
1968-1970
clubs = Preston North End
Morecambe
Blackpool
Preston North End
Wrexham
Bradford Park Avenue
Career
caps(goals) = 000 00(0)
00? 00(?)
363 (193)
023 00(4)
020 00(5)
059 0(15)
465 (217)
nationalyears = 1962-1963
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 001 00(0)Raymond Ogden "Ray" Charnley (born
May 29 ,1935 inLancaster, Lancashire ) is an English former professional footballer.After beginning his career with non-league Morecambe, Charnley moved to nearby Blackpool in May 1957 for £1,000, bought by Joe Smith. The 22-year-old made his debut in September, in a defeat at Luton Town. A month later, he scored two goals in Blackpool's record home victory, 7-0 against Sunderland, before going off with a serious injury to the head.
Charnley eventually teamed up with
Jackie Mudie , a move inspired by the aforementioned Smith and later used to good effect by his successor,Ron Suart .Charnley was the Seasiders' top scorer for nine seasons, and he scored his 100th league goal in only his 156th game — a record only marginally beaten by
Harry Bedford — playing his best football alongside Alan Ball.In 1962 he received a belated call-up to the national team for a game against France on October 3.
In October 1967, after a bad home defeat at the hands of Millwall, 'Pool manager
Stan Mortensen made the unpopular decision to cut Charnley from the line-up. In December, the forward was on his way out ofBloomfield Road , to arch-rivals Preston North End. He returned to face Blackpool nine days later, and scored, though the Tangerines won 4-1.Towards the end of his career he played for Wrexham and Bradford Park Avenue before hanging up his boots with Morecambe.
References
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/raycharnley.htm Charnley's profile at Neil Brown's football player database]
*cite book | first=Roy | last=Calley| coauthors= | title=Blackpool: A Complete Record 1887-1992 | publisher=Breedon Books Sport | location= | year=1992 | editor= | id=ISBN 1-873626-07-XExternal links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/sport/atoz/stories/are_things.shtml Are things any better forty-plus years on?]
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