Malcolm Manley

Malcolm Manley

Personal information
Full name	Malcolm Richardson Manley
Date of birth	1 December 1949 (1949-12-01) (age 61)
Place of birth	Johnstone, Scotland
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Centre Back
Youth career
1964-66	Johnstone Burgh
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1964-1966	Johnstone Burgh	?	(?)
1966-73	Leicester	120	(5)
1973-74	Portsmouth	11	(0)
National team
1964	Scotland Schoolboys	3
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

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. In December 1973 Manley signed for Portsmouth ^[6] with funds made available by ambitious new chairman John Deacon.^[7] Manager John Mortimore planned a rock-like central partnership between the Scotsman and fellow new signing Paul Went which briefly materialised^[8] before he severed a cartilage in only his 11th game for the Fratton Park club, never to play professionally again.

Notes

1. ^ "A history of Leicester City Football Club" Folliard,R: Hornchurch, Ian Henry, 1980 ISBN 0860257002
2. ^ "Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club" Cooper,M/ Neasom,M/ Robinson,D: Portsmouth, Milestone Publications, 1984 ISBN 0903852500
3. ^ Photo during Leicester days
4. ^ “The PFA Premier League and Football League Players’ Records 1946-98” Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 ISBN 1852915854
5. ^ Match details
6. ^ In his brief spell at Pompey
7. ^ ”Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball” Farmery, C: Southend-on-Sea, Desert Island Books, 1999 ISBN 1874287252
8. ^ Short but effective partnership with Went

Persondata
Name	Manley, Malcolm
Alternative names
Short description	Scottish footballer
Date of birth	1 December 1949
Place of birth	Johnstone, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death