Bobby Coy

Infobox Football biography
playername = Bobby Coy


fullname = Robert Anthony Coy
nickname =
height = height|ft=5|in=11
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1961|11|30
cityofbirth = Birmingham
countryofbirth = England
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears = 1978–1979
youthclubs = Wolverhampton Wanderers
years = 1981–1984
1984–1986
1986–1988
1987
1988–1989
1989–1992
1992–1993
1993–1997
clubs = Wolverhampton Wanderers
Chester City
Northampton Town
→ Altrincham (loan)
Aylesbury United
Moor Green
Armitage
Boldmere St Michaels
caps(goals) = 043 00(0)
093 00(2)
017 00(0)
002 00(0)
057 00(0)
pcupdate =

Bobby Coy (born November 30, 1961 in Birmingham) is a former footballer who played in The Football League for three different clubs in the 1980s as a defender.

Playing career

Coy began his career as an apprentice with Wolverhampton Wanderers, signing professional forms in November 1979. He had to wait until the 1981–82 season for his league debut, which he made on September 12, 1981 in a 0-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.

He went on to make 21 top-flight appearances during his first season. Although Wolves were relegated at the end of the season, Coy was involved in them winning promotion in 1982–83. However, he only played five times the following season (when Wolves were once again relegated) and in March 1984 he joined Division Four’s bottom side Chester City in a joint loan deal with David Wintersgill. Coy’s loan was quickly made permanent. [cite book | author=Chas Sumner | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997 | year=1997| pages= 99-100 |id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6] He played in all of Chester’s final 14 games of the season, including a spell at centre forward. [cite book | author=Chas Sumner | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997 | year=1997| pages= stats section |id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6]

Coy became an established figure in a defence including future England international Lee Dixon, Andy Holden, Martin Lane and Peter Zelem and he went on to make 35 league appearances in 1984–85. This increased to 44 in 1985–86, when Chester were Division Four runners-up and Coy was named as player of the season. [cite web|url= http://www.chester-city.co.uk/records.asp|title= Club Records| publisher=www.chester-city.co.uk | accessdate=2008-01-14] But Coy was then surprisingly released by manager Harry McNally [cite book | author=Chas Sumner | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885-1997 | year=1997| pages= 103 |id=ISBN 1-874427-52-6] and he joined Northampton Town.

He enjoyed another promotion as the Cobblers won Division Four in 1986–87, but he made just 17 appearances for them and did not play again after promotion. After a spell on loan with Altrincham, Coy joined Southern League side Aylesbury. Once more there was promotion joy for Coy, and he played in their solitary season in the GM Vauxhall Conference.

Coy then played lower down the non-league pyramid for Moor Green, Armitage and Boldmere St Michaels, before he retired at the end of the 1996–97 season. [cite book | author=Steve Whitney | title=The Ultimate Book of Non League Players: 1997-98 | year=1997| pages= p.74 |id=ISBN 0-9531258-0-7] Away from football he has worked in insurance and as a sales rep [Chester City vs. Northampton Town matchday programme, 20/11/93]

Honours

Wolverhampton Wanderers

*Football League Division Two runners-up: 1982–83 (18 apps, 0 goals)

Chester City

*Football League Division Four runners-up: 1985–86 (44 apps, 1 goal)

*Player of the Season: 1985–86.

Northampton Town

*Football League Division Four champions: 1986–87 (17 apps, 0 goals)

Aylesbury United
*Southern League champions: 1987–88 (23 apps, 0 goals)

External links

* [http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/players.php?id=1423 Bobby Coy's Aylesbury United career stats]
* [http://www.chester-city.co.uk/records.asp List of Chester City player of the season winners] .

References