Philip Damien Hoadley (6 January 1952 – 5 May 2024) was an English footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a central defender for Crystal Palace, Orient and Norwich City.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Philip Damien Hoadley | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Battersea, London, England | ||
| Date of death | 5 May 2024 (aged 72) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Central defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1967–1968 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1972 | Crystal Palace | 73[2] | (1) |
| 1972–1978 | Orient | 255 | (9) |
| 1978–1982 | Norwich City | 77 | (0) |
| Total | 406 | (10) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editHoadley was born in Battersea, London. He began his career as an apprentice with Crystal Palace.[3] He made his first-team debut on 27 April 1968, as a substitute in the Second Division match away to Bolton Wanderers. At 16 years 112 days, he became Palace's then youngest player.[4] After appearing in 88 matches in all competitions for Crystal Palace,[5] he joined Orient, in September 1971,[2] whom he captained to the semi-finals of the 1977–78 FA Cup.[6] Having played nearly 300 games for Orient,[7] his transfer to Norwich City in 1978 was the first move under freedom of contract legislation with a tribunal setting his value at £110,000.[8][9] After three years with Norwich he moved to play in Hong Kong football in February 1982,[10] but was forced to retire from professional football following a knee injury.[8] He returned to England and became a publican.[10]
Later life and death
editFollowing his professional football career Hoadley remained involved with amateur football in the Norfolk area and worked in a variety of jobs before returning to Norwich City in the 1990s as football in the community officer.[8] As of 2006[update], he was landlord of a community-run public house in his local village.[11]
Hoadley died on 5 May 2024, at the age of 72.[12]
References
edit- ^ Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1976). Rothmans Football Yearbook. 1976–77. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-362-00259-1.
- ^ a b Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 328. ISBN 0907969542.
- ^ a b "Phil Hoadley". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ "Youngest Ever Players Revealed". Crystal Palace F.C. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ "Appearances". Crystal Palace F.C. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ Murphy, Alex (25 January 2002). "Orient golden days when Kitch was in". Evening Standard. London. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ "O's Cup Legends Return To E10". Leyton Orient F.C. 22 April 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ a b c "Phil Hoadley". Flown From The Nest. Steve Whitlam. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ "Tribunal fixes Hoadley's price at £110,000". The Times. 25 August 1978. p. 9.
An independent transfer tribunal has decided that Norwich City must pay Orient £110,000 for Hoadley, a defender whom Orient had valued at £150,000. He refused to sign a contract at the start of the new season, and, under the new regulations, was able to negotiate his own transfer.
- ^ a b Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 75. ISBN 0907969542.
- ^ Brealey, Sarah (20 September 2006). "Village pub that's run by villagers". EDP24. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Phil Hoadley : 1952–2024". Leyton Orient. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
External links
edit- Stats and photo at Sporting Heroes
- League stats at Neil Brown's site
- Phil Hoadley at holmesdale.net
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