Percy Humphreys Explained

Percy Humphreys
Birth Date:3 December 1880
Birth Place:Cambridge, England
Death Place:London, England
Position:Inside right
Youthclubs1:Cambridge St Mary's
Years1:1900–1901
Clubs1:Queens Park Rangers
Caps1:?
Goals1:?
Years2:1901–1907
Clubs2:Notts County
Caps2:189
Goals2:66
Years3:1907
Clubs3:Leicester Fosse
Caps3:26
Goals3:19
Years4:1907–1909
Clubs4:Chelsea
Caps4:45
Goals4:13
Years5:1909–1911
Clubs5:Tottenham Hotspur
Caps5:45
Goals5:24
Years6:1911–1912
Clubs6:Leicester Fosse
Caps6:14
Goals6:2
Years7:1912–1913
Clubs7:Hartlepools United
Caps7:28
Goals7:11
Nationalyears1:1903
Nationalteam1:England
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:1912–1913
Managerclubs1:Hartlepools United
Manageryears2:1913–1914
Managerclubs2:FC Basel
Manageryears3:1920–1922
Managerclubs3:Alessandria

Percy Humphreys (3 December 1880 – 13 April 1959)[1] was an English international footballer, who played at inside-right, who later became a football manager.

Career

Club career

In the 1907–08 season, Humphreys joined First Second Leicester Fosse but returned to the First Division with Chelsea for the latter part of the season. He remained with Chelsea until December 1909 when he lost his place to Vivian Woodward.[1]

Humphreys swapped places with Woodward moving across London to join Tottenham Hotspur. Humphreys only made 45 league appearances for Spurs, scoring 24 goals, none of which were as vital as the one that he scored against Chelsea in the final match of the 1909–10 season which ensured that Chelsea were relegated instead of Spurs.[1]

In October 1911, he was transferred back to Leicester Fosse where he spent the rest of the season, before dropping out of the league to join Hartlepools United.[2]

International career

Humphreys made one appearance for England, on 4 April 1903, in a 2–1 defeat to Scotland.[3]

Coaching career

Humphreys managed Hartlepools United between 1912 and 1913.[4]

Humphreys then coached Swiss side FC Basel between 1913 and 1914.[5]

He managed Alessandria, in Italy, from 1920 and 1922.[6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Betts, Graham . England: Player by player . Green Umbrella Publishing. 2006. 1-905009-63-1. 136.
  2. http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/UI/Person.aspx?oid=1076 In The Mad Crowd
  3. Web site: England 1 Scotland 2 (Match summary). 28 March 2009. 4 April 1903. englandstats.com.
  4. Web site: Percy Humphreys. 5 December 2017. League Managers Association.
  5. Web site: Ehemalige Trainer des FCB. 5 December 2017. FC Basel. de.
  6. Caligaris, Mimma. 100 volte Grigi, supplement to the newspaper «Il Piccolo», 17 February 2012, 20, p. 51.