Ernie Walley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 April 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Caernarfon | ||
| Position(s) | Wing half | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1951–1955 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1958 | Tottenham Hotspur | 5 | (0) |
| 1958–1959 | Middlesbrough | 8 | (0) |
| 1959–???? | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
| Gravesend & Northfleet | |||
| Stevenage Borough | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1980 | Crystal Palace (caretaker) | ||
| 1983–1985 | Barking | ||
| 1992 | Bangor City | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ernie Walley (born 7 April 1933) is a Welsh retired football player and coach.
Playing career
[edit]Walley joined Tottenham Hotspur as a junior in May 1951, making five league appearances as a wing half before moving to Middlesbrough in 1958.[1] After eight appearances for Middlesbrough he moved again to Crystal Palace,[2] but failed to make a first team appearance before moving to Gravesend & Northfleet and subsequently Stevenage Borough.
Coaching and managerial career
[edit]After retiring as a player Walley spent eight years as a coach at Arsenal before joining Crystal Palace in the same capacity in 1967.[2] He became caretaker manager of Crystal Palace for six matches following the departure of Terry Venables in 1980.[3] After the appointments of Malcolm Allison and subsequently Dario Gradi, Walley continued as a coach at Crystal Palace.[2] He was later assistant manager to John Hollins at Chelsea during the mid-1980s, and reserve manager under Steve Harrison at Watford. His brother Tom played for Watford and Wales, and was a coach at Watford at the same time as Ernie.[4] Ernie Walley subsequently managed Barking between December 1983 until January 1985,[5] and later Bangor City for a short spell in 1992.
References
[edit]- ^ "Tottenham Hotspur: 1946/47 to 2008/08". Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ a b c Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. The Breedon Books Publishing Company. p. 57. ISBN 0907969542.
- ^ "Managers". Crystal Palace FC. Archived from the original on 25 June 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ Jones, Trefor (1996). The Watford Football Club Illustrated Who's Who. p. 233. ISBN 0-9527458-0-1.
- ^ Archive – Past Managers Archived 16 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine Barking F.C.
External links
[edit]- Ernie Walley at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
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