| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roy Clifford Chapman | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Date of death | 21 March 1983 (aged 49) | ||
| Place of death | Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Inside-forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kynoch Works | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1952–1957 | Aston Villa | 19 | (8) |
| 1957–1961 | Lincoln City | 105 | (45) |
| 1961–1965 | Mansfield Town | 136 | (78) |
| 1965–1967 | Lincoln City | 70 | (31) |
| 1967–1969 | Port Vale | 76 | (35) |
| 1969 | Chester City | 9 | (3) |
| 1969–1975 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| Total | 415+ | (200+) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1965–1966 | Lincoln City | ||
| 1969–1975 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| 1975–1976 | Stockport County | ||
| 1977–1980 | Stafford Rangers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Roy Chapman (18 March 1934 – 21 March 1983) was an English professional footballer and manager, born in Birmingham. He was the father of former Arsenal and Leeds United striker Lee Chapman.[1]
An inside-forward, he started his career at Aston Villa in 1952, before he moved on to Lincoln City five years later in order to find first team football. In 1961 he was sold to Mansfield Town, where he remained for the next four years, before he returned to Lincoln as the club's player-manager in 1965. He gave up his management duties the following year, before moving on to Port Vale in 1967. In all he scored 200 goals in 415 games in the Football League.
In 1969 he joined Stafford Rangers via Chester City. He was also given the management job at Rangers, and held this position until 1975, at which point he was made manager of Stockport County. His reign at Stockport was brief, and he became a coach before returning to Stafford for a second spell as manager in 1977, before he left for a second time in 1980. As Stafford manager he led the club to a Northern Premier League, FA Trophy, and Staffordshire Senior Cup treble in 1972; as well as another Staffs Cup victory in 1973 and another FA Trophy success in 1979.
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A two footed player, he was aggressive and had ball control skills, but lacked pace.[2]
Chapman began his professional playing career with Aston Villa, where he made 19 appearances in the First Division before joining Lincoln City in November 1957. Four years later he moved for £7,000[3] to Mansfield Town, scoring 30 league goals in the 1962–63 promotion season from Division Four.
He returned to Lincoln as player-manager in 1965 and in August of that year he came on as a substitute, replacing Bunny Larkin, this was the first substitution in the club's history. In October 1966 he reverted to solely a playing capacity as Ron Gray was appointed as manager.[1]
In June 1967, he joined Port Vale in a playing capacity. An ever-present in the 1967–68 season, of which he was the club's top scorer with 24 goals, he also scored 12 goals the next season to once again become the top marksman.[4]
His final playing club in The Football League was Chester, who he joined in May 1969. He struck five goals in four pre-season friendly matches,[5] and then followed it up with two goals on his league debut at Scunthorpe United to take his career tally to 200.[5] Though just one more league goal followed in his next eight league games and Chapman moved on to non-league side Nuneaton Borough before joining Stafford Rangers as player-manager.[5]
Chapman steered Stafford Rangers to a treble of the FA Trophy, Northern Premier League and Staffordshire Senior Cup in 1972.[6] Rangers topped the league with 71 points, and beat Barnet 3–0 at Wembley in the Trophy final. This was followed up by him leading Rangers to the FA Cup fourth round three years later.[6] He then returned to professional circles with a short spell as Stockport County manager, where he signed George Best on a short-term deal.[1] His reign at Stockport was short and he returned to Port Vale as a coach in August 1976, before being sacked in May 1977 and returning to Stafford.[4]
In his second spell in charge of Rangers he led them to another FA Trophy triumph (this time a 2–0 victory over Kettering Town) before standing down in 1980.[6]
After leaving Rangers he took up the position as manager of Walsall Sports Company.[4]
He died in Stoke-on-Trent, three days after his 49th birthday. He had suffered a fatal heart attack, when playing in a five-a-side tournament.[7]
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