Kevin Langley

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Kevin Langley
Personal information
Full nameKevin James Langley
Date of birth(1964-05-24)24 May 1964
Place of birthSt Helens, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1981–1986Wigan Athletic160(6)
1986–1987Everton16(2)
1987–1988Manchester City9(0)
1988→ Chester City (loan)9(0)
1988–1990Birmingham City76(2)
1990–1994Wigan Athletic157(6)
1994–1995Halifax Town
1995–1997Bangor City
1997–1998Flint Town United
1998Witton Albion
–Runcorn
–Congleton Town
–Kidsgrove Athletic
Teams managed
1996–1997Bangor City
2001Winsford United (caretaker)
2001–2002Congleton Town
2002Kidsgrove Athletic
2002–2004Congleton Town
–Witton Albion
2011Northwich Villa.
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Kevin James Langley (born 24 May 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 427 appearances in the Football League,[2] including a club record 317 for Wigan Athletic.[3]

Born in St Helens, Lancashire, Langley was working as a painter and decorator when he wrote to Wigan Athletic asking for a trial which resulted in him being offered an apprenticeship. He made his first-team debut aged 17 in September 1981, and over the next five years he played 160 league games for the club. Before the 1986–87 season, Howard Kendall's Everton paid £120,000 for his services. Although Langley played 16 league matches, contributing to the club winning the First Division championship,[4] he left the club in March 1987 for Manchester City. His stay at City was almost as brief, and included a spell on loan at Chester City before joining Birmingham City in March 1988. After two-and-a-half years at the club, by which time they were in their second season in the Third Division,[5] he returned to Wigan Athletic, where he went on to play another 157 league games, making a club record 317 in total.[6]

Released at the end of the 1993–94 season, he joined League of Wales side Bangor City, contributing to them winning the league championship and representing them in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup.[7] Appointed player-manager in November 1996, he left the club at the end of the 1996–97 season.[8]

He moved on to a variety of non-league clubs, as player, player-manager or manager,[9][10][11][12] and has been employed by Wigan Athletic as a coach at their Centre of Excellence.[11] In 2011 he was briefly manager of Northwich Villa.[13]

References

General
  • Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9. 
Specific
  1. ↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 (21st ed.). Queen Anne Press. p. 84. ISBN 0-356-17911-7. 
  2. ↑ "Kevin Langley". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 April 2008. 
  3. ↑ "CLUB HONOURS AND RECORDS". Wigan Athletic. 20 June 2011. 
  4. ↑ "A Championship for the entire team in 1986–87". Toffeeweb. Retrieved 11 October 2010. 
  5. ↑ Matthews, pp. 225–26.
  6. ↑ "Club Honours and Records". Wigan Athletic F.C. 20 June 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2012. 
  7. ↑ "The nineteen nineties". The independent Bangor City Football Club historical website. Archived from the original on 4 July 2007. 
    "UEFA Cup 1995". The independent Bangor City Football Club historical website. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. 
  8. ↑ "Bangor City club history". Welsh Premier League. Retrieved 10 April 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Greek Premier Division outfit Aris Salonica will become Witton Albion's first international opponent". This Is Cheshire. 22 July 1998. Retrieved 10 April 2012. 
  10. ↑ "Peak time for United". This Is Cheshire. 21 November 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2012. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Smith, Nick (23 August 2000). "Langley's quest". This Is Cheshire. Retrieved 10 April 2012. 
  12. ↑ "Kevin states case for Clitheroe job". This Is Lancashire. 3 December 2004. Retrieved 10 April 2012. 
  13. ↑ "New Manager For Northwich Villa". North West Counties Football League. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011. 
    "Managerial Change at Northwich Villa". North West Counties Football League. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2012. 
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