Roy Summersby
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 March 1935 | ||
| Place of birth | Lambeth, Greater London | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1952 | Millwall | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1951–1958 | Millwall | 87 | (13) |
| 1958–1963 | Crystal Palace | 176 | (59) |
| 1963–1965 | Portsmouth | 12 | (1) |
| 1965–? | Chelmsford City | ? | (?) |
| ? | Hillingdon Borough | ? | (?) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Roy Summersby (born 19 March 1935 in Lambeth Greater London)[1] is an English former professional footballer who played as an inside forward.[2] He appeared 275 times in the Football League for Millwall, Crystal Palace and Portsmouth, before moving into non-league football with Chelmsford City and Hillingdon Borough[2]
Playing career
Summersby began his playing career at Millwall, initially as a junior before signing as a professional in March 1952, but did not fully establish himself in the first team until 1957.[2] In December 1958,[1] he signed for Crystal Palace then playing in the Fourth Division in its inaugural season. He quickly became a first team regular and put together a sequence of 126 consecutive appearances, many of them alongside Johnny Byrne.[2] In the 1960–61 season Palace achieved promotion to the third tier and Summersby was ever present, making 46 appearances, scoring 25 goals,[3] which is still (as of September 2014) the fourth highest seasonal goals total in Crystal Palace Post-War history. Only Byrne the same season (30), Andrew Johnson in 2003/4 (28) and Glenn Murray in 2012–13 (30) have scored more goals.[4] The next season, Summersby made 42 appearances, scoring 8 times,[5] but in 1962/63 only appeared 17 times (in the first half of the season) and scored twice.[6] At the end of that season, in May 1963, he transferred to Portsmouth, rejoining former Palace manager George Smith.[2] However after only 12 games for Portsmouth, over two seasons,[7] Summersby moved on to non–league football with Chelmsford City and later Hillingdon Borough[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 340. ISBN 0907969542.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 88. ISBN 0907969542.
- ↑ Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 215. ISBN 0907969542.
- ↑ Ian King. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–2011. p. 182. ISBN 9781780910468.
- ↑ Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 217. ISBN 0907969542.
- ↑ Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 219. ISBN 0907969542.
- ↑ Stats at pompeyrama.com