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English footballer (1952–2024)

Phil Hoadley
Personal information
Full name Philip Damien Hoadley
Date of birth (1952-01-06)6 January 1952
Place of birth Battersea, London, England
Date of death 5 May 2024(2024-05-05) (aged 72)
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s) Central defender
Youth career
1967–1968 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1972 Crystal Palace 73 (1)
1972–1978 Orient 255 (9)
1978–1982 Norwich City 77 (0)
Total 406 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Philip Damien Hoadley (6 January 1952 – 5 May 2024) was an English footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a central defender for Crystal Palace, Orient and Norwich City.

Career

Hoadley was born in Battersea, London. He began his career as an apprentice with Crystal Palace. He made his first-team debut on 27 April 1968, as a substitute in the Second Division match away to Bolton Wanderers. At 16 years 112 days, he became Palace's then youngest player. After appearing in 88 matches in all competitions for Crystal Palace, he joined Orient, in September 1971, whom he captained to the semi-finals of the 1977–78 FA Cup. Having played nearly 300 games for Orient, his transfer to Norwich City in 1978 was the first move under freedom of contract legislation with a tribunal setting his value at £110,000. After three years with Norwich he moved to play in Hong Kong football in February 1982, but was forced to retire from professional football following a knee injury. He returned to England and became a publican.

Later life and death

Following his professional football career Hoadley remained involved with amateur football in the Norfolk area and worked in a variety of jobs before returning to Norwich City in the 1990s as football in the community officer. As of 2006, he was landlord of a community-run public house in his local village.

Hoadley died on 5 May 2024, at the age of 72.

References

  1. Vernon, Leslie; Rollin, Jack, eds. (1976). Rothmans Football Yearbook. 1976–77. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 290. ISBN 978-0-362-00259-1.
  2. ^ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 328. ISBN 0907969542.
  3. ^ "Phil Hoadley". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  4. "Youngest Ever Players Revealed". Crystal Palace F.C. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  5. "Appearances". Crystal Palace F.C. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  6. Murphy, Alex (25 January 2002). "Orient golden days when Kitch was in". Evening Standard. London. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  7. "O's Cup Legends Return To E10". Leyton Orient F.C. 22 April 2008. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  8. ^ "Phil Hoadley". Flown From The Nest. Steve Whitlam. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
  9. "Tribunal fixes Hoadley's price at £110,000". The Times. 25 August 1978. p. 9. An independent transfer tribunal has decided that Norwich City must pay Orient £110,000 for Hoadley, a defender whom Orient had valued at £150,000. He refused to sign a contract at the start of the new season, and, under the new regulations, was able to negotiate his own transfer.
  10. ^ Purkiss, Mike; Sands, Nigel. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 75. ISBN 0907969542.
  11. Brealey, Sarah (20 September 2006). "Village pub that's run by villagers". EDP24. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  12. "Phil Hoadley : 1952–2024". Leyton Orient. Retrieved 5 May 2024.

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