Barry Lloyd

For the cricketer, see Barry Lloyd (cricketer).

Barry Lloyd
Personal information
Full name Barry David Lloyd[1]
Date of birth (1949-02-19)19 February 1949
Place of birth Hillingdon, England
Date of death September 2024(2024-09-00) (aged 75)[2]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Arsenal
0000–1966 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1968 Chelsea 10 (0)
1968–1976 Fulham 257 (29)
1976–1977 Hereford United 14 (0)
1977–1978 Brentford 31 (4)
1978 Houston Hurricane 11 (0)
Total 323 (33)
International career
England Youth
Managerial career
1978–1981 Yeovil Town
1981–1986 Worthing
1987–1993 Brighton & Hove Albion
2001–2003 Worthing
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Barry David Lloyd (19 February 1949 – September 2024) was an English professional footballer and manager. As a player, he most notably played as a midfielder in the Football League for Fulham, for whom he was captain and made over 280 appearances for the club. He also played League football for Brentford, Hereford United and Chelsea. After his retirement as a player, Lloyd managed Brighton & Hove Albion and non-League clubs Worthing and Yeovil Town.

Playing career

A midfielder, Lloyd began his senior career at First Division club Chelsea.[4] He failed to break into the first team before joining Fulham in December 1968, in a player-exchange deal which saw John Dempsey move to Chelsea for a £70,000 fee.[4][5] Lloyd made 286 appearances and scored 30 goals during 7+1⁄2 seasons at Craven Cottage and captained the club to promotion from the Third Division in the 1970–71 season.[6][7] He was an unused substitute during the 2–0 1975 FA Cup Final defeat to West Ham United.[7] Lloyd wound down his career with spells at Hereford United, Brentford and Houston Hurricane, before retiring in 1978.[4]

Managerial career

Yeovil Town

Lloyd began his management career at Southern League Premier Division club Yeovil Town in August 1978.[2] During the 1978–79 season, he oversaw a mid-table finish and won the Somerset Premier Cup.[2] The Glovers were transferred to the new Alliance Premier League for the 1979–80 season and with the club's league form mixed,[2] he was sacked in January 1981.[8]

Worthing

Lloyd joined Isthmian League Second Division club Worthing in 1981 and won a double-promotion in his first two seasons in charge,[4] with top-spot finishes in the Second and First Divisions respectively elevating the club to the Premier Division for the 1983–84 season.[9] The team finished runners-up in 1983–84 and 1984–85, but failed to achieve promotion to the Alliance Premier League before Lloyd's departure at the end of the 1985–86 season.[9][10]

Brighton & Hove Albion

Lloyd returned to the Football League when he joined Second Division club Brighton & Hove Albion as assistant to manager Alan Mullery in 1986.[7] After Mullery was sacked in January 1987,[11] Lloyd was promoted into the role, but he could not prevent Brighton's relegation to the Third Division at the end of the 1986–87 season.[7][12] In his first full season as manager, Lloyd won immediate promotion back to the Second Division with a runners-up finish,[12] largely thanks to 32-goal forward Garry Nelson.[13] Two successful battles against relegation followed, before Lloyd guided the club to the 1991 Second Division play-off final, which was lost 3–1 to Notts County.[12] One year later, Albion suffered relegation back to the third-tier and the club was in a financial crisis after years of over-spending.[12][13] A 9th-place finish followed at the end of the 1992–93 season and Lloyd resigned in December 1993.[4][12]

Return to Worthing

Lloyd rejoined Worthing, then in the Isthmian League First Division, as caretaker manager in November 2001 and he was appointed to the role full-time in December.[9][14][15] He achieved two mid-tables finishes before being sacked in July 2003.[9][16]

Other roles

Lloyd began taking his coaching badges while a 17-year-old at Chelsea.[4] From 1993 to 2001 and 2001 to 2007 he worked for various clubs in differing roles,[17][18][19] before returning to Brighton & Hove Albion as chief scout in September 2007.[20]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Chelsea 1966–67[21] First Division 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1967–68[21] First Division 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1968–69[21] First Division 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Fulham 1968–69[6] Second Division 15 3 — — 15 3
1969–70[6] Third Division 30 7 0 0 0 0 30 7
1970–71[6] Third Division 46 9 1 0 6 0 53 9
1971–72[6] Second Division 42 3 3 0 2 0 47 3
1972–73[6] Second Division 32 1 0 0 4 1 36 2
1973–74[6] Second Division 34 2 2 0 4 0 40 2
1974–75[6] Second Division 25 1 2 0 3 0 30 1
1975–76[6] Second Division 25 3 0 0 2 0 27 3
Total 257 29 8 0 21 1 286 30
Hereford United 1976–77[22] Second Division 14 0 1 0 0 0 15 0
Brentford 1977–78[23] Fourth Division 31 4 2 0 2 0 35 4
Houston Hurricane 1978[3] North American Soccer League 11 0 — — 11 0
Career total 323 33 11 0 23 1 357 34

Honours

As a player

Fulham

Brentford

As a manager

Brighton & Hove Albion

  • Football League Third Division second-place promotion: 1987–88[13]

Worthing

Yeovil Town

References

  1. ^ "Barry Lloyd". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Rest in Peace Barry Lloyd 1949–2024". Yeovil Town F.C. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Barry Lloyd". NASL. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Where Are They Now?". www.fulhamfc.com. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Where Are They Now?". www.fulhamfc.com. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Barry David Lloyd". Fulhamweb. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d "Memory Lane". Fulham Football Club. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Yeovil Town Story Part 37". www.ciderspace.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  9. ^ a b c d Worthing F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  10. ^ "Death of ex-Rebels boss and chairman Lelliott". www.worthingherald.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Yestermania: 10 Years Ago; Aldridge The New Rush And Mullery Is Sacked By Brighton". Free Online Library. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  12. ^ a b c d e Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  13. ^ a b c "Brighton & Hove Albion – History". www.brightonandhovealbion.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Ryman League: Lloyd returns to Rebels". The Argus. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Lloyd takes Worthing job". The Argus. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Football: Rebels in a muddle". The Argus. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  17. ^ "County League: Lloyd joins United backroom set-up". The Argus. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  18. ^ "County League: Harwood rules out move for Lloyd". The Argus. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  19. ^ "Barry Lloyd back at Albion". The Argus. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  20. ^ "Lloyd bags Brighton scouting role". BBC Sport. 17 September 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2007.
  21. ^ a b c "Barry Lloyd". 11v11.com. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  22. ^ "Lloyd, Barry". The Unofficial Hereford United Online Archive. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  23. ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 394. ISBN 0951526200.
  24. ^ Fulham F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  25. ^ Brentford F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  26. ^ a b Hodgkins, Leila. "Worthing Fc | Clubs". The Non-League Club Directory. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  27. ^ "Honours and Records". Yeovil Town. Retrieved 22 January 2018.