Roger Hoy

Roger Hoy
Personal information
Date of birth (1946-12-06) 6 December 1946
Place of birth Poplar, Greater London
Playing position Defender
Youth career
?–1965 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1968 Tottenham Hotspur 10 (0)
1968–1970 Crystal Palace 54 (6)
1970–1971 Luton Town 32 (0)
1971–1973 Cardiff City 16 (0)
1973–? Dagenham ? (?)
Total 112 (6)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Roger E. Hoy (born 6 December 1946 in Poplar Greater London),[1] is an English, retired, professional footballer. Playing primarily as a defender, he made a total of 112 appearances in the Football League for Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace, Luton Town and Cardiff City before moving into non-league football with Dagenham.

Playing career

Early career

Hoy began his youth career at Tottenham Hotspur and went on to make 10 senior appearances for the club between 1965 and 1968.

Crystal Palace

On 26 September 1968,[1] he signed for Crystal Palace and made 26 appearances (3 goals) that season, in which Palace reached the top tier in English football for the first time.[2] Hoy began the 1969–70 season, in the top flight, as a first choice but lost his starting place to David Payne in October. However he continued to fulfil a number of roles for Palace for the rest of that season (wearing 5 differently numbered shirts) and finished with 28 appearances, scoring three times.[3]

Later career

In June 1970,[1] Hoy signed for Luton Town making 32 appearances in season 1970–71 but without scoring. In 1971 he moved on to Cardiff City where he made 16 appearances over the next two seasons, again without scoring. In 1973, Hoy moved into non-league football with Dagenham (later Dagenham and Redbridge), where he finished his career.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 328. ISBN 0907969542.
  2. Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 231. ISBN 0907969542.
  3. Mike Purkiss & Nigel Sands. Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989. p. 233. ISBN 0907969542.
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