Billy Humphries

Billy Humphries
Personal information
Full name	William M. Humphries
Date of birth	8 June 1936
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Playing position	Outside/inside-right
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
?-1951	East Belfast
1951-1955	Glentoran
1955-1958	Ards
1958-1959	Leeds United	25	(2)
1959-1962	Ards
1962-1964/5	Coventry City	109	(24)
1964/5-1968	Swansea Town	141	(22)
1968-76	Ards
National team
1962-1965	Northern Ireland	14	(1)
Teams managed
1970–1978	Ards
1980–1982	Ards
1983–1985	Bangor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Billy Humphries was a Northern Irish footballer who played in the Irish League with Glentoran and Ards, and in England with Leeds United, Coventry City and Swansea Town in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He won 14 international cap for Northern Ireland. He also won three amateur caps for Northern Ireland and twelves caps for the Irish League representative team.

He was a member of Ards' first and only League championship team in 1957-58. He signed for Leeds United in September 1958, but, not having settled, he returned home to Ards in November 1959. During his second spell at Ards he won his first international cap in April 1962 against Wales. The international appearance brought Humphries to the attention of Jimmy Hill, the Coventry manager, who paid Ards a £14,000 transfer fee a week after the match in Wales. Humphries ended up with fourteen international caps. Humphries won the Third Division title with Coventry in 1963-64, scoring ten goals. During the following season he moved to Second Division Swansea Town, but ended up relegated at the end of the season, and relegated again to the Fourth Division in 1967.

He was released by Swansea in June 1968, and returned to Northern Ireland for his third spell at Ards. He won the Irish Cup in 1969 and was named as Ulster Footballer of the Year for 1969-70 and again for 1971-72. He was also the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Player of the Year for 1971-72. Player-manager from 1970, he was a member of Ards' four-trophy-winning team in 1973-74, winning Irish Cup, Ulster Cup, Gold Cup and Blaxnit Cup medals. He retired as a player in 1976, aged 39, but served as Ards manager until 1978, and again from 1980-82. He then managed Bangor from 1983-85.

Honours

Irish League championship: 1957-58
Football League Third Division championship: 1963-64
Welsh Cup winner: 1965-66
Irish Cup winner: 1968-69, 1973–74
Ulster Footballer of the Year: 1969-70, 1971–72
Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year: 1971-72.
County Antrim Shield winner: 1971-72
Ulster Cup winner: 1973-74
Gold Cup winner: 1973-74

Sources

M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009-2010, p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications
Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
Billy Humphries at National-Football-Teams.com

Bangor F.C – managers

Stevenson (1920–??)
Clennell (??–??)
Jones (??–1938)
Wright (??–??)
McDevitt (??–??)
Wylie (??–??)
Duff (??–??)
Green (??–??)
Hyde (??–??)
McKenzie (??–??)
Duffy (??–??)
Smyth (1955–??)
Hanna (??–??)
McDermott (1962–1964)
Tully (1964–1965)
McGuickan (1965–1968)
Hickson (1968)
Tully (1968–1971)
McMichael (1971–1972)
Bertie Neill (1972–??)
Billy Neill (??–??)
Emery (??–??)
Johnston (??–??)
Bertie Neill (??–??)
Halliday (??–??)
Humphries (1983–1985)
McQuillan (1985–1988)
Flanagan (1988–1992)
Best (1992–1994)
Collins (1994–1995)
Malone (1995)
Dougan & Dunlop (1995–1996)
McBride (1996–1997)
McCurdy (1997)
Chisholm (1997)
Campbell (1997–1999)
Fraser (1999–2001)
Doherty (2001–2003)
Halliday (2003–2005)
Dunlop (2005–2007)
Millar (2007–2008)
Quinn (2008–2009)
McCurdy (2009–2010)
Wilson (2010–2013)
Scates (2013–)

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