Leslie Graham (footballer)

Leslie Graham
Personal information
Full name	Leslie Graham
Date of birth	14 May 1924
Place of birth	Flixton, Lancashire, England
Date of death	1998 (aged 73–74)
Playing position	Inside forward
Youth career
	Flixton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1947–1952	Blackburn Rovers	150	(42)
1952–1955	Newport County	96	(39)
1955–1957	Watford	90	(26)
1957–1959	Newport County	64	(15)
	Cambridge City
Total		400	(122)
Teams managed
1967-1969	Newport County
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Leslie 'Les' Graham (14 May 1924 in Flixton – 1998) was an English professional footballer and manager.

An inside-forward, Graham began his career at Blackburn Rovers where he made 150 Football League appearances. He joined Newport County in 1952 and made 96 appearances, scoring 39 goals. Graham joined Watford in 1955 but later returned to Newport in 1957 making a further 64 appearances, scoring 15 goals. In 1959 he joined Cambridge City.^[1]

In 1967 he was appointed Manager of Newport County and he retained the position until 1969.

References

↑ Newport County A-Z of transfers

External links

Neil Brown profile

Newport County A.F.C. – managers

McDougall^p (1912–13)
Hollis (1913–17)
Parkes (1919–22)
Hindmarsh (1922–35)
Page (1935–37)
McCandless (1937–46)
Bromilow (1946–50)
Stansfield (1950–53)
Lucas (1953–61)
Evans (1961–62)
Lucas (1962–67)
Graham (1967–69)
Ferguson (1969–70)
Lucas (1970–74)
B. Harris (1974–75)
Elliott^p (1975–76)
Scoular (1976–77)
Addison (1977–78)
Ashurst (1978–82)
Addison (1982–85)
Smith (1985–86)
Relish^p (1986)
Mullen (1986–87)
Lewis^p (1987)
Eastick (1987–88)
Williams (1988)
May (1988)
Mahoney (1988–89)
Relish (1989–93)
Rogers (1993–96)
Price (1996–97)
T. Harris (1997–2002)
Nicholas (2002–04)
Cornforth (2004–05)
Jones^c (2005)
Beadle (2005–08)
Holdsworth (2008–11)
T. Harris^c (2011)
Hudson (2011)
Harrison^c (2011)
Edinburgh (2011–15)
Dack^c (2015)
Butcher (2015)
Sheridan (2015–16)
Feeney (2016–)

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