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Ken Goodeve
Kenneth George Alfred Goodeve (born 3 September 1950) is an English former professional association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender in the English Football League, Football League for Luton Town F.C., Luton Town, Brighton & Hove Albion and Watford F.C., Watford. He began his career with Manchester United but never played for the first team, and spent many years in non-league football. Life and career Goodeve was born in 1950 in Manchester. He joined Manchester United as a schoolboy in 1965 and turned professional two years later, but despite captaining their youth team, he did not progress to the first team. In April 1970, Goodeve joined Football League Second Division, Second Division club Luton Town F.C., Luton Town as part of a £35,000 deal that also took Don Givens, Jimmy Ryan (footballer, born 1945), Jimmy Ryan and Peter Woods (footballer), Peter Woods to the club. He made only 15 league appearances in a three-and-a-half-year s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The two cities and the surrounding towns form one of the United Kingdom's most populous conurbations, the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which has a population of 2.87 million. The history of Manchester began with the civilian settlement associated with the Roman fort ('' castra'') of ''Mamucium'' or ''Mancunium'', established in about AD 79 on a sandstone bluff near the confluence of the rivers Medlock and Irwell. Historically part of Lancashire, areas of Cheshire south of the River Mersey were incorporated into Manchester in the 20th century, including Wythenshawe in 1931. Throughout the Middle Ages Manchester remained a manorial township, but began to expand "at an astonishing rate" around the turn of the 19th century. Manchest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
