Barry David Lloyd (born 19 February 1949) is an English retired professional
footballer
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and
manager
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. As a player, he most notably played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
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
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and
Chelsea
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. After his retirement as a player, Lloyd managed
Brighton & Hove Albion
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and non-League clubs
Worthing
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and
Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to:
* Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset
* Yeovil Town L.F.C.
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.
Playing career
A
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
, Lloyd began his senior career at
First Division club
Chelsea
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Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
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.
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.
Lloyd made 286 appearances and scored 30 goals during seasons at
Craven Cottage
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and
captained the club to promotion from the
Third Division in the
1970–71 season.
He was an unused substitute during the 2–0
1975 FA Cup Final
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defeat to
West Ham United
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.
Lloyd wound down his career with spells at
Hereford United
Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'Th ...
,
Brentford and
Houston Hurricane
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History
The team was the last of six expansion t ...
, before retiring in 1978.
Management career
Yeovil Town
Lloyd began his management career at
Southern League Premier Division club
Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to:
* Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset
* Yeovil Town L.F.C.
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in August 1978.
During the
1978–79 season, he oversaw a mid-table finish and won the
Somerset Premier Cup
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According to the current rules of the competition, to enter clubs first affiliation must be with the Somerset C ...
.
The Glovers were transferred to the new
Alliance Premier League
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for the
1979–80 season and with the club's league form mixed, he was sacked in January 1981.
Worthing
Lloyd joined
Isthmian League Second Division club
Worthing
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in 1981 and won a double-promotion in his first two seasons in charge,
with top-spot finishes in the Second and First Divisions respectively elevating the club to the Premier Division for the
1983–84 season.
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.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Lloyd returned to the
Football League when he joined
Second Division
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club
Brighton & Hove Albion
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as assistant to manager
Alan Mullery
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in 1986.
After Mullery was sacked in January 1987, 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.
In his first full season as manager, Lloyd won immediate promotion back to the Second Division with a runners-up finish,
largely thanks to 32-goal forward
Garry Nelson
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.
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
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.
One year later, Albion suffered relegation back to the third-tier and the club was in a financial crisis after years of over-spending.
A 9th-place finish followed at the end of the
1992–93
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season and Lloyd resigned in December 1993.
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.
He achieved two mid-tables finishes before being sacked in July 2003.
Other roles
Lloyd began taking his
coaching
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badges while a 17-year-old at Chelsea.
From 1993 to 2001 and 2001 to 2007 he worked for various clubs in differing roles, before returning to Brighton & Hove Albion as chief
scout in September 2007.
Career statistics
Honours
As a player
Fulham
*
Football League Third Division
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second-place promotion:
1970–71
Brentford
*
Football League Fourth Division fourth-place promotion:
1977–78
As a manager
Brighton & Hove Albion
* Football League Third Division second-place promotion:
1987–88
Worthing
*
Isthmian League First Division:
1982–83
* Isthmian League Second Division:
1981–82
Yeovil Town
*
Somerset Premier Cup
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According to the current rules of the competition, to enter clubs first affiliation must be with the Somerset C ...
: 1978–79
References
External links
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1949 births
Living people
Brentford F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. managers
Chelsea F.C. players
English men's footballers
English football managers
Fulham F.C. players
Hereford United F.C. players
Footballers from Uxbridge
Yeovil Town F.C. managers
English Football League players
Men's association football midfielders
English Football League managers
North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players
Houston Hurricane players
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Isthmian League managers
National League (English football) managers
Sunderland A.F.C. non-playing staff
English expatriate men's footballers
Southern Football League managers
Worthing F.C. managers