Keith Dyson (born 10 February 1950) is an English former professional
footballer. He played as a
forward.
Dyson began his career with
Newcastle United
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, that plays in the Premier League – the top flight of English football. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End ...
in 1968. In three years at
St James' Park, he made 76 league appearances and scored 22 goals.
In October 1971, he joined
Blackpool
Blackpool is a seaside resort in Lancashire, England. Located on the North West England, northwest coast of England, it is the main settlement within the Borough of Blackpool, borough also called Blackpool. The town is by the Irish Sea, betw ...
in a deal that took
Tony Green to
Tyneside for a then-club record fee. Dyson went on to score thirty goals in 94 appearances during his five-year
Bloomfield Road career. He was advised to retire from the professional game as a result of a knee injury.
[Calley, Roy. ''Blackpool F.C.: A Complete Record 1887-1992''. Breedon Books Sport. ]
His final club was
Lancaster City, though after playing his testimonial game, he went to America on holiday in the summer of 1978 and met up with friend
Jackie Mudie
John Knight Mudie (10 April 1930 – 2 March 1992) was a Scottish international footballer who played as a forward. He won seventeen caps for his country, helping the Scotland national team to qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
Startin ...
. The former Blackpool great was coaching the
Cleveland Cobras and convinced Dyson to play for the second half of the season with remarkable results.
He returned to the UK and managed
Lancaster City between 1979 and 1982.
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1950 births
Living people
Footballers from Consett
English men's footballers
England men's under-23 international footballers
Newcastle United F.C. players
Blackpool F.C. players
Lancaster City F.C. players
American Soccer League (1933–1983) players
Cleveland Cobras players
Lancaster City F.C. managers
Men's association football forwards
English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
English expatriate men's footballers
English football managers
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