Billy Lansdowne

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Billy Lansdowne
Personal information
Full name William Lansdowne [1]
Date of birth (1959-04-28) 28 April 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth Epping, England
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
0000–1978 West Ham United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1979–1981 West Ham United 9 (1)
1981–1982 Charlton Athletic 32 (4)
1982–1983 Gillingham 6 (2)
1983–1988 Kalmar FF 122 (38)
Leytonstone & Ilford
Dagenham
Anderstorp
Total169(45)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Lansdowne (born 28 April 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Active in both England and Sweden, Lansdowne scored 45 goals in 169 career league games. On 24 September 2018 he was inducted into the Kalmar FF Wall of Fame. [2] [3] [4]

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Career

Born in Epping, Essex, Lansdowne began his career with West Ham United, making his professional debut for the club on 28 April 1979. [5] Lansdowne later played for Charlton Athletic and Gillingham, and made a total of 47 appearances in the Football League for all three clubs. [6]

Lansdowne later spent six seasons with Swedish club Kalmar FF and was joint-top scorer in the Allsvenskan in 1985 with 10 goals. [7] He played in the 1987 Svenska Cupen Final, where Kalmar FF won. In September 2018, he was commemorated with a plaque at the Guldfågeln Arena. [8]

He later played for Leytonstone & Ilford, Dagenham and Anderstorp. [9]

After his retirement, he remained in Sweden and became a football commentator for TV4. He later commentated on greyhound racing for TV3. [10]

Personal life

Lansdowne's father Bill was also a professional footballer who played for West Ham United. [11] His son, Billy Jr, played for Nybro IF, IFK Berga and Lindsdals IF, in the lower levels of Swedish football. [12] [13]

Honours

Kalmar FF

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Billy Lansdowne". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Billy Lansdowne får plats på Wall of fame!". Kalmar FF. 24 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Nilsson, Jonatan (24 September 2018). "Lansdowne tar plats på Wall of Fame". Östra Småland. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Nilsson, Jonatan (24 September 2018). "Lansdowne tar plats på Wall of Fame". Barometern.
  5. ↑ "Profile". West Ham Stats.
  6. ↑ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database.
  7. 1 2 Mattsson, Peter (29 November 2018). "Sweden - List of Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  8. ↑ "Billy Lansdowne får plats på Wall of fame!" (in Swedish). Kalmar FF. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  9. ↑ Billy Lansdowne at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  10. ↑ "Tv-experterna som har slutat". Expressen (in Swedish). 17 March 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  11. ↑ Sharratt, Ben; Blows, Kirk (7 December 2012). Claret and Blue Blood: Pumping Life into West Ham United. Mainstream Publishing. p. 119. ISBN   978-1-78057-764-7.
  12. ↑ "Billy Lansdowne tar över Läckeby Goif". 24Nybro.se (in Swedish). 16 October 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  13. ↑ "Billy Lansdowne" (in Swedish). Svenska Fotbollförbundet. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  14. ↑ "Happy birthday Billy Lansdowne - The Hammers hat-trick hero who took his place in Swedish football folklore". West Ham United. 8 October 1979. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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