Charlie Henry (footballer, born 1962)

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Charlie Henry
Personal information
Full name Charles Anthony Henry [1]
Date of birth (1962-02-13) 13 February 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth Acton, London, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [2]
Position(s) Full back / Attacking midfielder
Youth career
– Swindon Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1989 Swindon Town 223 (26)
1987 → Torquay United (loan) 6 (1)
1987 → Northampton Town (loan) 4 (1)
1989–1992 Aldershot 81 (18)
– Cheltenham Town
– Fairford Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Charles Anthony Henry (born 13 February 1962) is an English former professional footballer, born in Acton, London, who played in the Football League for Swindon Town, Torquay United, Northampton Town and Aldershot. [3]

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Career

Henry began his career as an apprentice with Swindon Town, turning professional in February 1980. [1] He made his league debut as a second-half substitute for Brian Hughes, against Reading at Elm Park on 30 August 1980. [4]

Originally a full-back, Henry was converted into an attacking central midfielder by Swindon manager Lou Macari, and went to score 27 goals for the "Robins" in 269 games. He was the top goalscorer in the Fourth Division championship-winning side in the 1984–85 season, but fell out of favour and joined Torquay United on loan in February 1987, [1] playing six games as Stuart Morgan's side battled against relegation with little money for new signings.

He joined Northampton Town on loan the following month, [1] but returned to Swindon and played in the play-off final at the end of the season, scoring from 20 yards against Gillingham as Swindon won promotion to the Second Division. [5]

He left the County Ground before the 1989–90 season, joining Aldershot for a fee of £25,000. [6] He scored 18 times in 81 league games over the following two seasons, and a further 2 goals from 35 games which were expunged from his record as Aldershot's financial problems saw them fail to complete the 1991–92 season. [7] He later played non-league football for Cheltenham Town [1] and Fairford Town.

Henry's son Leigh was on Swindon's books as a youngster, [8] but the closest he came to League football was as an unused substitute; [9] he went on to join non-league club Swindon Supermarine. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Player Profile Charlie Henry". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  2. ↑ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 360. ISBN   978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ↑ "Charlie Henry". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  4. ↑ "All of Henry's matches in the 1980–1981 season". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  5. ↑ "Through The Decades". Swindon Town F.C. 20 June 2007. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  6. ↑ "Aldershot FC Records". Aldershot Football Club 1926–1992. Mark Elliott. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  7. ↑ "Aldershot Town : 1946/47–1991/92 & 2008/09 (formerly known as Aldershot)". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  8. ↑ "Rhys ready to return". BBC Wiltshire. 2 December 2005. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  9. ↑ "Rotherham United 0 – 1 Swindon Town". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  10. ↑ "Leigh Henry". Swindon Supermarine F.C. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
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