Dave Kemp

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Dave Kemp
Personal information
Full name David Michael Kemp
Date of birth (1953-02-20) 20 February 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth Harrow, London, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Harrow Borough
Maidenhead United
1973–1975 Slough Town 50 (41)
1975–1976 Crystal Palace 35 (10)
1976–1978 Portsmouth 64 (32)
1978–1979 Carlisle United 61 (22)
1979–1982 Plymouth Argyle 84 (39)
1981Gillingham (loan) 9 (2)
1982Brentford (loan) 3 (1)
1982 Edmonton Drillers 16 (7)
1983 Seattle Sounders 20 (9)
1983–1984 Tulsa Roughnecks (indoor) 17 (6)
1984 Chicago Sting (indoor) 8 (0)
1984 Oklahoma City Stampede 28 (24)
1984 Wimbledon 0 (0)
Total345(126)
Managerial career
1985 Hagahöjdens BK, Norrköping
1990–1992 Plymouth Argyle
1992–1993 Slough Town
2000–2001 Oxford United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Michael Kemp (born 20 February 1953) is an English former professional football player and manager. He was assistant manager at Middlesbrough.

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Playing career

Kemp began his career with Harrow Borough, subsequently playing for Maidenhead United and Slough Town before joining Crystal Palace in April 1975. He moved to Portsmouth in November 1976 and was their leading goalscorer in both the 1976–77 and 1977–78 seasons, despite not playing a full season for the club. A hugely popular player whilst at the club he even featured in Roy of the Rovers magazine photographed alongside his fictional goalscoring counterpart. [1]

During the time he played for Pompey, a song was sung in his honour, to the tune of Lily The Pink. It is a song that is still sung today (2017). Kemp's reputation as a fans' favourite was further enhanced when he was inducted into the Portsmouth Hall of Fame in April 2016. [2]

He moved to Carlisle United in March 1978, moving to Plymouth Argyle in September 1979 for a then club record fee of £75,000. He had loan spells with Gillingham (December 1981) and Brentford (March 1982), before joining NASL side Edmonton Drillers in June 1982. He spent the 1983 NASL season with Seattle Sounders and also played for San José Earthquakes before leaving the NASL in 1984 for the Oklahoma City Stampede of the short-lived United Soccer League (he accrued the 2nd-highest points total in the league).

Managerial career

Kemp then played for and was assistant manager of, Swedish side Hagahöjdens BK, Norrköping (22 matches, 14 goals). He returned to England in 1986, joining the coaching staff at Wimbledon. He was first team coach when Wimbledon won the FA Cup in 1988. [3] He later took over as manager at Plymouth Argyle in March 1990.

In July 1992, he took over as manager of Conference side Slough Town. He guided Slough to fifth place in the Conference, their highest-ever finish, but left at the end of his first season to become assistant manager at Crystal Palace under new manager Alan Smith where they won the 1993–94 League Championship (and with it promotion to the Premier League), and reached the semi-finals of the League Cup and FA Cup in the 1994–95 season. [4]

He was appointed as assistant manager of Wycombe Wanderers, again under Smith, at the start of the 1995–96 season, leaving along with Smith after a poor start to the 1996–97 season.

He then became assistant manager under John Docherty at Millwall and was later first-team coach at Wimbledon under Joe Kinnear until the summer of 1999 when he returned to Millwall as first-team coach. In December 1999, Kemp was appointed first-team coach at Portsmouth under new manager Tony Pulis.

In October 2000, he was appointed as manager of Oxford United, with Joe Kinnear as Director of Football. [5] Kinnear left to manage Luton Town in February 2001 [6] and Kemp was dismissed two months later following relegation and protests by the Oxford fans. [7] In December 2001, he was appointed as Chief Scout for Leicester City. [8] Later that month he was named as one of the best 101 players to have played for Plymouth Argyle [9] before joining Stoke City as first-team coach in August 2004, again working under Tony Pulis. Kemp left Stoke in June 2005 when Pulis was dismissed.

In September 2005, Pulis took over as manager of Plymouth Argyle and again appointed Kemp as his assistant. Kemp remained in this post under new manager Ian Holloway until August 2006. [10] In October 2006, he rejoined Stoke City as assistant manager, but became chief scout when Peter Reid was appointed as assistant manager. In July 2010, Reid left Stoke to become manager at Plymouth and Pulis again appointed Kemp as his assistant. [11] Kemp remained as assistant to Pulis as Stoke earned automatic promotion to the Premier League in 2008. [12] Stoke established themselves as a Premier League outfit during Kemp's time as assistant and finished as runners-up in the 2011 FA Cup. [13] He left Stoke at the end of the 2012–13 season. [14] He followed Pulis to Crystal Palace in January 2014 and then West Bromwich Albion in January 2015. [15] [16] Kemp left his position as Albion's Assistant Head Coach at the end of the 2016–17 season and retired from football after spending more than 40 years in the game. [17] After a short break Kemp returned to football with Middlesbrough. [18]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [19]
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOther [lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Crystal Palace 1974–75 Third Division 1000000010
1975–76 Third Division3094232003714
1976–77 Third Division4100220062
Total35104254004416
Portsmouth 1976–77 Third Division31162100003317
1977–78 Third Division33163253004121
Total64325353007438
Carlisle United 1977–78 Third Division134000000134
1978–79 Third Division45183221005021
1979–80 Third Division3000210051
Total61223242006826
Plymouth Argyle 1979–80 Third Division29150000002915
1980–81 Third Division46243321005128
1981–82 Third Division90003131152
Total84393352319545
Gillingham (loan) 1981–82 Third Division92210000113
Brentford (loan) 1981–82 Third Division3100000031
Edmonton Drillers 1982 NASL 167167
Seattle Sounders 1983 NASL209209
Wimbledon 1984–85 Second Division0000100010
Career total2921221711201131332145

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