Ivor Linton

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Ivor Linton
Personal information
Full name Ivor Linton [1]
Date of birth (1959-11-20) 20 November 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth West Bromwich, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1976–1977 Aston Villa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1982 Aston Villa 27 (0)
1982–1983 Peterborough United 27 (3)
1983–1984 Birmingham City 4 (0)
1984 Bilston Town
1984 LappBK 20 (4)
1985–1987 Kaskö IK
1988–1999 IF Kraft Narpes 243 (41)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ivor Linton (born 20 November 1959) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Aston Villa, [3] Peterborough United [4] and Birmingham City. [5] He played as a midfielder.

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Career

Linton was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire (now in the West Midlands). He joined Aston Villa as an apprentice in May 1976, and turned professional in September 1977. [6] He made his debut in the First Division on 16 May 1977, as a 17-year-old apprentice, as a substitute in a home game against Stoke City which Villa won 1–0. [7] In six years with the club he played regularly for the reserve team, and made 17 starts and 13 substitute appearances in all competitions for the first team, [1] one of which was in the first leg of the 1982 European Cup second round match against Dynamo Berlin, when he conceded a penalty with his first touch. [8] [9]

In the 1982 close season he joined Peterborough United of the Fourth Division on a free transfer. Released by the club after 27 league games, [4] he returned to the First Division by way of a trial with Birmingham City, during which he played four league games [6] and became the first black player to appear for both major Birmingham-based clubs. [9] After a spell in non-League football with Bilston Town, Linton moved to Finland where he played for Kaskö IK [10] and then for many years for Kraft Närpes. [11]

He finally retired from the game at the age of 39 and returned home to West Bromwich where he worked as an electrician, and appeared for the Villa Old Boys team. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Linton, Ivor". Aston Villa Player Database. Jörn Mårtensson. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  2. ↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 . London: Queen Anne Press. p.  54. ISBN   0362020175.
  3. ↑ "Aston Villa : 1946/47–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  4. 1 2 "Peterborough United : 1960/61–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  5. ↑ "Birmingham City : 1946/47–2007/08". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  6. 1 2 Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 107. ISBN   978-1-85983-010-9.
  7. ↑ "Ivor Linton – Aston Villa FC". Football-Heroes.net. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  8. ↑ "History: June 10". Aston Villa . Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  9. 1 2 3 Clarkson, Ian (21 October 2003). "Ivor Linton never made the impact of 'The Three Degrees' but he created a spot of history too". Professional Footballers' Association. Archived from the original on 19 February 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  10. ↑ "Statistik" (in Swedish). Kaskö IK. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  11. ↑ "sida 605 Kraftspelarnas målstatistik 1976-08 (page 605 Kraft players goal statistics 1976-08)" (in Swedish). Närpes stad (Town of Närpes). Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
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