John Crumplin

John Crumplin

Personal information
Full name	John Leslie Crumplin [1]
Date of birth	(1967-05-26) 26 May 1967 (age 56) [1]
Place of birth	Bath, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2]
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
	Southampton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1983–198?	Bognor Regis Town
198?–198?	Portsmouth	0	(0)
1985–1987	Bognor Regis Town
1987–1994	Brighton & Hove Albion	207	(7)
1995–1996	Woking	48	(3)
1996–1997	Crawley Town	8	(0)
	Selsey
	East Preston
	Three Bridges
	St Leonards
	Lewes
	Crawley Down
Managerial career
	Selsey
	Three Bridges
	Crawley Down
2004–2006	Ringmer
2008	Crawley Down
2008–2009	Redhill
2009–2010	Walton and Hersham
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Leslie Crumplin (born 26 May 1967) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 200 Football League appearances for Brighton & Hove Albion in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He played as a right back or on the right wing.

Career

Crumplin was born in Bath, Somerset, in 1967, and spent his early childhood in Singapore, where his soldier father was stationed, before the family settled in Walberton, West Sussex. He was on the books of Southampton as a youngster, but his progress was interrupted by a broken leg, and he joined Bognor Regis Town. After playing for Bognor's first team at 16, he spent time on the books of Portsmouth, and returned to Bognor before signing for Brighton & Hove Albion in March 1987. making his debut in a 2–1 home defeat against Ipswich Town ^[2] and supplied the cross from which Steve Gatting headed Brighton in front.^{[ citation needed ]} He took a few years to establish himself in the side, and was released at the end of the 1992–93 season, before re-signing for one final campaign in which he took his totals to 245 appearances and 9 goals, of which 207 and 7 were in league competition. ^[2]

After leaving Brighton, he played for Woking, contributing 3 goals from 48 Conference appearances as the team finished as runners-up in 1994–95 and 1995–96 as well as starting in the 1994–95 FA Trophy final. ^[3] He later played for Crawley Town, ^[4] Selsey, East Preston, Three Bridges, St Leonards, Lewes  –where he also acted as physiotherapist –and Crawley Down. ^[5]

He was player-manager of Selsey, Three Bridges, ^[6] and Crawley Down, and then managed Ringmer, Crawley Down for a second spell, ^[5] Redhill in October 2008, ^[7] and Walton and Hersham from 2009 to 2010 when he resigned for work reasons. ^[8]

Honours

Woking

• FA Trophy: 1994–95 ^[9]

References

1. "John Crumplin". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
2. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 64. ISBN   978-0-9521337-1-1.
3. Harman, John, ed. (2005). Alliance to Conference 1979–2004: The first 25 years. Tony Williams Publications. pp. 751, 759. ISBN   978-1-869833-52-7.
   Metcalf, Rupert (15 May 1995). "Football: Final thrust from Fielder". The Independent. London. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
4. "1996/97 – Southern League Premier Division". Crawley Town Football Club History. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
5. "Exclusive: Crumplin moves to Crawley Down". Crawley Observer. 29 May 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
6. "Double blow". Crawley Observer. 1 May 2002. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
7. "Crumplin takes over at Redhill". Surrey Mirror. 22 October 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014.
8. "Football: Crumplin calls it quits at Swans". Get Surrey. 16 September 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
9. Metcalf, Rupert (14 May 1995). "Football: Final thrust from Fielder". The Independent. Retrieved 25 May 2022.