Kenny Swain

Kenny Swain

Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Swain
Date of birth	(1952-01-28) 28 January 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Birkenhead, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1]
Position(s)	Full back, midfielder, striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973	Wycombe Wanderers	6	(1)
1973–1978	Chelsea	119	(26)
1978–1982	Aston Villa	148	(2)
1982–1985	Nottingham Forest	112	(2)
1985–1988	Portsmouth	113	(0)
1987–1988	→ West Bromwich Albion (loan)	7	(1)
1988–1992	Crewe Alexandra	126	(1)
Total		631	(33)
Managerial career
1993–1994	Wigan Athletic
1996–1997	Grimsby Town (caretaker)
2004–2014	England U16
2012–2013	England U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Swain (born 28 January 1952) is an English former footballer who played in numerous positions, including striker, midfielder and full back.

Playing career

Swain began his professional career with Londoners Chelsea, signing from Wycombe Wanderers in the summer of 1973. As he had been a non-contract player with Wycombe, having joined them from college football, his signing-on fee was just £500. He made his League debut for Chelsea in 1974. His most successful season with the club came in 1976–77, when his strike partnership with Steve Finnieston helped Eddie McCreadie's young side win promotion back to the First Division. He remained with Chelsea until 1979, when they were relegated, and then signed for Aston Villa for £100,000.

With Villa, Swain was switched to full-back and was a part of the team which won the league championship and European Cup in consecutive seasons. He left Villa in 1982 and had spells with Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth and finally Crewe Alexandra. He achieved success later in his career, adding to the league title and European Cup winner's medals at Aston Villa with a Second Division runners-up medal at Portsmouth in 1987, and achieving promotion in third place with Crewe from the Fourth Division in 1989.

Managerial career

Following his retirement, he moved into management, with stints at Grimsby Town and Wigan Athletic. He also managed the England under-16s for a decade between 2004–2014 and was as an assistant coach for the England national under-17 football team between 2012 and 2013.

Personal life

Between 2002 and 2004, Swain was Director of Football at Thomas Telford School.

Managerial statistics

As of 21 April 2014 ^[2]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Wigan Athletic	28 May 1993	2 September 1994	53	14	12	27	026.42
Grimsby Town(caretaker)	15 November 1996	21 May 1997	30	8	9	13	026.67
England U16	7 April 2004	21 April 2014	94	58	21	15	061.70
England U17	2 February 2012	10 August 2013	11	6	4	1	054.55
Total			188	86	46	56	045.74

Honours

Aston Villa

• Football League First Division: 1980–81
• FA Charity Shield: 1981 (shared) ^[3]
• European Cup: 1981–82

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 1980–81 First Division, ^[4] 1981–82 First Division ^[5]

References

1. Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 . London: Queen Anne Press. p.  54. ISBN   0362020175.
2. "Kenny Swain". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
3. "1981/82 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
4. Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 143.
5. Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 144.

● Playfair football annuals 1974–75 to 1992–93

External links

• Kenny Swain management career statistics at Soccerbase