Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kevin Francis Tully [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 18 December 1952||
Place of birth | Manchester, England [1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Prestwich Heys | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1972–1973 | Blackpool | 11 | (0) |
1973–1975 | Cambridge United | 44 | (8) |
1975–1978 | Crewe Alexandra | 86 | (4) |
1978–1980 | Port Vale | 13 | (2) |
1980 | Chorley | ||
1980–1981 | Bury | 10 | (1) |
1981–1983 | Barrow | ||
1983–1985 | Witton Albion | ||
Total | 164+ | (15+) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kevin Francis Tully (born 18 December 1952) is an English former footballer. A left winger, he made 164 league appearances in a nine-year career in the Football League.
He began his career with non-League Prestwich Heys, before signing with Blackpool in 1972. He transferred to Cambridge United the following year, before joining Crewe Alexandra in 1975. After three seasons with the "Railwaymen" he was traded to Port Vale in a player-exchange deal in October 1978. He left the club in February 1980, and then joined Bury via Chorley, before heading into non-League football with Barrow and Witton Albion in 1981.
Tully began his career with Prestwich Heys. In 1972, he joined a then-managerless Blackpool, for whom he went on to make eleven Second Division appearances. He made his debut for the club on Boxing Day, in a 2–1 defeat at Lancashire neighbours Burnley, and went on to make a further four starts and one substitute appearance before the end of the 1972–73 campaign. [3] Under Harry Potts, who was installed as manager at Bloomfield Road in the latter stages of the previous season, Tully started the first five league games of 1973–74, before leaving to join Cambridge United. [3] United were relegated out of the Third Division at the end of the season under the management of Bill Leivers. Ron Atkinson then took charge at Abbey Stadium, and the club went on to finish sixth in the Fourth Division in 1974–75, just two places and three points behind the promotion places.
Tully joined Crewe Alexandra for the 1975–76 campaign, as the "Railwaymen" finished just three points above the Football League's re-election zone. Crewe rose to 12th in 1976–77 and then 15th in 1977–78 under the stewardship of Harry Gregg. He left Gresty Road soon after Warwick Rimmer was appointed manager, and joined Dennis Butler's Port Vale in exchange for Neil Wilkinson and £3,000 in October 1978. [1] He featured nine times in 1978–79, scoring once in a 3–0 win over Halifax Town on 14 October. [1] He played just seven games for the "Valiants" in 1979–80, before having his contract cancelled at Vale Park "by mutual consent" by new boss John McGrath in February 1980. [1] He moved into Cheshire County League football with Chorley, before returning to the Fourth Division with Jim Iley's Bury in 1980–81. He played ten games for the "Shakers" before leaving Gigg Lane and returning to the non-League scene with Barrow (Alliance Premier League) and Witton Albion (Northern Premier League). He made nine starts and three substitute appearances for Witton in the 1983–84 season and featured three times in the 1984–85 campaign. [4] [5]
Source: [6]
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Blackpool | 1972–73 | Second Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
1973–74 | Second Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
Cambridge United | 1974–75 | Fourth Division | 38 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 7 |
1975–76 | Fourth Division | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
Total | 44 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 8 | ||
Crewe Alexandra | 1975–76 | Fourth Division | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
1976–77 | Fourth Division | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | |
1977–78 | Fourth Division | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
1978–79 | Fourth Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 86 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 94 | 4 | ||
Port Vale | 1978–79 | Fourth Division | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
1979–80 | Fourth Division | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
Total | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
Bury | 1980–81 | Fourth Division | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 |
Career total | 164 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 182 | 15 |
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