Micky Droy

Micky Droy

Personal information
Full name	Michael Robert Droy [1]
Date of birth	(1951-05-07) 7 May 1951 (age 72)
Place of birth	Highbury, London, England
Position(s)	Central defender
Youth career
	Arsenal
	Hoddesdon Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Slough Town
1970–1985	Chelsea	272	(13)
1984	→ Luton Town (loan)	2	(0)
1985–1986	Crystal Palace	49	(7)
1986–1987	Brentford	19	(3)
1987–1988	Dulwich Hamlet
1988–1991	Kingstonian
Managerial career
1994–1995	Kingstonian
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Micky Droy (born 7 May 1951 in Highbury, London) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League during the 1970s and 1980s, spending 15 years with Chelsea but also playing for Luton Town, Crystal Palace and Brentford. ^[2]

Playing career

Droy was a tall and generally uncompromising defender. He played for Chelsea during a particularly turbulent period of the club's history, and was a part of the sides which were relegated to the Second Division in 1974–75, promoted back to the First Division in 1976–77, relegated again in 1978–79 and then promoted again in 1983–84. ^[3] A feature on The Times' website summed him up as "six feet four inches of hard-core centre back, who had an unsentimental way with a headed clearance and who, from 1971, gave 15 years of no-nonsense service to a mortifyingly declining side." ^[4] He was Chelsea's Player of the Year in 1978. ^[5]

After a brief loan spell with Luton Town, Droy left Chelsea in March 1985, joined Crystal Palace on a free transfer, ^[6] then joined Brentford, before moving back to non-league football initially with Dulwich Hamlet and then for several years with Kingstonian, ^{[2] [7]} where he was appointed assistant manager in September 1994, ^[8] before being appointed manager later in the month. Droy was removed from his post on 7 January 1995. ^[9] Droy later played for Chelmsford Sunday League club Priory Sports under Garry Hill, alongside former internationals Alan Brazil and Paul Parker. ^[10]

Post-playing career

He ran a successful electrical business and moved to Florida. ^{[8] [11]}

References

1. "Micky Droy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
2. "Micky Droy". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
3. "Micky Droy Chelsea FC". Football Heroes. Sporting Heroes Collection. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
4. Smith, Giles (18 August 2009). "Top 50 Chelsea players". The Times. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
5. "Lamps Is Player Of The Year". Chelsea F.C. 22 April 2009. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
6. Chelsea Football Club The Full Statistical Story 1905–1986 by Scott Cheshire and Ron Hockings ISBN   0-9511640-0-7
7. Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 282. ISBN   0-356-17911-7.
8. Longmore, Andrew (14 November 1994). "Brady bows as paupers turn kings for a day" (reprint). The Times. Newsbank. p. 26. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
9. Official Matchday Magazine Of Brentford Football Club versus Preston North End 25/09/99. Blackheath: Morganprint. 1999. p. 41.
10. Parker, Paul (2013). Tackles Like a Ferret. Pitch Publishing. ISBN   978-1909178434.
11. Slot, Owen (29 April 2005). "Chelsea's old foot soldiers stay proudly in the ranks". The Times. Retrieved 22 October 2009.

External links

• Micky Droy at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database