Pat Welton

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Pat Welton
Personal information
Full name Roy Patrick Welton
Date of birth(1928-05-03)3 May 1928
Place of birth Eltham, Greenwich, England
Date of death 28 June 2010(2010-06-28) (aged 82)
Place of death Romford, London, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1949–1958 Leyton Orient 263 (0)
1958–1959 QPR 3 (0)
Managerial career
1959 St. Albans City [1]
1960 Clapton [2]
Walthamstow Avenue
1962–1964 England U-18
1968–1969 Corinthian-Casuals
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pat Welton (1928-2010) was a former football player for Leyton Orient and Queens Park Rangers.

Following his retirement from playing, he took over as manager of St. Albans City F.C. in 1959. He later worked as Keith Burkinshaw's assistant manager during his time at Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and the Bahrain national football team. [3]

As head coach of the England under-18 national football team, he won the UEFA European Under-18 Championship twice, first winning in 1963 and retaining the title in 1964.

As well as his managerial career at amateur clubs, he was also a very well liked P.E. teacher at Forest School (Walthamstow) between 1959 and 1969. [4]

Pat was a popular figure around East Greenwich where he was pub landlord at the Old Friends on Trafalgar Road in Greenwich, where he also managed his pub football team the Greenwich Old Friends to great success.

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References

  1. ↑ "Pat Welton". neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Past Managers". Clapton F.C. History. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "PAT WELTON". tottenhamhotspur.com. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Forest School Newsletter" (PDF). forest.org.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
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