Ray Evans (footballer, born 1949)

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Ray Evans
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Evans (right) playing for Tottenham Hotspur in 1974
Personal information
Full name Raymond Leslie Evans [1]
Date of birth (1949-09-20) 20 September 1949 (age 74) [1]
Place of birth Edmonton, London, England [1]
Position(s) Full-back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1967–1974 Tottenham Hotspur 134 (2)
1975–1976 Millwall 74 (3)
1977 St. Louis Stars 18 (0)
1977–1978 Fulham 86 (6)
1978 California Surf 24 (1)
1979–1982 Stoke City 94 (1)
1982–1983 Seattle Sounders 60 (15)
1983–1986 Tacoma Stars (indoor) 85 (24)
1989 Seattle Storm
Total575(52)
Managerial career
Tacoma Stars (assistant)
2000–2001 Columbia Basin College
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raymond Leslie"Ray"Evans (born 20 September 1949) is an English former professional footballer who played as a full-back. He played for Tottenham Hotspur, Millwall, Fulham and Stoke City. [1] He also played for a number of clubs in the United States.

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Career

Evans was born in Edmonton, London and joined Tottenham Hotspur as an apprentice in May 1965, and signed as a full professional in 1967, making his league debut in March 1969 at Arsenal. He made 181 appearances, including four as substitute, in all competitions for the club from 1969 to 1974 and scored two goals. [2] Evans featured in both legs of the 1974 UEFA Cup final against Feyenoord with Spurs losing 4–2 on aggregate.

He joined Millwall for a fee of £35,000 in January 1975. He helped the Lions win promotion to the Second Division in the 1975–76 season and made 91 appearances for the club in three seasons. During the summer of 1977, Evans played for the St. Louis Stars of the North American Soccer League. He transferred to Fulham in March 1977, where he played 91 for the West London side as they posted three seasons of mid-table form in the Second Division. In 1978, he returned to the United States, where he played for the California Surf. He was selected for the First Team All-Star team in 1978. [3] In August 1979, he returned to England and signed for Stoke City. [1] He played 44 times for Stoke in the 1979–80 season, scoring a penalty against Aston Villa. [1] He played in 36 matches in the 1980–81 season and 26 times in the 1981–82 season. He returned to the United States again, after making 106 appearances for the Potters. [1]

In 1982, he moved permanently to the United States, when he signed with the Seattle Sounders for two seasons. [4] [5] In the autumn of 1983, he moved to the newly established Tacoma Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He would play three seasons for Tacoma, before announcing his retirement in May 1986. [6] In 1989, he came out of retirement to play one season in the Western Soccer Alliance with the Seattle Storm. [7]

Coaching career

While with the Tacoma Stars, Evans also served as an assistant coach. He spent two seasons coaching the soccer team of Columbia Basin College in Washington. [8] He has also been a coach of the Three Rivers Soccer Club. [9]

Career statistics

Source: [10]

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Tottenham Hotspur 1968–69 First Division 6000000060
1969–70 First Division160000000160
1970–71 First Division7000000070
1971–72 First Division220405060370
1972–73 First Division220206081381
1973–74 First Division4021010111533
1974–75 First Division210001000220
Total1342701302521794
Millwall 1974–75 Second Division 131000000131
1975–76 Third Division 321502000391
1976–77 Second Division291109300394
Total7436011300916
St. Louis Stars 1977 NASL 180———180
Fulham 1976–77 Second Division120000000120
1977–78 Second Division394102000424
1978–79 Second Division352200000372
Total866302000916
California Surf 1978 NASL 241———241
Stoke City 1979–80 First Division401103000441
1980–81 First Division320202000360
1981–82 First Division220102100251
Total9414071001052
Seattle Sounders 1982 NASL 3110———3110
1983 NASL 295———295
Total6015———6015
Career Total4902820033425256834

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur
Millwall

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN   0-9524151-0-0.
  2. ↑ Hugman, B. J. (Ed) The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005 (2005) p198 ISBN   1-85291-665-6 Retrieved 17 August 2008
  3. ↑ The Year in American Soccer – 1978
  4. ↑ 1982 Seattle Sounders stats
  5. ↑ 1983 Seattle Sounders stats
  6. ↑ STARS' RAY EVANS ENDING HIS 21-YEAR PRO SOCCER CAREER Seattle Post-Intelligencer – Friday, 2 May 1986
  7. ↑ 1989 Seattle Storm
  8. ↑ Where are they now? Retrieved 18 August 2008
  9. ↑ Gaschk, Matt (17 July 2014). "Former Seattle and Tottenham defender Ray Evans eager to attend Saturday's friendly". soundersfc.com. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  10. ↑ Ray Evans at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  11. ↑ "uefa cup - 1972". mehstg.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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