Terry Johnson (footballer)

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Terry Johnson
Personal information
Full name Terence Johnson [1]
Date of birth (1949-08-30) 30 August 1949 (age 74)
Place of birth Benton, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Longbenton Juniors
1967–1969 Newcastle United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1969–1971 Newcastle United 0 (0)
1969 → Darlington (loan) 4 (1)
1971–1974 Southend United 158 (35)
1974–1977 Brentford 101 (27)
1977–1982 Blyth Spartans
1982– Bedlington Terriers
0000–1983 Blyth Spartans
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Terence Johnson (born 30 August 1949) is an English retired professional football forward who made 263 appearances in the Football League for Darlington, Southend United and Brentford. He is a member of the Blyth Spartans Hall of Fame.

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Playing career

Newcastle United

A forward, Johnson began his career as a junior with hometown club Newcastle United. [2] He was a prolific scorer for the club's youth and reserve teams, bagging nearly 50 goals. [3] He looked set to make his senior debut for the club in a Inter-Cities Fairs Cup third round first leg match away to Real Zaragoza on New Year's Day 1969, but passport issues prevented him from travelling with the squad. [4] Johnson failed to make an appearance for Newcastle United and departed the club in January 1971. [3]

Darlington (loan)

With a lack of first team opportunities available at Newcastle, Johnson joined Fourth Division club Darlington on loan in November 1969. [1] He made four league appearances and scored one goal for the Quakers. [1]

Southend United

Johnson signed for Fourth Division club Southend United in January 1971, for a £7,000 fee. [3] He scored 8 goals in 21 games during the remainder of the 1970–71 season. [3] Johnson was a virtual ever-present for the next three seasons and helped the club to promotion to the Third Division in the 1971–72 season. [4] He won the club's Player of the Year award for his performances in the 1972–73 season. [5] He departed the Shrimpers in November 1974, after making 170 appearances and scoring 38 goals. [3]

Brentford

Johnson signed for Fourth Division club Brentford in November 1974 for a £15,000 fee. [6] He made 110 appearances for the Bees and scored 30 goals before problems with homesickness saw him quit Griffin Park at the end of the 1976–77 season. [7]

Blyth Spartans

Johnson ended his career with a spell at Northern League club Blyth Spartans. [7] During the 1977–78 season, he was a part of the squad which won a hat-trick of cups and took Fourth Division club Wrexham to a replay in the fifth round of the FA Cup, [4] a match played at St James' Park. [7] Despite retiring due to injury in January 1980, Johnson returned to the club a matter of months later and finished the 1979–80 season with a Northern League winner's medal. [4] The 1980–81 and 1981–82 seasons brought two more Northern League championships and a number of minor cup wins before his departure during the 1982 off-season. [4] After spell with Northern League Second Division club Bedlington Terriers during the first half of the 1982–83 season, Johnson returned to Blyth Spartans and helped the club to another First Division title prior to his retirement at the end of the campaign. [4] Johnson was later inducted into the club's Hall of Fame. [8]

Honours

Southend United

Blyth Spartans

Individual

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Southend United Total15835626117038
Brentford 1974–75 [11] Fourth Division 28820—308
1975–76 [11] 461142215314
1976–77 [11] 2781000288
Total10127722111030
Career total259621348228068

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References

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  2. ↑ MacKenzie, Niall. "The Unlikely Lads – J". nufc.com. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Player Profile". SUFCdb. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Green & White Cult Heroes – Terry Johnson". Blyth Spartans AFC – making history since 1899. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  5. 1 2 Miles, Peter. "Award-Winning Shrimpers". The Itinerant Football Watcher. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 273. ISBN   978-1906796709.
  7. 1 2 3 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 88. ISBN   978-0955294914.
  8. 1 2 "Hall of Fame". Blyth Spartans AFC. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Southend United F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  10. ↑ Blyth Spartans A.F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  11. 1 2 3 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 393–394. ISBN   0951526200.
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