Bill Roffey
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Robert Roffey | ||
| Date of birth | 6 February 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Stepney, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1971 | Crystal Palace | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1971–1973 | Crystal Palace | 24 | (0) |
| 1973–1984 | Leyton Orient | 328 | (8) |
| 1983–1984 | → Brentford (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 1984–1986 | Millwall | 37 | (2) |
| 1988 | Barnet | 1 | (0) |
| 1988–1991 | Leixões | ||
| 1991–1992 | Margate | 38 | (3) |
| 1992–1994 | Canterbury City | ||
| 1994–1995 | Margate | 35 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Tonbridge Angels | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1994 | Canterbury City (Player-manager) | ||
| 1994–1995 | Margate (Player-manager) | ||
| 1995–1997 | Tonbridge Angels (Player-manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William Robert Roffey (6 February 1954)[2] is an English former footballer, who played as a defender.
League career
Roffey was born
Football League career at Millwall, for whom he made 37 appearances over the next two seasons scoring twice. Roffey made a total of 401 league appearances between 1972 and 1986.[4]
Later career
Roffey then had a spell away from football before moving into
non-league football with Barnet in 1988, (two appearances).[3][5] He then spent three seasons with Leixões of Portugal before retiring at the end of the 1990–91 season.[3] However, in 1991, Roffey joined former Leyton Orient playing colleague, Tommy Taylor, then manager at Margate, and went on to make 38 appearances in season 1991–92, scoring three times.[3] For 1992–93, Roffey joined Canterbury City where he stayed until 1994 including a brief stint as player-manager.[3] He then returned to Margate as manager but despite having retired after leaving Canterbury City, continued as a player, making 35 appearances in season 1994–95, without scoring.[3] In 1995 Roffey moved to Tonbridge Angels where he initially worked as assistant-manager alongside Phil Emblem. However, during the season, Roffey replaced Emblem as manager and also made playing appearances, mainly as a substitute. Roffey continued to serve Tonbridge as manager until October 1997 when he resigned and ended his involvement with football.[3]
References
- ISBN 978-0-362-00259-1.
- ^ ISBN 0907969542.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Bill Roffey". www.margatefchistory. 1 November 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ISBN 0-600-37318-5.
- ^ "Bill Roffey". Downhill Second Half – A Barnet FC Archive. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
External links
- Bill Roffey at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Bill Roffey profile at Margate F.C. history at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-11-01)
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