Billy Humphries
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William McCauley Humphries[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1936 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Position(s) |
Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ?–1951 | East Belfast | ||
| 1951–1955 | Glentoran | ||
| 1955–1958 | Ards | ||
| 1958–1959 | Leeds United | 25 | (2) |
| 1959–1962 | Ards | ||
| 1962–1964/5 | Coventry City | 109 | (24) |
| 1964/5–1968 |
Swansea Town | 141 | (22) |
| 1968–76 | Ards | ||
| International career | |||
| 1962–1965 | Northern Ireland | 14 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1970–1978 | Ards | ||
| 1980–1982 | Ards | ||
| 1983–1985 | Bangor | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William McCauley Humphries (born 8 June 1936), known as Billy Humphries, was a Northern Irish
Swansea Town in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He won 14 international cap for Northern Ireland. He also won three amateur caps for Northern Ireland and twelves caps for the Irish League representative team
.
Career
Humphries was a member of
Swansea Town
, but ended up relegated at the end of the season, and relegated again to the Fourth Division in 1967.
He was released by Swansea in June 1968, and returned to Northern Ireland for his third spell at Ards. He won the Irish Cup in 1969 and was named as Ulster Footballer of the Year for 1969-70 and again for 1971–72. He was also the Northern Ireland Football Writers' Player of the Year for 1971–72. Player-manager from 1970, he was a member of Ards' four-trophy-winning team in 1973–74, winning Irish Cup, Ulster Cup, Gold Cup and Blaxnit Cup medals. He retired as a player in 1976, aged 39, but served as Ards manager until 1978, and again from 1980 to 1982. He then managed Bangor from 1983 to 1985.
Honours
- Irish League: 1957–58
- Football League Third Division: 1963–64
- Welsh Cup: 1965–66
- Irish Cup: 1968–69, 1973–74
- County Antrim Shield: 1971–72
- Ulster Cup: 1973–74
- Gold Cup: 1973–74
Individual
- Ulster Footballer of the Year: 1969–70, 1971–72
- Northern Ireland Football Writers' Association Player of the Year: 1971–72.
Sources
- ^ a b "Billy Humphries". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
- M. Brodie (ed.), Northern Ireland Soccer Yearbook 2009-2010, p. 102. Belfast:Ulster Tatler Publications
- Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats
- Billy Humphries at National-Football-Teams.com