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Tommy Langley

Tommy Langley

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Chelsea

Langley began his career as an apprentice with Chelsea, making his debut in 1975 against Leicester City, when aged 16 years and 9 months. The club were relegated the same season and for the remainder of Langley's time there they bounced between the top two divisions. He first established himself in the side during Chelsea's first season back in the First Division in 1977–78, during which he scored 13 goals, making him the club's top scorer. The following year, Chelsea were near the bottom of the league all season and relegated by March, with Langley's 16 goals – more than three times the total managed by any of his teammates – a rare bright spot, for which he was voted club player of the year. During his career with Chelsea, he scored 43 goals in 152 games.

Queens Park Rangers

After Chelsea's failure to gain instant promotion in 1979–80, Langley joined Queens Park Rangers for £400,000 in August 1980. During his stint with QPR, he appeared in 25 games and scored 8 goals. including scoring against his old teammates on his debut, just two weeks after he switched from Chelsea and Scoring QPR's fastest league goal, after 12 seconds against Bolton on 11 October 1980.

Crystal Palace

Following his brief stay at QPR, Langley joined Crystal Palace in March 1981, for £200,000. where he played until 1983. During his time at Crystal Palace he appeared in 59 league games and scored 8 goals (71 and 10 in all competitions).

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International career

Langley won England Honours at Schoolboy, Under-21 and 'B' levels.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. (1984–1985)
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Basingstoke Town F.C. (1992–1992)
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Aylesbury United F.C. (1991–1991)
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Queens Park Rangers F.C. (1980–1981)
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South China AA (1985–1986)
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Wokingham & Emmbrook F.C. (1992–1993)
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Aldershot F.C. (1984–1985)
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AEK Athens F.C. (1983–1984)
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Exeter City F.C. (1988–1989)
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Chelsea F.C. (1974–1980)
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Staines Town F.C. (1992–1992)
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Coventry City F.C. (1983–1984)
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St Albans City F.C. (1991–1991)
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Crystal Palace F.C. (1981–1983)
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Slough Town F.C. (1989–1991)
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Aldershot F.C. (1986–1988)
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Tampa Bay Rowdies (1989–1989)
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England national under-21 association football team (1978–1978)
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A.E.K. (1983–1984)

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

English footballer (born 1958)

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Thomas William Langley is an English retired footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s as a striker. He is currently one of the hosts of Matchnight Live on Chelsea TV.

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