Roy Summersby

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Roy Summersby
Personal information
Date of birth (1935-03-19) 19 March 1935 (age 90)
Place of birth Lambeth, Greater London
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
?–1952 Millwall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1958 Millwall 87 (13)
1958–1963 Crystal Palace 176 (59)
1963–1965 Portsmouth 12 (1)
1965–? Chelmsford City ? (?)
? Hillingdon Borough ? (?)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roy Summersby (born 19 March 1935 in Lambeth, Greater London)[1] is an English former professional footballer who played as an inside forward.[2] He appeared 275 times in the Football League for Millwall, Crystal Palace and Portsmouth, before moving into non-league football with Chelmsford City and Hillingdon Borough.[2]

Playing career

Summersby began his playing career at Millwall, initially as a junior before signing as a professional in March 1952, but did not fully establish himself in the first team until 1957.[2] In December 1958,[1] he signed for Crystal Palace then playing in the Fourth Division in its inaugural season. He quickly became a first team regular and put together a sequence of 126 consecutive appearances, many of them alongside Johnny Byrne.[2] In the 1960–61 season Palace achieved promotion to the third tier and Summersby was ever present, making 46 appearances, scoring 25 goals,[3] which is still (as of September 2014) the fourth highest seasonal goals total in Crystal Palace Post-War history. Only Byrne the same season (30), Andrew Johnson in 2003–4 (28) and Glenn Murray in 2012–13 (30) have scored more goals.[4] The next season, Summersby made 42 appearances, scoring 8 times,[5] but in 1962–3 only appeared 17 times (in the first half of the season) and scored twice.[6] At the end of that season, in May 1963, he transferred to Portsmouth, rejoining former Palace manager George Smith.[2] However after only 12 games for Portsmouth, over two seasons,[7] Summersby moved on to non–league football with Chelmsford City and later Hillingdon Borough.[2]

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  7. ↑ Stats at pompeyrama.com
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