Kenny Swain

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Kenny Swain
Personal information
Full name Kenneth Swain
Date of birth (1952-01-28) 28 January 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth Birkenhead, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) [1]
Position(s) Full back, midfielder, striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973 Wycombe Wanderers 6 (1)
1973–1978 Chelsea 119 (26)
1978–1982 Aston Villa 148 (2)
1982–1985 Nottingham Forest 112 (2)
1985–1988 Portsmouth 113 (0)
1987–1988 → West Bromwich Albion (loan) 7 (1)
1988–1992 Crewe Alexandra 126 (1)
Total631(33)
Managerial career
1993–1994 Wigan Athletic
1996–1997 Grimsby Town (caretaker)
2004–2014 England U16
2012–2013 England U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kenneth Swain (born 28 January 1952) is an English former footballer who played in numerous positions, including striker, midfielder and full back.

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Playing career

Swain began his professional career with Londoners Chelsea, signing from Wycombe Wanderers in the summer of 1973. As he had been a non-contract player with Wycombe, having joined them from college football, his signing-on fee was just £500. He made his League debut for Chelsea in 1974. His most successful season with the club came in 1976–77, when his strike partnership with Steve Finnieston helped Eddie McCreadie's young side win promotion back to the First Division. He remained with Chelsea until 1979, when they were relegated, and then signed for Aston Villa for £100,000.

With Villa, Swain was switched to full-back and was a part of the team which won the league championship and European Cup in consecutive seasons. He left Villa in 1982 and had spells with Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth and finally Crewe Alexandra. He achieved success later in his career, adding to the league title and European Cup winner's medals at Aston Villa with a Second Division runners-up medal at Portsmouth in 1987, and achieving promotion in third place with Crewe from the Fourth Division in 1989.

Managerial career

Following his retirement, he moved into management, with stints at Grimsby Town and Wigan Athletic. He also managed the England under-16s for a decade between 2004–2014 and was as an assistant coach for the England national under-17 football team between 2012 and 2013.

Personal life

Between 2002 and 2004, Swain was Director of Football at Thomas Telford School.

Managerial statistics

As of 21 April 2014 [2]
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Wigan Athletic 28 May 19932 September 199453141227026.42
Grimsby Town(caretaker)15 November 199621 May 1997308913026.67
England U16 7 April 200421 April 201494582115061.70
England U17 2 February 201210 August 201311641054.55
Total188864656045.74

Honours

Aston Villa

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 . London: Queen Anne Press. p.  54. ISBN   0362020175.
  2. ↑ "Kenny Swain". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "1981/82 Charity Shield". footballsite.co.uk. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. ↑ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 143.
  5. ↑ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 144.

● Playfair football annuals 1974–75 to 1992–93

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