Roy Littlejohn

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Roy Littlejohn
Personal information
Date of birth(1933-06-02)2 June 1933
Place of birth Bournemouth, England
Date of death 6 September 2022(2022-09-06) (aged 89) [1]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1952–1956 Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic 22 (2)
1956–1957 Portsmouth ? (?)
1957–1959 Woking 52 (18)
International career
– England Amateurs
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roy Littlejohn (2 June 1933 - 6 September 2022) was an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic. [2] He was an England amateur international and won the 1958 Amateur Cup with Woking. [3]

Littlejohn, who played as an outside-right, began his football career as a junior with Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, and made his first-team debut during the 1952–53 season. [2] He was on Portsmouth's books for a time while doing his National Service with the Royal Engineers, [4] and by 1957 was a Woking player, [5] and, as a PT instructor, was involved in training the team. [6] He was part of the Woking team that won the FA Amateur Cup in 1958, involved in the first two goals as Woking defeated Ilford 3–0 at Wembley. [7] [8]

Littlejohn retained amateur status throughout his career, and was capped a number of times for the England amateur team. [9] [10] He played for the Great Britain Olympic team eliminated in the qualifying round for the 1956 Games, [11] but was not selected for the team which eventually competed by special invitation. [12] [13] He also was part of a British "FA XI" that toured Nigeria and Ghana in 1958. [14] [15]

He pursued a career in architecture later on in life. [16]

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  2. 1 2 "Bournemouth : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Obituary: Bournemouth footballer and architect Roy Littlejohn". Daily Echo. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Army Includes Three Internationals". The Times. 20 September 1956. p. 4.
  5. ↑ "London F.A. Held To A Draw. Attacks Broken Up By The Army". The Times. 27 September 1957. p. 3.
  6. ↑ "'Delighted? Not half!' Woking captain Charlie Mortimore seems to say as he takes the Amateur Cup from the Lord Mayor of London.". The Big Book of Football Champions. Cardsweb. 1958. Archived from the original on 26 January 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  7. ↑ "First Time Lucky For Woking In Amateur Cup Final. Clever Forwards Slow To Overcome Determined Ilford Defence". The Times. 14 April 1958. p. 15. ... Hebdon cleverly picked his spot in the top corner over a crowd after Littlejohn's first shot had rebounded to him. ... Mortimore and Littlejohn cut open defence, and Stratton, moving free at inside right, settled the argument with goal number two.
  8. ↑ "Heroes honoured". Get Surrey. S&B media. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  9. ↑ "Germany Dictate The Pattern. England Reputations Not Enhanced". The Times. 15 November 1956. p. 5.
  10. ↑ "Match Of Little Distinction Won By Scotland". The Times. 31 March 1958. p. 13.
  11. ↑ "Proud Day For Britain's Olympic Football XI. Bulgarians Held To Lead Of Two Goals In First Leg". The Times. 24 October 1955. p. 12.
  12. ↑ "Olympic Football Party Complete". The Times. 28 September 1956. p. 15.
  13. ↑ "Modest Hopes of British XI at Melbourne". The Times. 15 November 1956. p. 15.
  14. ↑ Morrison, Neil (8 May 2009). "British "FA XI" Tours". RSSSF . Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  15. ↑ "Roy Littlejohn". Barry Hugman's Footballers Post-War Premier & Football League Players' Records. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  16. ↑ Nash, Kevin (22 December 2009). "And to cap it all..." Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
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