| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Barry David Lloyd[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1949-02-19)19 February 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Hillingdon, England | ||
| Date of death | 28 September 2024(2024-09-28) (aged 75)[2] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| –1966 | Chelsea | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1968 | Chelsea | 10 | (0) |
| 1968–1976 | Fulham | 257 | (29) |
| 1976–1977 | Hereford United | 14 | (0) |
| 1977–1978 | Brentford | 31 | (4) |
| 1978 | Houston Hurricane | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 323 | (33) | |
| International career | |||
| England Youth | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1978–1981 | Yeovil Town | ||
| 1981–1986 | Worthing | ||
| 1987–1993 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| 2001–2003 | Worthing | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Barry David Lloyd (19 February 1949 – 28 September 2024) was an English professionalfootballer andmanager. As a player, he most notably played as amidfielder in theFootball League forFulham, for whom he wascaptain and made over 280 appearances for the club. He also played League football forBrentford,Hereford United andChelsea. After his retirement as a player, Lloyd managedBrighton & Hove Albion and non-League clubsWorthing andYeovil Town.
Amidfielder, Lloyd began his senior career atFirst Division clubChelsea.[4] He failed to break into the first team before joiningFulham in December 1968, in a player-exchange deal which sawJohn Dempsey move to Chelsea for a £70,000 fee.[4][5] Lloyd made 286 appearances and scored 30 goals during7+1⁄2 seasons atCraven Cottage andcaptained the club to promotion from theThird Division in the1970–71 season.[6][7] He was an unused substitute during the 2–01975 FA Cup Final defeat toWest Ham United.[7] Lloyd wound down his career with spells atHereford United,Brentford andHouston Hurricane, before retiring in 1978.[4]
Lloyd began his management career atSouthern League Premier Division clubYeovil Town in August 1978.[8] During the1978–79 season, he oversaw a mid-table finish and won theSomerset Premier Cup.[8] The Glovers were transferred to the newAlliance Premier League for the1979–80 season and with the club's league form mixed,[8] he was sacked in January 1981.[9]
Lloyd joinedIsthmian League Second Division clubWorthing in 1981 and won a double-promotion in his first two seasons in charge,[4] with top-spot finishes in the Second and First Divisions respectively elevating the club to the Premier Division for the1983–84 season.[10] The team finished runners-up in 1983–84 and1984–85, but failed to achieve promotion to the Alliance Premier League before Lloyd's departure at the end of the1985–86 season.[10][11]
Lloyd returned to theFootball League when he joinedSecond Division clubBrighton & Hove Albion as assistant to managerAlan Mullery in 1986.[7] After Mullery was sacked in January 1987,[12] Lloyd was promoted into the role, but he could not prevent Brighton's relegation to the Third Division at the end of the1986–87 season.[7][13] In his first full season as manager, Lloyd won immediate promotion back to the Second Division with a runners-up finish,[13] largely thanks to 32-goal forwardGarry Nelson.[14] Two successful battles against relegation followed, before Lloyd guided the club to the1991 Second Division play-off final, which was lost 3–1 toNotts County.[13] One year later, Albion suffered relegation back to the third-tier and the club was in a financial crisis after years of over-spending.[13][14] A 9th-place finish followed at the end of the1992–93 season and Lloyd resigned in December 1993.[4][13]
Lloyd rejoined Worthing, then in the Isthmian League First Division, ascaretaker manager in November 2001 and he was appointed to the role full-time in December.[10][15][16] He achieved two mid-tables finishes before being sacked in July 2003.[10][17]
Lloyd began taking hiscoaching badges while a 17-year-old at Chelsea.[4] From 1993 to 2001 and 2001 to 2007 he worked for various clubs in differing roles,[18][19][20] before returning to Brighton & Hove Albion as chiefscout in September 2007.[21]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Chelsea | 1966–67[22] | First Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1967–68[22] | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1968–69[22] | First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Fulham | 1968–69[6] | Second Division | 15 | 3 | — | — | 15 | 3 | ||
| 1969–70[6] | Third Division | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 7 | |
| 1970–71[6] | Third Division | 46 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 53 | 9 | |
| 1971–72[6] | Second Division | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 3 | |
| 1972–73[6] | Second Division | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 2 | |
| 1973–74[6] | Second Division | 34 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | |
| 1974–75[6] | Second Division | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| 1975–76[6] | Second Division | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 3 | |
| Total | 257 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 286 | 30 | ||
| Hereford United | 1976–77[23] | Second Division | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Brentford | 1977–78[24] | Fourth Division | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 4 |
| Houston Hurricane | 1978[3] | North American Soccer League | 11 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 323 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 357 | 34 | ||
Fulham
Brentford
Brighton & Hove Albion
Worthing
Yeovil Town