Ray Kennedy

Ray Kennedy

Kennedy in 1981
Personal information
Full name	Raymond Kennedy[1]
Date of birth	(1951-07-28)28 July 1951
Place of birth	Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, England
Date of death	30 November 2021(2021-11-30) (aged 70)
Place of death	New Hartley, Northumberland, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder, centre-forward
Youth career
1966–1967	Port Vale
1967–1968	New Hartley Juniors
1968	Arsenal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1968–1974	Arsenal	158	(53)
1974–1982	Liverpool	275	(51)
1982–1983	Swansea City	42	(2)
1983–1984	Hartlepool United	23	(3)
1984–1985	Pezoporikos
1985	Ashington
Total		498	(109)
National team
1972–1973	England U23	6	(0)
1976–1980	England	17	(3)
Teams managed
1984–1985	Pezoporikos (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Raymond Kennedy (28 July 1951 – 30 November 2021)^[2] was an English footballer. Kennedy played as a forward. He scored 148 goals in 581 league and cup appearances in a 15-year career in the English Football League. In an exceptional career he won 12 major trophies .He won 17 caps for England between 1976 and 1980.

Kennedy died on 30 November 2021 at his home in New Hartley, England from problems caused by Parkinson's disease, at the age of 70.^[3]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Arsenal	1969–70	First Division	4	1	0	0	2	1	6	2
	1970–71	First Division	41	19	9	2	13	5	63	26
	1971–72	First Division	37	12	8	1	10	6	55	19
	1972–73	First Division	34	9	8	2	1	0	43	11
	1973–74	First Division	42	12	3	1	1	0	46	13
	Total		158	53	28	6	27	12	213	71
Liverpool	1974–75	First Division	25	5	0	0	8	5	33	10
	1975–76	First Division	30	6	2	0	11	4	43	10
	1976–77	First Division	41	7	8	1	12	1	61	9
	1977–78	First Division	41	4	1	0	19	3	61	7
	1978–79	First Division	42	10	7	1	5	0	54	11
	1979–80	First Division	40	9	8	0	8	0	56	9
	1980–81	First Division	41	8	2	1	19	4	62	13
	1981–82	First Division	15	2	0	0	8	1	23	3
	Total		275	51	28	3	90	18	393	72
Swansea City	1981–82	First Division	17	2	0	0	0	0	18	2
	1982–83	First Division	21	0	0	0	7	0	28	0
	1983–84	Second Division	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
	Total		42	2	0	0	9	0	51	2
Hartlepool United	1983–84	Fourth Division	23	3	0	0	1	0	24	3
Career total			498	109	56	9	127	30	681	148

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	1976	4	1
	1977	7	2
	1978	0	0
	1979	1	0
	1980	5	0
Total		17	3

Honours

Arsenal^[5]

• Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1970
• Football League First Division: 1970–71
• FA Cup: 1971; runner-up: 1972

Liverpool^[5]

• Football League First Division: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82
• FA Charity Shield: 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980
• UEFA Cup: 1976
• FA Cup runner-up: 1977
• European Cup: 1977, 1978, 1981
• UEFA Super Cup: 1977; runner-up: 1978
• Football League Cup: 1981; runner-up: 1978
• World Club Championship runner-up: 1981

Swansea City^[6]

• Welsh Cup: 1982

Individual^[7]

• BBC Goal of the Season: 1978–79

References

1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-9529152-0-1. ASIN 0952915200.
2. Mason, Peter (1 December 2021). "Ray Kennedy obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
3. "Liverpool legend Ray Kennedy dies aged 70". Liverpool Echo. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
4. Ray Kennedy at National-Football-Teams.com
5. Lees 1993, p. 278 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFLees1993 (help)
6. Koppack, Carl (28 July 2015). "LFC Legend: Ray Kennedy". 5times.co.uk. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
7. "BBC Goal of the Season from 1970–71 to Present". My Football Facts. Retrieved 30 July 2015.