Sammy Chung

Cyril Chung known as Sammy Chung (born 16 July 1932) is an English former football player and manager. His father was Chinese and his mother English.

Sammy Chung

Personal information
Full name	Cyril Chung[1]
Date of birth	(1932-07-16) 16 July 1932[1]
Place of birth	Abingdon-on-Thames, Berkshire, England[1]
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Playing position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1949	Abingdon Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1953	Headington United
1953–1955	Reading	22	(12)
1955–1957	Norwich City	47	(9)
1957–1965	Watford	219	(22)
Total		288	(43)
Teams managed
1976–1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers
1992–1993	Tamworth
1994–1996	Doncaster Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Chung was born in Abingdon-on-Thames and began his career with local side Abingdon Town and then Southern League side Headington United.[1] He joined Reading of the Third Division South in 1953 but didn't sign professional forms until he had completed his national service. He made a good start to his professional career scoring four goals in five appearances at the end of 1953–54.[1] After scoring eight in the first 17 of 1954–55 he moved to Norwich City on 1 January 1955.[1] He played 16 times in 1955–56, 11 times in 1956–57, as the Canaries had an abysmal season finishing bottom of the Third Division South. Chung moved to Watford for the 1957–58 season where under Neil McBain the side were relegated to the Fourth Division.[1] The Hornets secured a return to the Third Division with promotion in 1959–60 and narrowly missed out on promotion to the second tier in 1960–61 and 1963–64. Chung played a total of 242 times for Watford, scoring 24 goals.[1]

Managerial career

Chung gained his first coaching experience while still a player at Watford, under manager Bill McGarry. When McGarry left to become manager of Ipswich Town, he took Chung with him as assistant. At Ipswich they won promotion to the First Division as champions in 1968.

Following a short period as manager of Swedish side IFK Västerås, he returned to join Bill McGarry, now at Wolverhampton Wanderers, as his assistant. As part of the management team, they guided Wolves to victory in the 1974 League Cup. The club were relegated in 1976 and McGarry departed, leaving Chung to be appointed manager.

He won promotion back to the top flight as Second Division champions in his first season. He led the club to a 15th-place finish in 1977–78, but the following season began with a run of 11 defeats in 14, leading to his dismissal following protests from the club's fans.[3]

After a period coaching in the United Arab Emirates, he returned to England in 1985 as assistant manager to Mick Mills at Stoke City where he spent five years and was later in the backroom staff at Blackburn Rovers in 1991–92.[4] He had a spell as manager of non-league side Tamworth between January 1992 to January 1993, before being appointed manager of Doncaster Rovers in July 1994, a post he held until August 1996. His Doncaster spell brought two promising seasons on the field, but promotion challenges gradually petered out into mid-table finishes.

In 1999, he was appointed director of football in Barbados.[5]

In 2005, he joined the coaching staff at Minehead.[6]

Personal life

After retiring from football, Chung worked in a children's home. He now lives on the Somerset coast.[7]

Career statistics

Playing statistics

Source:[1]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Reading	1953–54	Third Division South	5	4	0	0	—		5	4
	1954–55	Third Division South	17	8	3	1	—		20	9
	Total		22	12	3	1	—		25	13
Norwich City	1954–55	Third Division South	20	6	0	0	—		20	6
	1955–56	Third Division South	16	1	1	0	—		17	1
	1956–57	Third Division South	11	2	0	0	—		11	2
	Total		47	9	1	0	—		48	9
Watford	1957–58	Third Division South	41	7	1	0	—		42	7
	1958–59	Fourth Division	27	6	0	0	—		27	6
	1959–60	Fourth Division	37	1	7	0	—		44	1
	1960–61	Third Division	37	1	5	0	0	0	42	1
	1961–62	Third Division	11	2	0	0	1	0	12	2
	1962–63	Third Division	26	4	5	2	1	0	32	5
	1963–64	Third Division	26	1	0	0	1	0	27	1
	1964–65	Third Division	14	0	1	0	1	0	16	0
	Total		219	22	19	2	4	0	242	24
Career total			288	43	23	3	4	0	315	46

Managerial statistics

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Wolverhampton Wanderers	19 June 1976	8 November 1978	107	41	27	39	038.32
Doncaster Rovers	1 July 1994	31 July 1996	94	33	24	37	035.11
Total[1]			201	74	51	76	036.82

References

1. Sammy Chung at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
2. Maurice Golesworth (1965). Soccer Who's Who. The Sportsmans Book Club.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Where Are They Now? Blackburn Rovers 1991-92 Division Two play-off winners". The Football League Paper. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
5. "Wheel Meet Again!". Wolves Heroes. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
6. "Red sauce". Rage Online. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
7. "Where Are They Now? A look at Wolves' UEFA Cup finalists 1971/72". Football League Paper. Retrieved 7 July 2019.

External links

• Sammy Chung management career statistics at Soccerbase
• Sammy Chung Oxford United stats at RageOnline.co.uk