Chelsea FC Profile: Tommy Langley

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Full Name: Thomas William Langley

Born: Saturday, 8th February 1958 (age: 66)
Place of birth: Elephant & Castle, England
Height: 5' 11"

Involvement with Chelsea:

Men's 1st Team Player from 1974 to 1980

Playing Career:

Chelsea (Feb 1974 to Aug 1980) - From Chelsea Juniors
Queens Park Rangers
Crystal Palace
AEK Athens
Coventry City
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Aldershot
South China
Aldershot
Exeter City
Tampa Bay Rowdies
Slough Town
Aylesbury
St. Albans City
Basingstoke
Staines Town
Wokingham Town

Chelsea First-Team Career Summary

Competitive Debut: Saturday, 9th November 1974, Chelsea 0 - 0 Leicester City

Age on debut: 16 years 9 months 1 days

100th Appearance: Wednesday, 14th March 1979, West Bromwich Albion 1 - 0 Chelsea

Last Competitive First-Team Appearance: Saturday, 3rd May 1980, Chelsea 3 - 0 Oldham Athletic

See full chronological appearance listing HERE

Appearances Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1974 / 75 8 (3) 0 0 0 0 8 (3) 1975 / 76 10 (6) 0 0 0 0 10 (6) 1976 / 77 6 0 0 0 0 6 1977 / 78 41 (2) 4 1 0 0 46 (2) 1978 / 79 41 (1) 1 1 0 0 43 (1) 1979 / 80 36 (1) 1 2 0 0 39 (1) Total 142 (13) 6 4 0 0 152 (13)

Goals Season League F.A. Cup Lg Cup Europe Oth* Ttl 1974 / 75 1 0 0 0 0 1 1975 / 76 1 0 0 0 0 1 1976 / 77 2 0 0 0 0 2 1977 / 78 11 2 0 0 0 13 1978 / 79 15 0 1 0 0 16 1979 / 80 10 0 0 0 0 10 Total 40 2 1 0 0 43

* oth = other competitive matches such as Full Members Cup, Charity/Community Shield, Fifa World Club Cup.
Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Tommy Langley made 152 appearances for Chelsea, of which 13 were as a substitute.

Competitive Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
League	9th Nov 1974	Chelsea	0	0	Leicester City	23,915
League	8th Feb 1975	Chelsea	2	1	Birmingham City	18,144
League	18th Mar 1975	Queens Park Rangers	1	0	Chelsea	25,324
League	22nd Mar 1975	Chelsea	1	2	Middlesbrough	22,240
League	29th Mar 1975	West Ham United	0	1	Chelsea	31,025
League	31st Mar 1975	Chelsea	0	0	Ipswich Town	35,005
League	5th Apr 1975	Stoke City	3	0	Chelsea	26,375
League	12th Apr 1975	Chelsea	0	1	Manchester City	26,249
League	13th Sep 1975	Oldham Athletic	2	1	Chelsea	10,406
League	23rd Sep 1975	Portsmouth	1	1	Chelsea	16,144
League	27th Sep 1975	Fulham	2	0	Chelsea	22,921
League	4th Oct 1975	Chelsea	0	0	York City	15,323
League	11th Oct 1975	Southampton	4	1	Chelsea	21,227
League	18th Oct 1975	Chelsea	2	0	Blackpool	16,924
League	25th Oct 1975	Blackburn Rovers	1	1	Chelsea	12,128
League	20th Dec 1975	Chelsea	1	0	Sunderland	22,802
League	27th Dec 1975	Chelsea	2	3	Charlton Athletic	25,367
League	28th Feb 1976	Chelsea	3	1	Blackburn Rovers	14,555
League	16th Apr 1977	Chelsea	2	1	Nottingham Forest	36,499
League	19th Apr 1977	Oldham Athletic	0	0	Chelsea	10,077
League	23rd Apr 1977	Burnley	1	0	Chelsea	14,927
League	30th Apr 1977	Chelsea	4	0	Sheffield United	28,158
League	7th May 1977	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	1	Chelsea	33,465
League	14th May 1977	Chelsea	4	0	Hull City	43,718
League	20th Aug 1977	West Bromwich Albion	3	0	Chelsea	20,145
League	24th Aug 1977	Chelsea	2	0	Birmingham City	18,008
League	27th Aug 1977	Chelsea	1	2	Coventry City	25,432
League Cup	30th Aug 1977	Liverpool	2	0	Chelsea	33,170
League	3rd Sep 1977	Ipswich Town	1	0	Chelsea	20,835
League	10th Sep 1977	Chelsea	1	1	Derby County	25,759
League	17th Sep 1977	Manchester United	0	1	Chelsea	54,764
League	24th Sep 1977	Queens Park Rangers	1	1	Chelsea	26,267
League	1st Oct 1977	Chelsea	1	2	Leeds United	35,427
League	5th Oct 1977	Chelsea	0	0	Leicester City	19,575
League	8th Oct 1977	Liverpool	2	0	Chelsea	40,499
League	15th Oct 1977	Chelsea	0	0	Middlesbrough	21,091
League	22nd Oct 1977	Newcastle United	1	0	Chelsea	24,000
League	29th Oct 1977	Chelsea	1	0	Bristol City	22,313
League	5th Nov 1977	Chelsea	1	0	Nottingham Forest	36,116
League	12th Nov 1977	Norwich City	0	0	Chelsea	19,566
League	19th Nov 1977	Chelsea	0	0	Aston Villa	31,764
League	26th Nov 1977	Manchester City	6	2	Chelsea	34,354
League	3rd Dec 1977	Chelsea	0	1	Everton	33,899
League	10th Dec 1977	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	3	Chelsea	16,400
League	17th Dec 1977	Chelsea	1	1	Norwich City	22,751
League	26th Dec 1977	Arsenal	3	0	Chelsea	46,074
League	27th Dec 1977	Chelsea	2	1	West Ham United	44,093
League	31st Dec 1977	Birmingham City	4	5	Chelsea	19,876
League	2nd Jan 1978	Chelsea	2	2	West Bromwich Albion	29,540
F.A. Cup	7th Jan 1978	Chelsea	4	2	Liverpool	45,449
League	14th Jan 1978	Coventry City	5	1	Chelsea	21,155
League	21st Jan 1978	Chelsea	5	3	Ipswich Town	26,044
F.A. Cup	31st Jan 1978	Chelsea	6	2	Burnley	32,168
League	11th Feb 1978	Chelsea	2	2	Manchester United	32,238
F.A. Cup	18th Feb 1978	Orient	0	0	Chelsea	25,123
F.A. Cup	27th Feb 1978	Chelsea	1	2	Orient	36,379
League	4th Mar 1978	Chelsea	3	1	Liverpool	35,550
League	11th Mar 1978	Derby County	1	1	Chelsea	21,504
League	18th Mar 1978	Chelsea	2	2	Newcastle United	22,779
League	21st Mar 1978	Bristol City	3	0	Chelsea	19,961
League	25th Mar 1978	West Ham United	3	1	Chelsea	24,987
League	27th Mar 1978	Chelsea	0	0	Arsenal	40,764
League	1st Apr 1978	Nottingham Forest	3	1	Chelsea	31,262
League	4th Apr 1978	Middlesbrough	2	0	Chelsea	15,288
League	15th Apr 1978	Aston Villa	2	0	Chelsea	27,375
League	22nd Apr 1978	Chelsea	1	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	31,637
League	26th Apr 1978	Leicester City	0	2	Chelsea	12,970
League	29th Apr 1978	Everton	6	0	Chelsea	39,504
League	2nd May 1978	Chelsea	3	1	Queens Park Rangers	21,201
League	5th May 1978	Chelsea	0	0	Manchester City	18,782
League	19th Aug 1978	Chelsea	0	1	Everton	31,755
League	22nd Aug 1978	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	1	Chelsea	22,041
League	26th Aug 1978	Tottenham Hotspur	2	2	Chelsea	40,643
League Cup	29th Aug 1978	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Chelsea	10,748
League	2nd Sep 1978	Chelsea	0	3	Leeds United	30,099
League	9th Sep 1978	Coventry City	3	2	Chelsea	24,920
League	16th Sep 1978	Chelsea	1	4	Manchester City	28,980
League	23rd Sep 1978	Birmingham City	1	1	Chelsea	18,458
League	30th Sep 1978	Chelsea	1	3	West Bromwich Albion	20,186
League	7th Oct 1978	Derby County	1	0	Chelsea	20,251
League	14th Oct 1978	Chelsea	4	3	Bolton Wanderers	19,879
League	21st Oct 1978	Liverpool	2	0	Chelsea	45,775
League	28th Oct 1978	Chelsea	3	3	Norwich City	23,941
League	4th Nov 1978	Queens Park Rangers	0	0	Chelsea	22,876
League	11th Nov 1978	Everton	3	2	Chelsea	38,694
League	18th Nov 1978	Chelsea	1	3	Tottenham Hotspur	41,594
League	22nd Nov 1978	Leeds United	2	1	Chelsea	24,088
League	25th Nov 1978	Chelsea	0	1	Manchester United	27,156
League	16th Dec 1978	Middlesbrough	7	2	Chelsea	15,107
League	23rd Dec 1978	Chelsea	0	0	Bristol City	19,093
League	26th Dec 1978	Southampton	0	0	Chelsea	20,770
League	30th Dec 1978	Ipswich Town	5	1	Chelsea	21,439
F.A. Cup	15th Jan 1979	Manchester United	3	0	Chelsea	38,500
League	20th Jan 1979	Manchester City	2	3	Chelsea	31,876
League	3rd Feb 1979	Chelsea	2	1	Birmingham City	22,129
League	21st Feb 1979	Chelsea	1	3	Coventry City	15,282
League	24th Feb 1979	Bolton Wanderers	2	1	Chelsea	19,475
League	3rd Mar 1979	Chelsea	0	0	Liverpool	40,594
League	10th Mar 1979	Norwich City	2	0	Chelsea	19,071
League	14th Mar 1979	West Bromwich Albion	1	0	Chelsea	20,425
League	17th Mar 1979	Chelsea	1	3	Queens Park Rangers	25,871
League	24th Mar 1979	Chelsea	1	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20,502
League	28th Mar 1979	Nottingham Forest	6	0	Chelsea	24,514
League	4th Apr 1979	Chelsea	1	1	Derby County	10,682
League	7th Apr 1979	Chelsea	1	3	Nottingham Forest	29,213
League	10th Apr 1979	Bristol City	3	1	Chelsea	18,645	(1 Pen)
League	14th Apr 1979	Chelsea	1	2	Southampton	18,243
League	16th Apr 1979	Arsenal	5	2	Chelsea	37,232
League	21st Apr 1979	Chelsea	2	1	Middlesbrough	12,007
League	28th Apr 1979	Aston Villa	2	1	Chelsea	29,212
League	5th May 1979	Chelsea	2	3	Ipswich Town	15,462
League	14th May 1979	Chelsea	1	1	Arsenal	28,386
League	16th May 1979	Manchester United	1	1	Chelsea	38,119
League	18th Aug 1979	Chelsea	0	0	Sunderland	23,500
League	20th Aug 1979	West Ham United	0	1	Chelsea	31,627
League	25th Aug 1979	Chelsea	3	1	Wrexham	18,732
League Cup	28th Aug 1979	Plymouth Argyle	2	2	Chelsea	10,802
League	1st Sep 1979	Newcastle United	2	1	Chelsea	25,230
League Cup	4th Sep 1979	Chelsea	1	2	Plymouth Argyle	14,112
League	8th Sep 1979	Chelsea	1	2	Birmingham City	17,182
League	15th Sep 1979	Shrewsbury Town	3	0	Chelsea	9,271
League	22nd Sep 1979	Chelsea	2	0	Watford	21,480
League	29th Sep 1979	Cambridge United	0	1	Chelsea	8,792
League	6th Oct 1979	Burnley	0	1	Chelsea	8,341
League	13th Oct 1979	Chelsea	1	0	Bristol Rovers	18,236
League	27th Oct 1979	Chelsea	0	2	Fulham	30,567
League	3rd Nov 1979	Sunderland	2	1	Chelsea	24,988
League	17th Nov 1979	Chelsea	3	1	Charlton Athletic	23,035
League	15th Dec 1979	Chelsea	3	0	Swansea City	18,065
League	18th Dec 1979	Queens Park Rangers	2	2	Chelsea	26,598
League	26th Dec 1979	Chelsea	1	0	Leicester City	25,320
League	29th Dec 1979	Wrexham	2	0	Chelsea	15,641
League	1st Jan 1980	Luton Town	3	3	Chelsea	19,717
League	12th Jan 1980	Chelsea	4	0	Newcastle United	32,281
F.A. Cup	14th Jan 1980	Chelsea	0	1	Wigan Athletic	22,300
League	2nd Feb 1980	Chelsea	2	4	Shrewsbury Town	18,120
League	9th Feb 1980	Watford	2	3	Chelsea	24,716
League	16th Feb 1980	Chelsea	1	1	Cambridge United	17,112
League	23rd Feb 1980	Bristol Rovers	3	0	Chelsea	14,176
League	1st Mar 1980	Chelsea	1	0	Cardiff City	18,449
League	8th Mar 1980	Fulham	1	2	Chelsea	22,348
League	11th Mar 1980	Birmingham City	5	1	Chelsea	27,297
League	15th Mar 1980	Chelsea	2	1	Burnley	16,189
League	22nd Mar 1980	Chelsea	1	0	Orient	19,706
League	29th Mar 1980	Charlton Athletic	1	2	Chelsea	16,425
League	2nd Apr 1980	Chelsea	0	2	Queens Park Rangers	31,035
League	5th Apr 1980	Leicester City	1	0	Chelsea	25,826
League	7th Apr 1980	Chelsea	1	1	Luton Town	28,078
League	12th Apr 1980	Preston North End	1	1	Chelsea	13,069
League	19th Apr 1980	Chelsea	1	0	Notts County	24,002
League	26th Apr 1980	Swansea City	1	1	Chelsea	16,000
League	3rd May 1980	Chelsea	3	0	Oldham Athletic	28,253

Non-Competitive First-Team Appearances Season Appearances 1977 / 78 2 1979 / 80 1 Total 3

Non-Competitive First-Team Goals Season Goals 1977 / 78 1 Total 1

Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Tommy Langley made 3 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-Competitive First-Team Matches Played

Comp	Date	Home			Away	Att
Anglo Scottish Cup	6th Aug 1977	Fulham	1	0	Chelsea	9,821
Anglo Scottish Cup	9th Aug 1977	Chelsea	2	0	Orient	5,702
Friendly	28th Jul 1979	Wimbledon	2	1	Chelsea	3,070

Non-First-Team Appearances Season Appearances Total 0

Non-First-Team Goals Season Goals Total 0

Figures in ( ) are substitute appearances and are also included in the totals.
i.e. Tommy Langley made 0 appearances for Chelsea, of which 0 were as a substitute.

Non-First-Team Matches Played

Comp

Date

Home

Away

Att

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Games Won:	44
Win Percentage:	28.95%
Total Bookings:	1
Times Sent Off:	0

Teammates

During his Chelsea first-team career of 152 appearances, Tommy Langley played alongside the following 49 players (number of appearances together in the same match-day squad in brackets)

Trevor Aylott (30)
Tommy Baldwin (1)
Eamonn Bannon (27)
Brian Bason (4)
Peter Bonetti (64)
Petar Borota (50)
Ian Britton (114)
John Bumstead (31)
Gary Chivers (30)
Charlie Cooke (21)
John Dempsey (9)
Jim Docherty (3)
Micky Droy (92)
Mike Fillery (44)
Steve Finnieston (34)
Lee Frost (8)
Bill Garner (27)
Kevin Hales (7)
Ron Harris (142)
David Hay (30)
Marvin Hinton (6)
John Hollins (8)
Peter Houseman (4)
Ian Hutchinson (8)
Bob Iles (7)
Gary Johnson (17)
Steve Kember (8)
Colin Lee (5)
Ray Lewington (41)
Gary Locke (78)
Teddy Maybank (4)
Duncan McKenzie (15)
Micky Nutton (34)
Peter Osgood (11)
Colin Pates (16)
John Phillips (26)
Peter Rhoades-Brown (4)
Dennis Rofe (14)
Steve Sherwood (5)
John Sitton (14)
John Sparrow (39)
Garry Stanley (55)
David Stride (36)
Kenny Swain (59)
Colin Viljoen (4)
Clive Walker (91)
Steve Wicks (75)
Graham Wilkins (65)
Ray Wilkins (90)