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Derek Kevan

West Bromwich Albion FC

 14 appearances, 8 goals (1 on debut)

P 14 W 6 D 4 L 4 F 28: A 18
57% successful
1957-61

captain: none
minutes played: 1260

Timeline
  Derek Tennyson Kevan
Birth 6 March 1935 in Ripon, North Yorkshire [registered in Ripon, June 1935].
Marriage to Lynda R. Whitehouse [registered in Birmingham, June 1962].
Death 4 January 2013 in Birmingham, aged 77 years 304 days.

Source

 Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Biographies x
 

x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).

Club Career
Club(s) x
Club honours x
Individual honours x
Distinctions x
Height/Weight 5' 11", 12st. 13lbs [1959].

Source

Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].

England Career
Player number 759th player to appear for England.
Position(s) Inside-left/right, centre-forward
First match No. 311, 6 April 1957, England 2 Scotland 1, a British Championship match at Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 22 years 31 days.
Last match No. 347, 10 May 1961, England 8 Mexico 0, a friendly match at The Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 26 years 65 days.
Major tournaments World Cup Finals 1958;
British Championship 1956-57, 1957-58;
Team honours British Championship winners 1956-57, shared 1957-58;
Individual honours England B (three appearances, May 1957)
England Under 23 (one appearance, September 1957)
Distinctions The fifteenth North Ridian to represent England

Beyond England
After retiring from football, Kevan lived in Castle Vale after working in a pub, for a brewery and as a delivery driver. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x./Birmingham Mail


The Numbers
parties Apps comp. apps unused/
reserve		 minutes goals ave.min comp. goals captain
8 14 8 four 1260 8 158 min 5 two none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
14 6 4 4 28 18 +10 3 4 2 1.286 57.1 +2
All matches were played in a white shirt

Venue Record

Venue P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
Home 4 4 0 0 16 4 +12 0 1 4.00 1.00 100.0 +4
Away 6 3 1 2 18 9 +9 1 2 3.00 1.50 58.3 +1
Neutral 4 0 3 1 4 5 -1 2 1 1.00 1.25 37.5 -1

Competition Record

Competition P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L

WCP

 0 0 0 0 0 0 =0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 =0
WCF 4 0 3 1 4 5 -1 2 1 1.00 1.25 37.5 -1
World Cup 4 0 3 1 4 5 -1 2 1 1.00 1.25 37.5 -1
British Championship 4 3 0 1 12 4 +8 0 2 3.00 1.00 75.0 +2
Friendly 6 3 1 2 12 10 +12 1 1 2.00 0.833 58.3 +1

Tournament Record

World Cup Final Tournament
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
WCF 1958 4 0 3 1 4 5 -1 2 1 1.00 1.25 37.5 -1
WCF All 4 0 3 1 4 5 -1 2 1 1.00 1.25 37.5 -1

British Championship Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 1956-57 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 0 1 2.667 1.00 66.7 +1
BC 1957-58 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 0 1 4.00 0.00 100.0 +1
BC All 4 3 0 1 12 3 +9 0 2 3.00 0.75 75.0 +2

All Competition
Type P W D L F A GD FTS CS FAv AAv Pts% W/L
BC 4 3 0 1 12 3 +9 0 2 3.00 0.75 75.0 +2
WC 4 0 3 1 4 5 -1 2 1 1.00 1.25 37.5 -1
8 3 3 2 16 8 +8 2 3 2.00 1.00 56.3 +1

Match History

 Club: West Bromwich Albion F.C. - fourteen full appearances (1260 min) 8ᵍ manager: Walter Winterbottom - fourteen full appearances (1260 min) 8ᵍx

apps match pic match details comp res. rundown shirt

Age 22
1 311 6 April 1957 - England 2 Scotland 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 BC HW 63 header 10
  

one of two who became the 750th player (751) to appear for England.
the 31st West Bromwich Albion player to represent England.
the 143rd player to score a goal on his debut.

B  
three appearances - Bulgaria, Romania & Czechoslovakia May 1957
under 23  
one appearance - Bulgaria September 1957

2 315 19 October 1957 - Wales 0 England 4
Ninian Park, Cardiff		 BC AW   8
3 316 6 November 1957 - England 2 Northern Ireland 3
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 BC HL 58 8
  

Age 23
4 318 19 April 1958 - Scotland 0 England 4
Hampden Park, Glasgow		 BC AW 35
74		 9
5 319 7 May 1958 - England 2 Portugal 1
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 Fr HW 61 9
6 320 11 May 1958 - Yugoslavia 5 England 0
Stadion JNA, Beograd
tour		 AL   9
7 321 18 May 1958 - USSR 1 England 1
Lenin Stadium, Moskva		 AD 45 header 9
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WCF		 centre-forward 9x
8 322 8 June 1958 - England 2 USSR 2
Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg		 ND 65 header

the youngest goalscorer in a World Cup Finals match so far

9 323 11 June 1958 - Brazil 0 England 0
Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg		   ND  
10 324 15 June 1958 - Austria 2 England 2
 Ryavallen Stadion, Borås		 ND 74
11 325 17 June 1958 - USSR 1 England 0
Nya Ullevi Stadion, Göteborg		 NL  
  
327 22 October 1958 - England 5 USSR 0, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HW reserve
  

Age 24
330 6 May 1959 - England 2 Italy 2, Empire Stadium, Wembley Fr HD reserve
331 13 May 1959 - Brazil 2 England 0, Estádio Municipal, Rio
tour		 AL reserve
332 17 May 1959 - Peru 4 England 1, Estadio Nacional Coloso de José Díaz, Lima AL
12 333 24 May 1959 - Mexico 2 England 1
 Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México		 AL 17 header 9
13 334 28 May 1959 - United States 1 England 8
Wrigley Field, Los Angeles		 AW 73 9
  

Age 26
14 347 10 May 1961 - England 8 Mexico 0
Empire Stadium, Wembley		 Fr HW   8
  


   

 		  
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