Roy McCrohan (22 September 1930 – 3 March 2015) was an English professional footballer who played as a

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Career

Born in

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, McCrohan spent the majority of his career with

Norwich City Norwich City Football Club is a professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was founded in 1902. Since 1935, Norwich have played their h ...

before playing for

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its ea ...

and

Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers FC is a men's professional football club in Bristol. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. The club is affiliated to Bristol Rovers W.F.C., whose team play in the FA Women's National Leag ...

. He was a member of the Norwich sides which reached the semi-finals of the

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in 1959 as a third division team, won promotion to division two in 1960 and won the League Cup in 1962. He later coached at Bristol Rovers,

Aldershot Aldershot ( ) is a town in the Rushmoor district, Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme north-east corner of the county, south-west of London. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Farnborough/Aldershot built-up are ...

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and

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The club currently competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Ipswich Town were founded in 1878 but did not turn ...

, both the latter two with

Bobby Robson Sir Robert William Robson (18 February 1933 – 31 July 2009) was an English football player and coach. His career included periods playing for and later managing the England national team and being a UEFA Cup-winning manager at Ipswich Town. ...

, and was assistant manager at

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

before moving to live in the USA. He was an assistant coach for the Detroit Express for the 1978 NASL season. He was named head coach of the

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on 14 December 1978. He coached the team for the 1979 NASL season and first nine games of the

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Death

McCrohan died on 3 March 2015 in the

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after a long illness.

Honours

Norwich City *

Football League Cup The English Football League Cup, often referred to as the League Cup and currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout competition in men's domestic football in England. Orga ...

: 1961–62 *

Football League Third Division The Football League Third Division was the third tier of the English football league system in 1920–21 Football League, 1920–21 and again from 1958–59 Football League, 1958 until 1991–92 Football League, 1992. When the FA Premier League ...

runner-up: 1959–60

References

* 1930 births 2015 deaths English men's footballers Footballers from Reading, Berkshire Men's association football midfielders Reading F.C. players Norwich City F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players English football managers North American Soccer League (1968–1984) head coaches English expatriate football managers English expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States English Football League players 20th-century English sportsmen {{england-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub