Eddie Lyons (footballer)

Eddie Lyons
Personal information
Full name	Albert Edward Lyons
Date of birth	20 May 1920
Place of birth	Rochdale, England
Date of death	November 1996 (aged 76)
Place of death	Bracknell, England
Position(s)	Full back
Youth career
0000–1941	Stockport County
Senior career*
Years	Team
1941–1944	Stockport County
1944–1950	Bury
1950–1952	Millwall
1952–1953	Crewe Alexandra
1953–1954	Rochdale
	Dartford
	Gravesend & Northfleet
Managerial career
1976	Brentford (caretaker)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albert Edward Lyons (20 May 1920 – November 1996) was an English professional football full back who played in the Football League for Bury, Millwall, Crewe Alexandra and Rochdale. After his retirement as a player, Lyons served Brentford in a number of backroom roles for over 30 years.

Playing career

A full back, Lyons began his career in wartime football with Stockport County and after the war,^[2] he played in the Football League for Bury, Millwall, Crewe Alexandra and Rochdale.^[1]^[3] He ended his career in non-league football with Southern League clubs Dartford and Gravesend & Northfleet and won the league title with the latter club in the 1957–58 season.^[4]

Physiotherapy and coaching career

After retiring from football, Lyons became assistant trainer at Brentford.^[4] He also helped Ted Gaskell with the running of the club's short-lived 'A' team in the late 1950s and early 1960s.^[4] Lyons progressed to become the club physiotherapist in the 1970s and took caretaker charge for one match in September 1976 after the departure of John Docherty.^[5] Lyons was awarded a testimonial for his service in May 1984 and at age 63, he played the final 15 minutes of the match against Chelsea.^[4] He earned £8,000 from the match (equivalent to £32,500 in 2025),^[6] was given a gold watch and was presented with a Canon League Loyalty Award by Brentford chairman Martin Lange.^[4] In September 1990, he came out of retirement to serve as a physiotherapist for the officials at an England international match at Wembley Stadium.^[7]

Personal life

After leaving league football, Lyons settled in Ealing and purchased a newsagents, which he ran with his wife Iris.^[4] Lyons suffered from health problems in later life, including bladder cancer, a stroke and having a triple heart bypass operation.^[4] As of August 1996, he was living in Bracknell.^[4]

Honours

Gravesend & Northfleet

Southern League: 1957–58^[4]^[8]

Individual

Canon League Loyalty Award^[4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Millwall	1949–50^[9]	Third Division South	4	0	—		4	0
	1950–51^[10]		1	0	0	0	1	0
	1951–52^[11]		1	0	1	0	2	0
Career total			6	0	1	0	7	0

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Eddie Lyons". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^ "Player profile | HattersMatters". Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ "ROCHDALE AFC – Up The Dale – Index". Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Luton Town. 24 August 1996. p. 19.
^ Official Brentford Programme 2006/2007 versus Leyton Orient. Dunwoody Sports Publishing. 31 January 2007. pp. 38–39.
^ Griffin Gazette: Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Crewe Alexandra. Quay Design of Poole. 6 April 1996. p. 20.
^ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 9781906796723.
^ Gravesend & Northfleet F.C. at the Football Club History Database
^ "Millwall Season 49/50 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
^ "Millwall Season 50/51 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
^ "Millwall Season 51/52 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

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[Hugman-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Eddie Lyons". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[2] "Player profile | HattersMatters". Retrieved 8 October 2019.

[3] "ROCHDALE AFC – Up The Dale – Index". Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[Luton-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Luton Town. 24 August 1996. p. 19.

[5] Official Brentford Programme 2006/2007 versus Leyton Orient. Dunwoody Sports Publishing. 31 January 2007. pp. 38–39.

[6] Griffin Gazette: Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Crewe Alexandra. Quay Design of Poole. 6 April 1996. p. 20.

[7] Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 9781906796723.

[8] Gravesend & Northfleet F.C. at the Football Club History Database

[9] "Millwall Season 49/50 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

[10] "Millwall Season 50/51 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

[11] "Millwall Season 51/52 Stats". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

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