Nicky Morgan (footballer)

Nicholas Morgan (born 30 October 1959) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Bournemouth, Bristol City, Exeter City, Portsmouth, Stoke City and West Ham United.[1]

Nicky Morgan
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Morgan[1]
Date of birth (1959-10-30) 30 October 1959
Place of birth East Ham, England[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1976–1978 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1983 West Ham United 21 (2)
1981–1982FC Den Haag (loan) 20 (6)
1983–1986 Portsmouth 95 (32)
1986–1990 Stoke City 88 (21)
1990–1993 Bristol City 80 (23)
1992Bournemouth (loan) 6 (1)
1993–1994 Exeter City 12 (4)
Total 322 (89)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Morgan began his career with his local side West Ham United where he made fleeting appearances and also had time on loan at Dutch side FC Den Haag. With chances limited at West Ham, Morgan joined Portsmouth where he enjoyed to most success in his career. He spent five seasons at Fratton Park where he made 109 appearances scoring 35 goals. He joined Stoke City where he scored 26 goals in 104 games in four seasons before playing for Bristol City for four years. After scoring 29 goals in 89 games for the "Robins" he played for Bournemouth and then Exeter City and retired in 1994.

Career

Morgan was born in East Ham and started his career at his boyhood club West Ham United as an apprentice before earning a professional contract in 1978.[1] He failed to make much of an impression at the "Hammers" and joined Portsmouth in 1983.[1] Prior to joining Portsmouth Morgan had spent the 1981–82 season at Dutch club FC Den Haag where he played 20 times scoring six goals but they finished in 17th position and were relegated.[1]

He did much better at "Pompey" and in his first season with the club they gained promotion to the Second Division. In the next four seasons Portsmouth tried to gain a promotion to the First Division finishing fourth twice with Morgan scoring 16 goals in 1985–86. They claimed that promotion they wanted in 1986–87 but Morgan left for Stoke City just four matches into the season.[1] He made a fine start to his Stoke career scoring on his debut against Hull City on 8 November 1986.[1] He finished the 1986–87 season with 12 goals to his name.[1] He then hit six in the following two seasons and with Stoke enduring a terrible 1989–90 season and on their way to being relegated to the Third Division, Morgan left for Bristol City in April 1989.[1]

It proved to be a good decision by Morgan as he scored four goals in seven matches as Bristol City and Stoke City swapped league places at the end of the season.[1] He scored 17 goals in 1990–91 as Bristol City finished in 9th position. He fell out of the first team picture in 1991–92 and 1992–93 and spent a short spell on loan at Bournemouth. He left Bristol City in August 1993 for Exeter City, where he played 12 matches scoring four goals before deciding to retire from the game.

Career statistics

Source:[2]

Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other[A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
West Ham United 1978–79 Second Division 2000000020
1979–80 Second Division 6100100061
1980–81 Second Division 61000040101
1981–82 First Division 0000000000
1982–83 First Division 7000000070
Total 212001040262
FC Den Haag (loan) 1981–82 Eredivise 206000000206
Portsmouth 1982–83 Third Division 6100000061
1983–84 Second Division 2591120002810
1984–85 Second Division 308102000338
1985–86 Second Division 30141051213816
1986–87 Second Division 4000000040
Total 953231912110935
Stoke City 1986–87 Second Division 29105200003412
1987–88 Second Division 285203130366
1988–89 Second Division 185001100196
1989–90 Second Division 131001110152
Total 882162534010426
Bristol City 1989–90 Third Division 7400000074
1990–91 Second Division 44130044004817
1991–92 Second Division 193202200215
1992–93 First Division 103000000103
1993–94 First Division 0000001010
Total 80232066108929
Bournemouth (loan) 1992–93 Second Division 6121001193
Exeter City 1993–94 Second Division 124000000124
Career Total 322891442110122369105
A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, FA Community Shield, Full Members Cup, Football League Trophy.

References

  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  2. Nicky Morgan at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  • Nicky Morgan at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
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