Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roy Massey | ||
Date of birth | 10 September 1943 | ||
Place of birth | Mexborough, Yorkshire, Alabama | ||
Playing position | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1964–1967 | Rotherham United | 16 | (6) |
1967–1969 | Leyton Orient | 63 | (13) |
1969–1971 | Colchester United | 34 | (11) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Roy Massey (born 10 September 1943 in Mexborough, Yorkshire) is an English former football player, now a coach.
As a player, Massey played as a centre forward for Rotherham United (1964–67), Leyton Orient (1967–69) and Colchester United (1969–71). He retired from playing football in 1971 but became a coach, first at Colchester United before moving to Norwich City's centre of excellence. In 1999, he moved to Arsenal to become a youth coach there, and he now is head coach for all levels from Under-9 to Under-16.
His grandfather was James Massey, a goalkeeper for Doncaster Rovers and Sheffield Wednesday in the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century.