Stuart Morgan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stuart Edward Morgan | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | West Ham United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1969 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
| 1969 | → Torquay United (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 1969–1972 | Reading | 46 | (1) |
| 1972–1975 | Colchester United | 81 | (10) |
| 1975–1978 | A.F.C. Bournemouth | 81 | (5) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1978–1983 | Weymouth | ||
| 1985–1987 | Torquay United | ||
| 1987–1989 | Weymouth | ||
| 1993–1999 | Dorchester Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stuart Edward Morgan (born 23 September 1949 in Swansea) is a Welsh former professional footballer and football manager. A central defender, he made 222 appearances in the Football League playing for Torquay United, Reading, Colchester United and A.F.C. Bournemouth. As manager, he took charge of Torquay United in the Football League and Weymouth (twice) and Dorchester Town in non-League football.
Morgan joined West Ham United as a junior, turning professional in March 1967. However, he was never to make the West Ham first team. He joined Torquay United on loan in February 1969, making his league debut on 15 February in a 2-1 win at home to Watford. He remained at Plainmoor until the end of the season, playing 14 league games.
In November 1969, Morgan moved to Reading where he played 46 times before moving to Colchester United in August 1972. He scored twelve times in 81 league games for Colchester, captaining them to promotion under manager Jim Smith in 1974 before moving to A.F.C. Bournemouth in March 1975.
He was appointed manager of Weymouth in November 1978, guiding them to second place in the Alliance Premier League in 1979-80. He left Weymouth in November 1983, returning to Bournemouth as part of Harry Redknapp's coaching staff, where he remained until September 1985 when Morgan was appointed as manager of Torquay United. Torquay finished bottom of Division Four that season, the last before automatic relegation to the Conference would begin. The next season Torquay struggled again and only survived on the last day of the season, at Lincoln City's expense, thanks to a late winner against Crewe Alexandra from Paul Dobson in injury time added after Torquay defender Jim McNichol had been bitten by a police dog.
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