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Nicky Morgan (footballer)

English footballer

Summary

English footballer

Field	Value
name	Nicky Morgan
fullname	Nicholas Morgan
birth_date
birth_place	East Ham, England
position	Forward
height	5 ft 10 in
youthyears1	1976–1978
youthclubs1	West Ham United
years1	1978–1983
clubs1	West Ham United
caps1	21
goals1	2
years2	1981–1982
clubs2	→ FC Den Haag (loan)
caps2	20
goals2	6
years3	1983–1986
clubs3	Portsmouth
caps3	95
goals3	32
years4	1986–1990
clubs4	Stoke City
caps4	88
goals4	21
years5	1990–1993
clubs5	Bristol City
caps5	80
goals5	23
years6	1992
clubs6	→ AFC Bournemouth (loan)
caps6	6
goals6	1
years7	1993–1994
clubs7	Exeter City
caps7	12
goals7	4
totalcaps	322
totalgoals	90
years8	1994
clubs8	Salisbury City
goals8	1

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

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 AFC 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. He failed to make much of an impression at the "Hammers" and joined Portsmouth in 1983. 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.

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. He made a fine start to his Stoke career scoring on his debut against Hull City on 8 November 1986. He finished the 1986–87 season with 12 goals to his name. 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.

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. 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 after a brief spell at Salisbury City.

Career statistics

Source:

Club	Season	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Total	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
West Ham United	1978–79	Second Division	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1979–80	Second Division	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	1
1980–81	Second Division	6	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	10	1
1981–82	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982–83	First Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
FC Den Haag (loan)	1981–82	Eredivise	20	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	6
Portsmouth	1982–83	Third Division	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
1983–84	Second Division	25	9	1	1	2	0	0	0	28	10
1984–85	Second Division	30	8	1	0	2	0	0	0	33	8
1985–86	Second Division	30	14	1	0	5	1	2	1	38	16
1986–87	Second Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Stoke City	1986–87	Second Division	29	10	5	2	0	0	0	0	34	12
1987–88	Second Division	28	5	2	0	3	1	3	0	36	6
1988–89	Second Division	18	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	19	6
1989–90	Second Division	13	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	15	2
Bristol City	1989–90	Third Division	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
1990–91	Second Division	44	13	0	0	4	4	0	0	48	17
1991–92	Second Division	19	3	2	0	2	2	0	0	21	5
1992–93	First Division	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	3
1993–94	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Bournemouth (loan)	1992–93	Second Division	6	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	9	3
Exeter City	1993–94	Second Division	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	4

: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

(1987). "Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88". Queen Anne Press.
Matthews, Tony. (1994). "The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City". Lion Press.
Thear, David. (2007). "The Whites - Salisbury City F.C. the first 60 years 1947-2007". Citywhite Publishing.
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