Noel Kinsey

Noel Kinsey
Personal information
Full name Noel Kinsey[1]
Date of birth (1925-12-24)24 December 1925[1]
Place of birth Treorchy, Glamorgan, Wales[1]
Date of death 24 May 2017(2017-05-24) (aged 91)[2]
Position(s) Inside right
Youth career
Treorchy Amateurs
Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1953 Norwich City 223 (57)
1953–1958 Birmingham City 149 (48)
1958–1961 Port Vale 72 (6)
Total 444 (111)
National team
1951–1955 Wales 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Noel Kinsey (24 December 1925 – 24 May 2017[2]) was a Welsh international footballer.[1] He played as an inside right. He won seven international caps and scored 111 goals in 444 league games in a 14-year career in the Football League.[3]

Career statistics

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Club statistics

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Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norwich City 1947–48 Third Division South 36 1 3 2 0 0 39 3
1948–49 Third Division South 22 11 2 1 0 0 24 12
1949–50 Third Division South 37 14 5 3 0 0 42 17
1950–51 Third Division South 46 13 5 1 0 0 51 14
1951–52 Third Division South 44 11 3 1 0 0 47 12
1952–53 Third Division South 38 7 2 0 0 0 40 7
Total 223 57 20 8 0 0 243 65
Birmingham City 1953–54 Second Division 37 10 2 0 0 0 39 10
1954–55 Second Division 35 13 4 1 0 0 39 14
1955–56 First Division 34 14 6 3 0 0 40 17
1956–57 First Division 28 6 7 3 3[a] 0 38 9
1957–58 First Division 15 5 1 0 1[a] 0 17 5
Total 149 48 20 7 4 0 173 55
Port Vale 1957–58 Third Division 14 2 0 0 0 0 14 2
1958–59 Fourth Division 36 3 1 0 0 0 37 3
1959–60 Third Division 19 1 1 0 0 0 20 1
1960–61 Third Division 3 0 0 0 3[b] 1 6 1
Total 72 6 2 0 3 1 77 7
Career total 444 111 42 15 7 1 493 127
  1. 1.0 1.1 Appearances in Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
  2. Appearances in League Cup

International statistics

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Wales national team
Year Apps Goals
1951 4 0
1952 0 0
1953 0 0
1954 1 0
1955 2 0
Total[4] 7 0

Individual

Birmingham City

Port Vale

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 164. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Former Norwich City striker Noel Kinsey dies, aged 91". Norwich Evening News. 24 May 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Chapman, Joseph (24 May 2017). "Former Birmingham City player Noel Kinsey passes away, aged 91". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. "Noel Kinsey". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Baggaley, Mike (24 May 2017). "Tributes paid to former Port Vale forward Noel Kinsey". Stoke Sentinel. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. Kent, Jeff (1990). "Fame and Fortune (1950–1959)". The Valiants' Years: The Story of Port Vale. Witan Books. pp. 171–196. ISBN 0-9508981-4-7.