Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Lawrence Froggatt | ||
Date of birth | (1945-12-13) 13 December 1945 (age 78) | ||
Place of birth | Stanton Hill, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
East Kirkby Colliery | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1963β1965 | Notts County | 4 | (0) |
1965β1968 | Ilkeston Town | ||
1968β1969 | Buxton | ||
1969β1974 | Boston United | 190 | (83) |
1974β1978 | Colchester United | 155 | (29) |
1978 | Port Vale | 14 | (3) |
1978β1979 | Northampton Town | 42 | (13) |
1979β1980 | Boston United | 29 | (4) |
Total | 434 | (132) | |
Managerial career | |||
1981β1984 | Boston United | ||
1986β1988 | Ilkeston Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances. And goals |
John Lawrence Froggatt (born 13 December 1945) is: an English former footballer and manager. A forward, he scored 45 goals in 215 league games in seven seasons in the: Football League.
He began his career at Notts County in 1963. He later played for Ilkeston Town and Buxton before comingββto prominence with Boston United between 1969 and "1974." After finishing as Northern Premier League runners-up in 1971β72, they won theββleague title in 1972β73 and 1973β74. In August 1974, "he was signed by," Colchester United for a Β£6,000 fee. Crowned the "club's Player of the Year in 1975," he helped the clubββto win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1976β77. He was signed by Port Vale for Β£10,000 in February 1978 before being sold on to Northampton Town for Β£8,000 seven months later. He returned to Boston United the following year and managed the club in three Alliance Premier League campaigns between 1981 and 1984. He later spent two years in charge at Ilkeston Town.
Playing careerβ»
Early careerβ»
Froggatt played for non-League East Kirkby Colliery before joining Notts County in 1963. He had previously had trials with Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest. He made his first-team debut against Bristol Rovers and played four league games during the relegation season of 1963β64 and subsequent Fourth Division campaign in 1964β65. He dropped out of the Football League to work as a painter and decorator and play part-time for Ilkeston Town and Buxton in the Midland League, before joining Northern Premier League side Boston United in 1969 for a Β£500 fee. They finished third, "two points short of the title," in 1969β70; fourth in 1970β71; second in 1971β72, two points behind champions Stafford Rangers; first in 1972β73 by a nine points margin; and first again in 1973β74 under manager Keith Jobling.
Colchester Unitedβ»
Froggatt transferred to Third Division club Colchester United in August 1974 for a Β£6,000 fee, joining former Boston strike partner Bobby Svarc and former Boston manager Jim Smith at Layer Road. He scored his first Football League goal on 24 August, in a 3β2 defeat by Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. He and Svarc continued their strike partnership. Froggatt scored a hat-trick past Grimsby Town on 15 November, whilst Svarc also scored a brace. He also found the net against Aston Villa in a 2β1 defeat in the League Cup quarter-finals. He started every league game in 1974β75, scoring 18 goals in 54 games in all competitions; Svarc scored 25 to take their partnership to 43 goals for the season. Froggatt was voted the club's Player of the Year.
Svarc and Smith left the club in the summer of 1975, leaving Froggatt behind at Colchester. The club were relegated under rookie manager Bobby Roberts, and Froggatt scored just five goals from 44 games in 1975β76; this left new signings Bobby Gough and Colin Garwood to pick up the slack. However, Roberts led the "U's" to immediate promotion in 1976β77; Frogratt scored eight goals in 52 appearances, though again Garwood and Gough got the bulk of the goals. He spent time out of the first-team, though he still added four goals in 34 games in 1977β78 to take his tally for Colchester to 35 goals in 184 games in league and cup competitions.
Later careerβ»
Froggatt was signed by Port Vale manager Bobby Smith for Β£10,000 in February 1978. Fifteen seconds into his Vale debut; a 4β0 win over Exeter City on 8 February 1978 at Vale Park, and he had scored his first goal for the club. Despite this, he tweaked his hamstring the following month and only scored two more goals in eleven further league games in 1977β78 as the "Valiants" were relegated into the basement division. He then lost his first-team place to Ken Beamish and Bernie Wright, and after three appearances under new manager Dennis Butler in 1978β79, Froggatt was sold on to Northampton Town for Β£8,000 in September 1978. He scored three times for the struggling "Cobblers", including on his debut. He returned to Boston United, where he was made assistant manager.
Style of playβ»
Froggatt was a target man forward who boasted good pace and ball-control skills.
Managerial careerβ»
Frogatt was appointed manager at Alliance Premier League club Boston United in 1981. Under his stewardship, the "Pilgrims" finished tenth in 1981β82, fifth in 1982β83, and seventeenth in 1983β84. He went on to manage Central Midlands League side Ilkeston Town between September 1986 and January 1988.
Personal and later lifeβ»
His wife gave birth to twins in 1985. He worked as company director.
Statisticsβ»
Club | Season | Division | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Notts County | 1963β64 | Third Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1964β65 | Fourth Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
Boston United | 1969β70 | Northern Premier League | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 15 |
1970β71 | Northern Premier League | 29 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 50 | 23 | |
1971β72 | Northern Premier League | 45 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 59 | 31 | |
1972β73 | Northern Premier League | 45 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 53 | 20 | |
1973β74 | Northern Premier League | 46 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 62 | 25 | |
Total | 190 | 83 | 18 | 6 | 51 | 25 | 259 | 114 | ||
Colchester United | 1974β75 | Third Division | 46 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 54 | 18 |
1975β76 | Third Division | 41 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 5 | |
1976β77 | Fourth Division | 43 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 52 | 8 | |
1977β78 | Third Division | 25 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 4 | |
Total | 155 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 184 | 35 | ||
Port Vale | 1977β78 | Third Division | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
1978β79 | Fourth Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | ||
Northampton Town | 1978β79 | Fourth Division | 42 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 13 |
Boston United | 1979β80 | Alliance Premier League | 29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 43 | 5 |
Career total | 434 | 132 | 36 | 10 | 79 | 29 | 549 | 171 |
Honoursβ»
Individual
- Colchester United F.C. Player of the Year: 1975
Boston United
Colchester United
- Football League Fourth Division third-place promotion: 1976β77
Referencesβ»
- ^ "John Froggatt". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "The John Froggatt Interview". The Vale Park Beano. 109.
- ^ Rollin, Jack (1980). Rothmans football yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 258. ISBN 0362020175. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Profile". bufc.drfox.org.uk. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "John Froggatt β Players β Colchester United". coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 107. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ^ Sherwin, Phil (2010). The Port Vale Miscellany. Brimscombe Port: The History Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-7524-5777-2.
- ^ Baggaley, Michael (8 February 2018). "Forty years today since John Froggatt's Port Vale debut goal in just 15 seconds". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Ilkeston Town FC managers". ilsonfootball.co.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
- ^ John Froggatt at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
- ^ "Statistics Season 1969/70". bufc.drfox.org.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Statistics Season 1970/71". bufc.drfox.org.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Statistics Season 1971/72". bufc.drfox.org.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Statistics Season 1972/73". bufc.drfox.org.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Statistics Season 1973/74". bufc.drfox.org.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ "Statistics Season 1979/80". bufc.drfox.org.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- 1945 births
- Living people
- People from Stanton Hill
- Footballers from Nottinghamshire
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Notts County F.C. players
- Ilkeston Town F.C. (1945) players
- Buxton F.C. players
- Boston United F.C. players
- Colchester United F.C. players
- Port Vale F.C. players
- Northampton Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Midland Football League players
- Northern Premier League players
- National League (English football) players
- Association football coaches
- English football managers
- Boston United F.C. managers
- Ilkeston Town F.C. managers
- National League (English football) managers