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{{Short description|English football player and manager (born 1952)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kenny Swain
| image = 
| fullname = Kenneth Swain
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|01|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Birkenhead]], England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=11}}<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll |url-access=registration |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81 |editor-first=Jack |editor-last=Rollin |publisher=[[Queen Anne Press]]|location=London |year=1980 |isbn=0362020175 |page=[https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball00roll/page/54 54]}}</ref>
| position = [[Full back (association football)|Full back]], [[midfielder]], [[striker (association football)|striker]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1973
| clubs1 = [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]]
| caps1 = 6
| goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1973–1978
| clubs2 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| caps2 = 119
| goals2 = 26
| years3 = 1978–1982
| clubs3 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
| caps3 = 148
| goals3 = 2
| years4 = 1982–1985
| clubs4 = [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]]
| caps4 = 112
| goals4 = 2
| years5 = 1985–1988
| clubs5 = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
| caps5 = 113
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1987–1988
| clubs6 = → [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] (loan)
| caps6 = 7
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 1988–1992
| clubs7 = [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]
| caps7 = 126
| goals7 = 1
| totalcaps = 631
| totalgoals = 33
| nationalyears1 = 
| nationalteam1 = 
| nationalcaps1 = 
| nationalgoals1 = 
| manageryears1 = 1993–1994
| managerclubs1 = [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]]
| manageryears2 = 1996–1997
| managerclubs2 = [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] (caretaker)
| manageryears3 = 2004–2014
| managerclubs3 = [[England national under-16 football team|England U16]]
| manageryears4 = 2012–2013
| managerclubs4 = [[England national under-17 football team|England U17]]
}}
'''Kenneth Swain''' (born 28 January 1952) is an English former [[Association football|footballer]] who played in numerous positions, including [[striker (association football)|striker]], [[midfielder]] and [[Full back (association football)|full back]].

==Playing career==
Swain began his professional career with Londoners [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]], signing from [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]] in the summer of 1973. As he had been a non-contract player with Wycombe, having joined them from college football, his signing-on fee was just £500. He made his League debut for Chelsea in 1974. His most successful season with the club came in [[1976–77 in English football|1976–77]], when his strike partnership with [[Steve Finnieston]] helped [[Eddie McCreadie]]'s young side win promotion back to the [[Football League First Division|First Division]]. He remained with Chelsea until 1979, when they were relegated, and then signed for [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] for £100,000.

With Villa, Swain was switched to full-back and was a part of the team which won the league championship and [[European Cup]] in consecutive seasons. He left Villa in 1982 and had spells with [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]], [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] and finally [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]]. He achieved success later in his career, adding to the league title and European Cup winner's medals at Aston Villa with a Second Division runners-up medal at Portsmouth in 1987, and achieving promotion in third place with Crewe from the Fourth Division in 1989.

==Managerial career==
Following his retirement, he moved into management, with stints at [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] and [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]]. He also managed the [[England national under-16 football team|England under-16s]] for a decade between 2004–2014 and was as an assistant coach for the [[England national under-17 football team]] between 2012 and 2013.

==Personal life==
Between 2002 and 2004, Swain was Director of Football at [[Thomas Telford School]].He is married and had 2 stepsons, 1 son and two nieces. All hold professional jobs in the Legal and PR industries.

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|21 April 2014}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.soccerbase.com/managers/manager.sd?manager_id=884 | title = Kenny Swain | work = Soccerbase | access-date = 26 April 2014}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! rowspan=2 |Team
! rowspan=2 |From
! rowspan=2 |To
! colspan=5 |Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
| align="left" |[[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]]
| align="left" |28 May 1993
|align="left"|2 September 1994
{{WDL|53|14|12|27}}
|-
| align="left" |[[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]](caretaker)
| align="left" |15 November 1996
|align="left"|21 May 1997
{{WDL|30|8|9|13}}
|-
| align="left" |[[England national under-16 football team|England U16]]
| align="left" |7 April 2004
|align="left"|21 April 2014
{{WDL|94|58|21|15}}
|-
| align="left" |[[England national under-17 football team|England U17]]
| align="left" |2 February 2012
|align="left"|10 August 2013
{{WDL|11|6|4|1}}
|-
!colspan=3|Total
{{WDLtot|188|86|46|56}}
|}

==Honours==
'''Aston Villa'''
* [[Football League First Division]]: [[1980–81 Football League#First Division|1980–81]]
* [[FA Community Shield|FA Charity Shield]]: [[1981 FA Charity Shield|1981]] (shared)<ref>{{cite web|title=1981/82 Charity Shield|url=http://www.footballsite.co.uk/Statistics/CommunityShield/1981-82CharityShield.htm|publisher=footballsite.co.uk|access-date=4 November 2019}}</ref> 
* [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]]: [[1982 European Cup Final|1981–82]]

'''Individual'''
* [[PFA Team of the Year]]: [[PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(1980s)#First_Division_2|1980–81 First Division]],<ref name=Lynch143>{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=143}}</ref> [[PFA_Team_of_the_Year_(1980s)#First_Division_3|1981–82 First Division]]<ref name=Lynch144>{{cite book |last=Lynch |title=The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes |page=144}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
● Playfair football annuals 1974–75 to 1992–93

==External links==
*{{soccerbase (manager)|884|name=Kenny Swain}}

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{{1980–81 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year}}
{{1981–82 Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year}}
{{Wigan Athletic F.C. managers}}
{{Grimsby Town F.C. managers}}

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