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{{Short description|English professional footballer and manager}}
{{for|the Florida Supreme Court justice|Roy H. Chapman}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Roy Chapman
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Roy Clifford Chapman<ref name="Roy Chapman"/>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|3|18|df=y}}<ref name="Roy Chapman"/>
| birth_place = [[Kingstanding]], [[Birmingham]], England<ref name="avfc">{{cite web |title=Aston Villa Player Database |url=http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/250.html |website=astonvillaplayerdatabase.com |access-date=28 October 2022}}</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|03|21|1934|3|18|df=y}}<ref name="Kent"/>
| death_place = [[Stoke-on-Trent]], England<ref name="Kent"/>
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}<ref name="nunn"/>
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Inside-forward]]
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Kynoch Works
| youthyears2 = 1951–1952| youthclubs2 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
| years1 = 1952–1957| clubs1 = [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]| caps1 = 19| goals1 = 8
| years2 = 1957–1961| clubs2 = [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]]| caps2 = 105| goals2 = 45
| years3 = 1961–1965| clubs3 = [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]]| caps3 = 136| goals3 =78
| years4 = 1965–1967| clubs4 = [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]]| caps4 = 70| goals4 = 31
| years5 = 1967–1969| clubs5 = [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]]| caps5 = 76| goals5 = 35
| years6 = 1969 | clubs6 = [[Chester City F.C.|Chester]]| caps6 = 9| goals6 = 3
| years7 = 1969–1970| clubs7 = [[Nuneaton Borough F.C.|Nuneaton Borough]]| caps7 = 9| goals7 =9
| years8 = 1970–1975| clubs8 = [[Stafford Rangers F.C.|Stafford Rangers]]| caps8 = | goals8 =
| totalcaps = 424+| totalgoals = 209+
| manageryears1 = 1965–1966| managerclubs1 = [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]]
| manageryears2 = 1970–1975| managerclubs2 = [[Stafford Rangers F.C.|Stafford Rangers]]
| manageryears3 = 1975–1976| managerclubs3 = [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]
| manageryears4 = 1977–1980| managerclubs4 = [[Stafford Rangers F.C.|Stafford Rangers]]
}}
'''Roy Clifford Chapman''' (18 March 1934 – 21 March 1983) was an English professional [[Association football|football]] player and [[Manager (association football)|manager]]. He was the father of former [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] and [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] striker [[Lee Chapman]].<ref name="Roy Chapman"/>

An [[Forward (association football)|inside-forward]], he started his career at [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] in 1952 before he moved on to [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]] five years later to find first-team football. In 1961, he was sold to [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]], where he remained for four years, before returning to Lincoln as the club's player-manager in 1965. He gave up his management duties the following year before moving on to [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] in 1967. He scored 200 goals in 415 games in the [[English Football League|Football League]].

In 1969, he joined [[Stafford Rangers F.C.|Stafford Rangers]] via [[Chester City F.C.|Chester]]. He was also given the manager job at Rangers and held this position until 1975 when he was made manager of [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]. His reign at Stockport was brief, and he became a [[Coach (sport)|coach]] before returning to Stafford for a second spell as manager in 1977 before he left for a second time in 1980. As Stafford manager, he led the club to a [[Northern Premier League]], [[FA Trophy]], and [[Staffordshire Senior Cup]] treble in 1972, as well as another Staffs Cup victory in 1973 and another FA Trophy success in 1979.

==Playing career==
Chapman began his professional playing career with [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] in February 1952, having initially joined the club from Kynocks Works as an amateur three months earlier.<ref name="avfc"/> He made 19 appearances for the "Villans" in the [[Football League First Division|First Division]]. He spent 1955 to 1957 in the [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name="avfc"/> Finding his first-team opportunities limited at [[Villa Park]], [[Manager (association football)|manager]] [[Eric Houghton]] allowed him to leave for [[Bill Anderson (English footballer)|Bill Anderson]]'s [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]] in November 1957. The "Imps" narrowly avoided [[Promotion and relegation|relegation]] out of the [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] in [[1957–58 Football League|1957–58]], finishing one place and one point above relegated [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]]. He finished as the [[List of Lincoln City F.C. seasons|club's top scorer]] in [[1958–59 Football League|1958–59]] with 15 goals, as Lincoln avoided relegation despite achieving a lower points tally than in the previous campaign. They rose the table to 13th in [[1959–60 Football League|1959–60]], but were relegated in last place in [[1960–61 Football League|1960–61]], despite Chapman becoming top-scorer again with 16 goals. He then departed [[Sincil Bank]] on a £7,000 move to [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]].<ref>{{cite book | author=Turner & White | title=The Breedon Book of Football Managers | year=1993| page= 106 | publisher=DB |isbn = 1-873626-32-0}}</ref>

The "Stags" finished 14th in the [[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]] in [[1961–62 Football League|1961–62]] under [[Raich Carter]]'s stewardship, before Chapman and strike partner [[Ken Wagstaff]] fired the club to [[Promotion and relegation|promotion]] in [[1962–63 Football League|1962–63]]. Mansfield took to life in the [[Football League Third Division|Third Division]] well under new boss [[Tommy Cummings]] and posted a seventh-place finish in [[1963–64 Football League|1963–64]] before missing out on promotion in [[1964–65 Football League|1964–65]] due to their inferior goal average.

Chapman left [[Field Mill]] and returned to Lincoln as [[player-manager]] in March 1965, who were by now seeking re-election to the Fourth Division. In August 1965, he came on as a [[substitute (association football)|substitute]], replacing [[Bunny Larkin]]; this was the first substitution in the club's history.<ref name="Roy Chapman">{{cite web|title=Roy Chapman|url=http://world.redimps.co.uk/page/LeagueLegends/0,,10440~963975,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220212521/http://world.redimps.co.uk/page/LeagueLegends/0,,10440~963975,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 February 2018|publisher=Lincoln City F.C.|access-date=20 February 2018}}</ref> Lincoln finished 22nd in [[1965–66 Football League|1965–66]], and once again had to apply for re-election. In October 1966, he reverted to solely a playing capacity as [[Ron Gray (footballer)|Ron Gray]] was appointed as manager.<ref name="Roy Chapman"/> He scored 21 goals in [[1966–67 Football League|1966–67]] to become the club's top-scorer, but despite his scoring efforts, the "Imps" still finished bottom of the [[English Football League|Football League]].

In June 1967, he joined [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] in a playing capacity, on a wage of £35 a week.<ref name="Kent">{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Personalities|publisher=Witan Books|page=58|year=1996|isbn=0-9529152-0-0}}</ref> He was ever-present in the [[1967–68 Port Vale F.C. season|1967–68]] season, finishing as [[List of Port Vale F.C. seasons|the club's top scorer]] with 25 goals in 49 games; he was also the division's joint top-scorer, along with [[Halifax Town A.F.C.|Halifax Town]]'s [[Les Massie]].<ref name="Kent"/> In the summer manager [[Stanley Matthews]] resigned, and [[Gordon Lee (footballer)|Gordon Lee]] took charge at [[Vale Park]].<ref name="Kent"/> Despite suffering from [[sciatica]], Chapman scored 12 goals in 34 games in [[1968–69 Port Vale F.C. season|the next season]] to once again become the top marksman.<ref name="Kent"/>

His final playing club in the Football League was [[Ken Roberts (footballer, born 1936)|Ken Roberts]]'s [[Chester City F.C.|Chester]], who he joined in May 1969. He struck five goals in four pre-season [[Exhibition game|friendly]] matches,<ref name="Chas">{{cite book | author=Chas Sumner | title=On the Borderline: The Official History of Chester City 1885–1997 | year=1997| page= 81 |isbn = 1-874427-52-6}}</ref> and then followed it up with two goals on his league debut at [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]] to take his career tally to 200.<ref name="Chas" /> However, just one more league goal followed in his next eight league games. Chapman moved on to [[Southern Football League|Southern League]] Premier Division side [[Nuneaton Borough F.C.|Nuneaton Borough]] for a fee of £1,500, as part of manager [[Dudley Kernick]]'s £10,000 spending spree.<ref name="nunn">{{cite web |title=Nuneaton Borough1958-1970 – Part 2 |url=http://www.fromtowntotown.org.uk/assets/nuneaton-borough-1958-1970-pt2-approved.pdf |website=fromtowntotown.org.uk |access-date=8 July 2020}}</ref> He scored 27 minutes into his first game for the club, a friendly with a [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] XI.<ref name="nunn"/> He left Nuneaton at the end of the [[1969–70 Southern Football League|1969–70]] season to join [[Stafford Rangers F.C.|Stafford Rangers]] as player-manager.<ref name="Chas" />

==Style of play==
A two-footed player, he was aggressive and had ball-control skills but lacked pace.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=Jeff|title=Port Vale Tales: A Collection of Stories, Anecdotes And Memories|publisher=Witan Books|date=December 1991|pages=250|isbn=0-9508981-6-3}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
Chapman steered Stafford Rangers to a treble of the [[FA Trophy]], [[Northern Premier League]] and [[Staffordshire Senior Cup]] in [[1971–72 Northern Premier League|1972]].<ref name="Staff">{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~portconnection/teams/stafford.htm|title=Stafford Rangers FC history|publisher=Port Pie|access-date=31 January 2008|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121015181615/http://www.btinternet.com/~portconnection/teams/stafford.htm|archive-date=15 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rangers topped the league with 71 points, and beat [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]] 3–0 at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]] in the Trophy final. He followed this by leading Rangers to the [[FA Cup]] fourth round three years later.<ref name="Staff" /> He then returned to professional circles with a short spell as [[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]] manager, where he signed [[George Best]] on a short-term deal.<ref name="Roy Chapman"/> His reign at Stockport was short, and he returned to Port Vale as a [[Coach (sport)|coach]] in August 1976 before being sacked in May 1977 and returning to Stafford.<ref name="Kent" />

In his second spell in charge of Rangers, he led them to another FA Trophy triumph (this time a 2–0 victory over [[Kettering Town F.C.|Kettering Town]]) before standing down in 1980.<ref name="Staff"/>

==Later life and death==
After leaving Rangers, he took up the position of manager of Walsall Sports Company.<ref name="Kent" />

He died in [[Stoke-on-Trent]] three days after his 49th birthday. He had suffered a fatal heart attack when playing in a five-a-side tournament.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article607187.ece |title= Caught in Time | publisher = TimesOnline| access-date=20 February 2008 | location=London | first=Rob | last=Maul | date=13 August 2006}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Playing statistics===
Source:<ref name="ENFA">{{ENFA}}</ref><ref name="nuns">{{cite web |title=Nuneaton Borough statistics |url=http://www.fromtowntotown.org.uk/assets/stats-sheet-1889-2019.pdf |website=fromtowntotown.org.uk |access-date=8 July 2020 |archive-date=9 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709014621/http://www.fromtowntotown.org.uk/assets/stats-sheet-1889-2019.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|FA Cup
!colspan="2"|Other{{ref label|Other|A|}}
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]]
|[[1953–54 Aston Villa F.C. season|1953–54]]
|[[Football League First Division|First Division]]
|4||3||0||0||0||0||4||3
|-
|[[1954–55 Aston Villa F.C. season|1954–55]]
|First Division
|1||1||0||0||0||0||1||1
|-
|[[1955–56 Aston Villa F.C. season|1955–56]]
|First Division
|6||2||0||0||0||0||6||2
|-
|[[1956–57 Aston Villa F.C. season|1956–57]]
|First Division
|8||2||0||0||0||0||8||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!19!!8!!0!!0!!0!!0!!19!!8
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]]
|[[1957–58 Lincoln City F.C. season|1957–58]]
|[[Football League Second Division|Second Division]]
|19||8||0||0||0||0||19||8
|-
|[[1958–59 Lincoln City F.C. season|1958–59]]
|Second Division
|34||15||1||0||0||0||35||15
|-
|[[1959–60 Lincoln City F.C. season|1959–60]]
|Second Division
|18||7||0||0||0||0||18||7
|-
|[[1960–61 Lincoln City F.C. season|1960–61]]
|Second Division
|32||15||2||0||2||1||36||16
|-
|[[1961–62 Lincoln City F.C. season|1961–62]]
|[[Football League Third Division|Third Division]]
|2||0||0||0||0||0||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!105!!45!!3!!0!!2!!1!!110!!46
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]]
|[[1961–62 Mansfield Town F.C. season|1961–62]]
|[[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]]
|37||20||0||0||2||0||39||20
|-
|[[1962–63 Mansfield Town F.C. season|1962–63]]
|Fourth Division
|44||30||5||5||3||2||52||37
|-
|[[1963–64 Mansfield Town F.C. season|1963–64]]
|Third Division
|36||19||1||1||1||0||38||20
|-
|[[1964–65 Mansfield Town F.C. season|1964–65]]
|Third Division
|19||9||2||0||1||2||22||11
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!136!!78!!8!!6!!7!!4!!151!!88
|-
|rowspan="4"|Lincoln City
|[[1964–65 Lincoln City F.C. season|1964–65]]
|Fourth Division
|13||5||1||0||0||0||14||5
|-
|[[1965–66 Lincoln City F.C. season|1965–66]]
|Fourth Division
|20||7||1||0||2||2||23||9
|-
|[[1966–67 Lincoln City F.C. season|1966–67]]
|Fourth Division
|37||20||1||1||3||0||41||21
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!70!!32!!3!!1!!5!!2!!78!!35
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]]
|[[1967–68 Port Vale F.C. season|1967–68]]
|Fourth Division
|46||24||1||0||2||1||49||25
|-
|[[1968–69 Port Vale F.C. season|1968–69]]
|Fourth Division
|30||11||3||1||1||0||34||12
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!76!!35!!4!!1!!3!!1!!83!!37
|-
|[[Chester City F.C.|Chester]]
|[[1969–70 Chester F.C. season|1969–70]]
|Fourth Division
|9||3||0||0||1||0||10||3
|-
|[[Nuneaton Borough F.C.|Nuneaton Borough]]
|[[1969–70 Southern Football League|1969–70]]
|[[Southern Football League|Southern League]] Premier Division
|9||9||1||2||6||12||16||23
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!424!!210!!18!!10!!24!!20!!466!!240
|}

{{refbegin}}
:A. {{note|Other}} The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the [[EFL Cup|League Cup]], [[EFL Trophy|Football League Trophy]], [[English Football League play-offs]], [[Full Members' Cup]], Southern League Cup, [[Birmingham Senior Cup]], Midland Floodlit Cup, President's Cup and Camkin Cup.
{{refend}}

===Managerial statistics===
Source:<ref name="ENFA"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure
|-
!rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|From
!rowspan=2|To
!colspan=5|Record
|-
!{{abbr|P|Matches played}}!!{{abbr|W|Matches won}}!!{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}!!{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}!!{{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}}
|-
|align=left|[[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]]
|align=left|1 March 1965
|align=left|31 May 1966
{{WDL|59|15|14|30|decimals=1}}
|-
|align=left|[[Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]]
|align=left|1 August 1975
|align=left|6 May 1976
{{WDL|44|12|11|21|decimals=1}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|103|27|25|51|decimals=1}}
|}

==Honours==
===As a player===
'''Mansfield Town'''
*[[Football League Fourth Division]] fourth-place promotion: [[1962–63 in English football|1962–63]]<ref name="Rothmans">{{cite book |title=Rothmans football yearbook. 1976-77 |date=1976 |publisher=London : Queen Anne Press |isbn=978-0-362-00259-1 |url=https://archive.org/details/rothmansfootball0000unse_x5p3/page/142/mode/2up?q=port+vale |access-date=26 November 2022}}</ref>

===As a manager===
'''Stafford Rangers'''
*[[Northern Premier League]]: [[1971–72 Northern Premier League|1971–72]]<ref name="Rothmans"/>
*[[FA Trophy]]: 1972, 1979<ref name="Rothmans"/>
*[[Staffordshire Senior Cup]]: 1972, 1973

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{English Fourth Division top scorers}}
{{Navboxes
| title = Managerial positions
| list1 =
{{Lincoln City F.C. managers}}
{{Stockport County F.C. managers}}
{{Stafford Rangers F.C. managers}}
}}

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[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]

Roy Chapman - Revision history

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