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{{Short description|English footballer and manager (1932–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sammy Chung
| image =
| fullname = Cyril Chung<ref name="ENFA"/>
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|7|16|df=y}}<ref name="ENFA"/>
| birth_place = [[Abingdon-on-Thames]], England<ref name="ENFA"/>
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|08|28|1932|07|16|df=y}}
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Soccer Who's Who|author=Maurice Golesworth|publisher=The Sportsmans Book Club|year=1965}}</ref>
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1949 | youthclubs1 = [[Abingdon Town F.C.|Abingdon Town]]
| years1 = 1950–1953 | clubs1 = [[Oxford United F.C.|Headington United]] | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1953–1955 | clubs2 = [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] | caps2 = 22 | goals2 = 12
| years3 = 1955–1957 | clubs3 = [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] | caps3 = 47 | goals3 = 9
| years4 = 1957–1965 | clubs4 = [[Watford F.C.|Watford]] | caps4 = 219 | goals4 = 22
| totalcaps = 288 | totalgoals = 43
| manageryears1 = 1976–1978 | managerclubs1 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
| manageryears2 = 1992–1993 | managerclubs2 = [[Tamworth F.C.|Tamworth]]
| manageryears3 = 1994–1996 | managerclubs3 = [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]]
}}

'''Cyril Chung''' (16 July 1932 – 28 August 2022), better known as '''Sammy Chung''', was an English [[Association football|football]] player and manager, one of the first Anglo-Chinese players in English football.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[World Soccer (magazine)|World Soccer]]|date=December 2022|page=13|title=Obituaries}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Chung was born in [[Abingdon-on-Thames]] to a Chinese father and English mother. He began his career with local side [[Abingdon Town F.C.|Abingdon Town]] and then [[Southern Football League|Southern League]] side [[Oxford United F.C.|Headington United]].<ref name="ENFA"/> He joined [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] of the [[Football League Third Division South|Third Division South]] in 1953 but did not sign professional forms until he had completed his [[national service]]. He made a good start to his professional career, scoring four goals in five appearances at the end of [[1953–54 Football League|1953–54]].<ref name="ENFA"/> After scoring eight in the first 17 games of [[1954–55 Football League|1954–55]], he moved to [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] on 1 January 1955.<ref name="ENFA"/> He played 16 times in [[1955–56 Football League|1955–56]], and 11 times in [[1956–57 Football League|1956–57]] as the Canaries finished bottom of the Third Division South. Chung moved to [[Watford F.C.|Watford]] for the [[1957–58 Football League|1957–58]] season, where under [[Neil McBain]] the side were relegated to the [[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]].<ref name="ENFA"/> The Hornets secured a return to the Third Division with promotion in [[1959–60 Football League|1959–60]] and narrowly missed out on promotion to the second tier in [[1960–61 Football League|1960–61]] and [[1963–64 Football League|1963–64]]. Chung played a total of 242 times for Watford, scoring 24 goals.<ref name="ENFA"/>

==Managerial career==
Chung gained his first coaching experience while still a player at [[Watford F.C.|Watford]], under manager [[Bill McGarry]]. When McGarry left to become manager of [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]], he took Chung with him as assistant. At Ipswich, they won promotion to the [[Football League First Division|First Division]] as champions in 1968.

Following a short period as manager of Swedish side [[IFK Västerås]], he returned to join Bill McGarry, now at [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]], as his assistant. As part of the management team, they guided Wolves to victory in the [[1974 Football League Cup Final|1974 League Cup]]. The club were relegated in 1976 and McGarry departed, leaving Chung to be appointed manager.

He won promotion back to the top flight as [[Football League Second Division|Second Division]] champions in his first season. He led the club to a 15th-place finish in [[1977–78 in English football|1977–78]], but the following season began with a run of 11 defeats in 14, leading to his dismissal following protests from the club's fans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thewolvessite.co.uk/managers.htm |title=Wolves Managers from 1885 to Today |accessdate=21 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002192056/http://www.thewolvessite.co.uk/managers.htm |archivedate=2 October 2011 }}</ref>

After a period coaching in the [[United Arab Emirates]], he returned to England in 1985 as assistant manager to [[Mick Mills]] at [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] where he spent five years and was later in the backroom staff at [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] in 1991–92.<ref>{{cite web |title=Where Are They Now? Blackburn Rovers 1991-92 Division Two play-off winners |url=https://www.theleaguepaper.com/featured/7986/where-are-they-now-blackburn-rovers-1991-92-division-two-play-off-winners/ |website=The Football League Paper |date=21 April 2017 |accessdate=7 July 2019}}</ref> He had a spell as manager of non-league side [[Tamworth F.C.|Tamworth]] between January 1992, and January 1993, before being appointed manager of [[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]] in July 1994, a post he held until August 1996. His Doncaster spell brought two promising seasons on the field, but promotion challenges gradually petered out into mid-table finishes.

In 1999, he was appointed director of football in [[Barbados]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wheel Meet Again! |url=http://www.wolvesheroes.com/2017/03/14/wheel-meet-again/ |website=Wolves Heroes |accessdate=7 July 2019}}</ref>

In 2005, he joined the coaching staff at [[Minehead F.C.|Minehead]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Red sauce |url=http://www.rageonline.co.uk/mainpage.php?type=newsdetail&news_id=454 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130421034755/http://www.rageonline.co.uk/mainpage.php?type=newsdetail&news_id=454 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 April 2013 |website=Rage Online |accessdate=7 July 2019}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
After retiring from football, Chung worked in a children's home. He later lived on the Somerset coast.<ref>{{cite web |title=Where Are They Now? A look at Wolves' UEFA Cup finalists 1971/72 |url=https://www.theleaguepaper.com/latest-news/football-league-championship/2593/where-are-they-now-a-look-at-wolves-uefa-cup-finalists-7172/ |website=Football League Paper |date=21 October 2015 |accessdate=7 July 2019}}</ref>

Chung died in a nursing home on 28 August 2022, at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/20847517.former-watford-players-chung-mcneice-carpenter-die/|title=Former Watford players Chung, McNeice and Carpenter die|work=[[Watford Observer]]|first=Anthony|last=Matthews|date=30 August 2022|access-date=30 August 2022}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref name="ENFA">{{ENFA}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|FA Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Reading F.C.|Reading]]
|[[1953–54 Football League|1953–54]]
|[[Football League Third Division South|Third Division South]]
|5||4||0||0||colspan="2"|—||5||4
|-
|[[1954–55 Football League|1954–55]]
|Third Division South
|17||8||3||1||colspan="2"|—||20||9
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!22!!12!!3!!1!!colspan="2"|—||25!!13
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]]
|[[1954–55 Football League|1954–55]]
|Third Division South
|20||6||0||0||colspan="2"|—||20||6
|-
|[[1955–56 Football League|1955–56]]
|Third Division South
|16||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||17||1
|-
|[[1956–57 Football League|1956–57]]
|Third Division South
|11||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||11||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!47!!9!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—||48!!9
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[Watford F.C.|Watford]]
|[[1957–58 Football League|1957–58]]
|Third Division South
|41||7||1||0||colspan="2"|—||42||7
|-
|[[1958–59 Football League|1958–59]]
|[[Football League Fourth Division|Fourth Division]]
|27||6||0||0||colspan="2"|—||27||6
|-
|[[1959–60 Football League|1959–60]]
|Fourth Division
|37||1||7||0||colspan="2"|—||44||1
|-
|[[1960–61 Football League|1960–61]]
|[[Football League Third Division|Third Division]]
|37||1||5||0||0||0||42||1
|-
|[[1961–62 Football League|1961–62]]
|Third Division
|11||2||0||0||1||0||12||2
|-
|[[1962–63 Football League|1962–63]]
|Third Division
|26||4||5||2||1||0||32||5
|-
|[[1963–64 Football League|1963–64]]
|Third Division
|26||1||0||0||1||0||27||1
|-
|[[1964–65 Football League|1964–65]]
|Third Division
|14||0||1||0||1||0||16||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!219!!22!!19!!2!!4!!0!!242!!24
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!288!!43!!23!!3!!4!!0!!315!!46
|}

==Managerial statistics==
{| 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|[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
|align=left|19 June 1976
|align=left|8 November 1978
{{WDL|107|41|27|39}}
|-
|align=left|[[Doncaster Rovers F.C.|Doncaster Rovers]]
|align=left|1 July 1994
|align=left|31 July 1996
{{WDL|94|33|24|37}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total<ref name="ENFA"/>
{{WDLtot|201|74|51|76}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{soccerbase (manager)|id=1126|name=Sammy Chung}}
* [http://www.rageonline.co.uk/mainpage.php?type=player&player_name=Chung,+Sammy Sammy Chung Oxford United stats] at [http://www.rageonline.co.uk/ RageOnline.co.uk]

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