Nicholas Jennings (18 January 1946 – 4 June 2016) was an English professional footballer whose 15-year career ran from the early 1960s[1] to the mid-1970s.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas Jennings | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1946 | ||
| Place of birth | Wellington, Somerset, England | ||
| Date of death | 4 June 2016 (aged 70) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1961–63 | Wellington | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1967 | Plymouth Argyle | 98 | (11) |
| 1967–1974 | Portsmouth | 206 | (45) |
| 1973 | → Aldershot (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 1973 | Dallas Tornado | 18 | (3) |
| 1974–1978 | Exeter City | 124 | (15) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Wellington, Somerset[3] he played nearly 100 league games for his first club Plymouth Argyle. A speedy winger,[4] he moved to Portsmouth in January 1967 and was to prove such a popular player that in 1971 he was awarded the title of Pompey's Player of the Year.[5] In all he made over 200 appearances for Pompey[6] (and 4 during a loan spell at Aldershot) before moving to Exeter on a free transfer[7] in the 1974 close season, making his final league appearance in 1978. Jennings also played the summer of 1973 in the NASL with the Dallas Tornado.[8] He was named an All-Star Honorable Mention and help Dallas to the league final, which they lost 0–2.
Jennings died on Saturday 4 June 2016 at the age of 70.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Career starts". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
- ^ and ends
- ^ "Rothmans Football Year Book,1970–71" Peskett,R/Williams,T: Harpenden, QAP,1970 ISBN 0-362-00071-9
- ^ Fans testimony Archived 7 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club" Cooper,M/ Neasom,M/ Robinson,D: Portsmouth, Milestone Publications, 1984 ISBN 0-903852-50-0
- ^ "The PFA Premier League and Football League Players' Records 1946–98" Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 ISBN 1-85291-585-4
- ^ "Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball" Farmery, C: Southend-on-Sea, Desert Island Books, 1999 ISBN 1-874287-25-2
- ^ http://www.nasljerseys.com/Players/J/Jennings.Nicholas.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ Pompey will never forget Tricky Nicky on the wing
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