Ray Evans (footballer)

Ray Evans

Personal information
Full name	Raymond Leslie Evans
Date of birth	(1949-09-20) 20 September 1949
Place of birth	Edmonton, London, England
Height
Position(s)	Full back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1974	Tottenham Hotspur	134	(2)
1975–1976	Millwall	74	(3)
1977	St. Louis Stars	18	(0)
1977–1978	Fulham	86	(6)
1978	California Surf	24	(1)
1979–1981	Stoke City	94	(1)
1982–1983	Seattle Sounders	60	(15)
1983–1986	Tacoma Stars (indoor)	85	(24)
1989	Seattle Storm
Total		575	(52)
Managerial career
	Tacoma Stars (assistant)
	Columbia Basin College
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raymond Leslie "Ray" Evans (born 20 September 1949) is a former English footballer who played in the position of full back in England and the United States. He played for Tottenham Hotspur, Millwall, Fulham and Stoke City.

Career

Evans was born in Edmonton, London and joined Tottenham Hotspur as an apprentice in May 1965, and signed as a full professional in 1967, making his league debut in March 1969 at Arsenal. He made 181 appearances including four as substitute in all competitions for the club between 1969–1974 and scored two goals. Evans featured in both legs of the 1974 UEFA Cup Final against Feyenoord with Spurs losing 4–2 on aggregate.

He joined Millwall for a fee of £35,000 in January 1975. He helped the Lions win promotion to the Second Division in 1975–76 and made 91 appearances for the club in three seasons.During the summer of 1977, Evans played for the St. Louis Stars of the North American Soccer League. He transferred to Fulham in March 1977 where he played 91 for the Craven Cottage side as they posted three season of mid-table in the Second Division. In 1978, he returned to the United States where he played for the California Surf. He was selected for the First Team All-Star team in 1978. In August 1979 he return to England and signed for Stoke City. He played 44 times for Stoke in 1979–80 scoring a penalty against Aston Villa. He played in 36 matches in 1980–81 and 26 times in 1981–82. He returned to the United States after making 106 appearances for the Potters.

In 1982, he moved permanently to the United States when he signed with the Seattle Sounders for two seasons. In the autumn of 1983, he moved to the newly established Tacoma Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He would play three seasons for Tacoma before announcing his retirement in May 1986. In 1989, he came out of retirement to play one season in the Western Soccer Alliance with the Seattle Storm.

Coaching career

While with the Tacoma Stars, Evans also served as an assistant coach. He is now the head coach of the Columbia Basin College, Washington, USA

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Tottenham Hotspur	1968–69	First Division	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	1969–70	First Division	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
	1970–71	First Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
	1971–72	First Division	22	0	4	0	5	0	6	0	37	0
	1972–73	First Division	22	0	2	0	6	0	8	1	38	1
	1973–74	First Division	40	2	1	0	1	0	11	1	53	3
	1974–75	First Division	21	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	0
	Total		134	2	7	0	13	0	25	2	179	4
Millwall	1974–75	Second Division	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
	1975–76	Third Division	32	1	5	0	2	0	0	0	39	1
	1976–77	Second Division	29	1	1	0	9	3	0	0	39	4
	Total		74	3	6	0	11	3	0	0	91	6
St. Louis Stars	1977	NASL	18	0	–		–		–		18	0
	Total		18	0	–		–		–		18	0
Fulham	1976–77	Second Division	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	1977–78	Second Division	39	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	42	4
	1978–79	Second Division	35	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	37	2
	Total		86	6	3	0	2	0	0	0	91	6
California Surf	1978	NASL	24	1	–		–		–		24	1
	Total		24	1	–		–		–		24	1
Stoke City	1979–80	First Division	40	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	44	1
	1980–81	First Division	32	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	36	0
	1981–82	First Division	22	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	25	1
	Total		94	1	4	0	7	1	0	0	105	2
Seattle Sounders	1982	NASL	31	10	–		–		–		31	10
	1983	NASL	29	5	–		–		–		29	5
	Total		60	15	–		–		–		60	15
Career Total			490	28	20	0	33	4	25	2	568	34

Honours

Tottenham Hotspur

• UEFA Cup runner-up: 1974

Millwall

• Football League Third Division third-place promotion: 1975–76

External links

• Fact file
• NASL/MISL stats
• Ray Evans