Phil Hoadley

Philip Damien Hoadley (6 January 1952 – 5 May 2024) was an English footballer who made more than 400 appearances in the Football League playing as a central defender for Crystal Palace, Orient and Norwich City.

[3] He made his first-team debut on 27 April 1968, as a substitute in the Second Division match away to Bolton Wanderers.

[4] After appearing in 88 matches in all competitions for Crystal Palace,[5] he joined Orient, in September 1971,[2] whom he captained to the semi-finals of the 1977–78 FA Cup.

[6] Having played nearly 300 games for Orient,[7] his transfer to Norwich City in 1978 was the first move under freedom of contract legislation with a tribunal setting his value at £110,000.

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