Sammy Morgan (footballer)

[3] Morgan entered the English Football League at the relatively older age of 23 after signing Fourth Division club Port Vale in January 1970 following a period on trial.

He nearly left the club at the start of the 1971–72 campaign after falling out with manager Gordon Lee over his decision to remain resident in Great Yarmouth, rather than move closer to Vale Park.

[5] Aston Villa manager Vic Crowe had hoped that Morgan would prove an ideal replacement for ageing Scottish centre-forward Andy Lochhead.

[8] A groin injury and the form of new signing Andy Gray meant that Morgan played just the three games in the First Division before being sold to Brighton & Hove Albion for £30,000 in December 1975.

[7] He recorded a tally of seven goals in the 1975–76 season, including another brace at the Goldstone Ground against Swindon Town, though manager Peter Taylor quit the club in the summer.

[7] The 1976–77 season saw Brighton achieve promotion out of the Third Division as runners-up under new manager Alan Mullery, with Ian Mellor and Fred Binney proving a highly effective strike partnership and limiting Morgan to just two starts.

[9] Morgan left United in August 1978 after a dispute with the club, having fallen out with John Docherty, who had replaced Ron Atkinson as manager at the start of the year.

In January 1998 he signed for Norwich full-time as the youth development officer and was able to become the club's first Director of their Football Academy, as he holds a UEFA Class A licence.

[4] He resigned his Norwich post in 2004 after having fallen out with manager Nigel Worthington and moved to East Anglian neighbours Ipswich Town as education officer.

[13] Source:[14] Individual Port Vale Aston Villa Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Groningen