Tommy Langley is pictured playing for Chelsea during their 5-4 win against
Birmingham City on 31/12/1977.
| Tommy Langley began his career with Chelsea, making his debut in 1975 against
Leicester City. The club were relegated the same season and for the
remainder of Langley's time there they bounced between the top two
divisions. He first established himself in the side during Chelsea's
first season back in the First Division in 1977–78, during which he
scored 13 goals, making him the club's top scorer. The following year,
Chelsea were near the bottom of the league all season and relegated by
March, with Langley's 16 goals – more than three times the total managed
by any of his team mates – a rare bright spot, for which he was voted
club player of the year. During his career with Chelsea, he scored 43
goals in 152 games. |
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| Chelsea: |
1974-1975 |
Played |
8 |
Scored |
1 |
goal |
(Division 1) |
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1975-1976 |
Played |
10 |
Scored |
1 |
goal |
(Division 2) |
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1976-1977 |
Played |
6 |
Scored |
2 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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1977-1978 |
Played |
41 |
Scored |
11 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1978-1979 |
Played |
41 |
Scored |
15 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1979-1980 |
Played |
36 |
Scored |
10 |
goals |
(Division 2) |
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| Transferred to Queens Park Rangers in August 1980 |
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Senior career
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1974–1980 Chelsea 142 (40)
1980–1981 Queens Park Rangers 25 (8)
1981–1983 Crystal Palace 59 (8)
1983–1984 AEK Athens 5 (0)
1983–1984 Coventry City 2 (0)
1984–1985 Wolverhampton W. 23 (4)
1984–1985 Aldershot 16 (4)
1985–1986 South China ? (?)
1986–1988 Aldershot 81 (21)
1988–1989 Exeter City 21 (2)
1989 Tampa Bay Rowdies 5 (1)
1989–1991 Slough Town 56 (19)
1991 Aylesbury United 2 (1)
1991 St Albans City 5 (1)
1992 Basingstoke Town
1992 Staines Town
1992–1993 Wokingham Town
After football.
After Langley's playing days were over, he has still been a part of the game with a career in sport media. Tommy took on his first presenting role as a commentator on Chelsea Radio in 1997. After the radio show, Langley went on to his role as Football Reporter on Channel 5's Breakfast News. Langley joined Chelsea TV when it launched, as a regular guest on the 'Live From Stamford Bridge' phone-in show. He is currently one of the semi-regular presenters on the show, Matchnight Live.[2] He is also used as a co-commentator for Chelsea TV and is known to celebrate when Chelsea score important goals live on air. One such noted time was in Chelsea's 4–4 draw with Tottenham Hotspur, when Chelsea got the goal that gave them a 4–3 lead with three minutes to go, Langley let out a loud "YES". But when Spurs got the equaliser in stoppage time, a loud "NO" could be heard.
Immediately after leaving football, he joined Nashua in Bracknell where he was a dealer sales for copiers and fax machines. His colleague was his ex Aldershot team-mate, Graham Cox.
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