Kevin Lock is pictured playing for West Ham United during their match against
Leeds United.
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1971-1972 |
Played |
3 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1972-1973 |
Played |
18 |
Scored |
1 |
goal |
(Division 1) |
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1973-1974 |
Played |
11 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1974-1975 |
Played |
42 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1975-1976 |
Played |
26 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
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1976-1977 |
Played |
26 |
Scored |
0 |
goals |
(Division 1) |
| |
1977-1978 |
Played |
6 |
Scored |
1 |
goal |
(Division 1) |
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Transferred to Fulham in May 1978 for whom he played 211 league games (27 goals)
followed by 10 games for Southend Utd. (1985 -1986)
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He stayed with the Southend club as a coach once he'd retired from playing.
He remained with Southend when David Webb replaced Bobby Moore as manager,
and followed Webb to Chelsea in 1993 and Brentford from 1993 to 1998.
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Kevin Lock playing for West Ham United on 17th. September 1977 in
The Hammer 3-2 away defeat at Bristol City.
Biography of his West Ham United career.
East Londoner Lock was born in Plaistow and started his career with West Ham
as an apprentice in 1969, graduating to the first team squad towards the end of the
1971/72 season. He made his Hammers debut aged eighteen in February 1972
as substitute in an First Division defeat at Sheffield United, going on to make his
first full appearance two months later in another away defeat at Arsenal.
Lock was a composed, stylish central defender, very much in the Bobby Moore
mould, and as Moore’s understudy his first team opportunities were limited for
the next two years.
It was not until Moore’s departure from Upton Park to Fulham
in March 1974 that Lock made his breakthrough as a first team regular, replacing
Mick McGiven, Moore’s initial replacement in the famous number six shirt.
Lock was to fully establish himself at West Ham in the 1974/75 season, in which
he was an ever present in all competitions. He also gained an FA Cup winners
medal at the end of the season, putting in an impressive defensive performance
in the Hammers Final victory over Fulham.
Lock’s outstanding form at the start of
the following season was rewarded with him being selected for the full England squad,
having had previously played at both youth and under 23 level.
He was in Don Revie’s squad for the European Championship qualifier against Portugal
in Lisbon in November 1975, although was to remain as an unused substitute.
Lock made twenty-six league appearances for West Ham in the 1975/76 season and
seemed set to become a permanent fixture in the team for many years. However, he
lost his place following a groin injury sustained during a home game against Aston Villa
in April 1976 and as a result missed out on playing in the European Cup Winners Cup Final
defeat to Anderlecht three weeks later.
Lock regained his place in the West Ham team early in the following season, initially at
left back, as a replacement for Frank Lampard, and made twenty-six league appearances
during the season, one in which West Ham struggled, only narrowly avoiding relegation.
At the end of the season along with several other first team players, Lock was transfer listed
by the club. However, he remained at Upton Park and played in the opening six league games
of the 1977/78 season, but with only one win being recorded in these games, again lost his
place as Manager John Lyall moved Billy Bonds into a central defensive position. Unable to get
back into the first team and with the Hammers being relegated, Lock was finally sold at the
end of the campaign to Second Division Fulham for £60,000, going on to play over two hundred
games for the Cottagers. (Mark Matthews.)