Larry LLOYD

Larry Lloyd - England - England biography 1971-1980

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 17 May 1980

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    • POSITION
      Central Defender
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Wednesday, 06 October 1948
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Bristol, England. Died 28th March 2024 aged 75.
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • England
  • CLUBS
  • Coventry City
    • Club Career Dates
      1974-1976
    • League Debut
      Wednesday, 21st August 1974 in a 1-1 draw at Derby County (Aged: 25)
    • Club Career
      50 League apps, 5 goals
  • Liverpool FC
    • Club Career Dates
      1969-1974
    • League Debut
      Saturday, 27th September 1969 in a 2-2 draw at West Bromwich Albion (Aged: 20)
    • Club Career
      150 League apps, 4 goals
  • Nottingham Forest
    • Club Career Dates
      1976-1981
    • League Debut
      Saturday, 2nd October 1976 in a 1-0 defeat at Hull City (Aged: 27)
    • Club Career
      148 League apps, 6 goals
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Larry LLOYD - England - England biography 1971-1980

One of the most imposing defenders ever to pull on a shirt, the six foot plus Larry Lloyd formed one half of a genuinely hard defensive partnership when Bill Shankly placed him alongside Tommy Smith at Liverpool. In 1971, with Jack Charlton and Brian Labone out of the picture, England coach Alf Ramsey was seeking a new stopper at the back and Lloyd, in good form with a Liverpool side which had reached that year's FA Cup final, was given his debut in a bore draw against Wales at Wembley, alongside his Liverpool skipper Smith.

 

Tommie was never brought back, but Lloyd got more exposure to international strikeforces when England drew 1-1 with Switzerland at Wembley six months later. His third cap was in the infamous defeat to Northern Ireland at Wembley the following summer and Ramsey decided thereafter to keep faith with derby's Roy McFarland as his main defensive lynchpin. Lloyd's subsequent downgrading to Coventry to ply his trade seemingly put paid to any further international honours, but after Brian Clough revived his career at Nottingham Forest, to the extent of one European Cup triumph and a second one just days away, Ron Greenwood called him up for the 1980 Home Internationals and a 31 year old Lloyd - fully eight years after his last international outing - partnered his former Liverpool colleague Phil Thompson in a calamitous 4-1 reversal against Wales (see photo above) at Wrexham.

 

There was always little chance of Lloyd making that summer's European Championship squad as he had to miss the remaining three pre-tournament friendlies due to Forest's involvement in the European Cup final, but their successful retention of the trophy was a good way to sacrifice belated international ambition. (Matthew Rudd) Larry Lloyd died on 28th March 2024 aged 75.