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Kevin Lock

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{distinguish|Kevin Locke (disambiguation){{!}}Kevin Locke}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kevin Lock

| image =

| fullname = Kevin Joseph Lock{{Hugman|11856|accessdate=10 September 2015}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|12|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Plaistow, England

| height = 6 ft 0 in{{cite book |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88 |editor-first=Peter |editor-last=Dunk |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |date=1987 |page=340 |isbn=978-0-356-14354-5}}

| position = Central defender, midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1971–1978

| clubs1 = West Ham United

| caps1 = 132

| goals1 = 2

| years2 = 1978–1985

| clubs2 = Fulham

| caps2 = 210

| goals2 = 27

| years3 = 1985–1986

| clubs3 = Southend United

| caps3 = 10

| goals3 = 0

| totalcaps = 362

| totalgoals = 29

| nationalyears1 = 1971–1972

| nationalteam1 = England Youth

| nationalcaps1 = 9

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1973–1976

| nationalteam2 = England U23

| nationalcaps2 = 4

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1997

| managerclubs1 = Brentford (caretaker)

}}

Kevin Lock (born 27 December 1953) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender in the Football League, most notably for Fulham and West Ham United.

Club career

Lock was born in Plaistow, Essex. He began his career with First Division club West Ham United as a ground staff boy in 1969.{{Cite book |last1=Sharratt |first1=Ben |title=Claret and Blue Blood: Pumping Life into West Ham United |last2=Blows |first2=Kirk |date=7 December 2012 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9781780577647 |language=en}} He made his debut against Sheffield United on 29 February 1972. After the departure of Bobby Moore in 1974, he broke into the team and was given Moore's number 6 shirt.{{Cite book |last=Hogg |first=Tony |title=Who's Who of West Ham United |publisher=Profile Sports Media |year=2005 |isbn=1-903135-50-8 |page=128}} Lock was a part of the team which emerged victorious in the 1975 FA Cup Final and had made 165 appearances and scored two goals by the time he departed Upton Park in May 1978. He dropped down to the Second Division to join Fulham for a £60,000 fee and made 233 appearances and scored 27 goals in seven seasons at Craven Cottage. Lock ended his career with Fourth Division club Southend United, after being signed by manager Bobby Moore on a free transfer. He made 11 appearances for the club,{{Cite web |title=Kevin Lock 1985 – 1986 |url=http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/profile.php?p=597 |access-date=9 May 2018 |website=SUFCdb}} alongside another former Hammer, Frank Lampard.

International career

Lock was capped by England at Youth and U23 level and was part of the 1971 and 1972 UEFA International Youth Tournament-winning squads.{{Cite web |title=England Matches – Youth/Under-18's 1971–80 |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/matchrsl/MatchRslTmU18pg3.html |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=www.englandfootballonline.com}}{{Cite web |title=England – U-23 International Results- Details |website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/eng-u23-intres-det.html |access-date=8 February 2013 }} He was named in the senior squad for a Euro 1976 qualifier versus Portugal on 19 November 1975, but remained an unused substitute during the 1–1 draw.{{Cite web |title=England Match No. 496 – Portugal – 19 November 1975 – Match Summary and Report |url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/Seas1970-80/1975-76/M0496Por1975.html |access-date=17 November 2017 |website=www.englandfootballonline.com}}

Coaching career

Lock began his coaching career in the Southend United youth system and remained with the club after the appointment of David Webb as manager in 1986.{{Cite web |date=30 September 2012 |title=Where are they now? November 2002 |url=http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/bob.dunning/where30.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930064233/http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/bob.dunning/where30.htm |archive-date=30 September 2012 |access-date=21 May 2017}} He followed Webb to Chelsea as first team coach in 1993 and then to Brentford later that year. Lock served the Bees as caretaker manager during the 1997–98 pre-season and managed the team to a 3–0 defeat versus Millwall on the opening day of the regular season.{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2013|p=240}} After the appointment of Eddie May as manager, he moved to the role of Football Coordinator and departed Griffin Park in May 1998.{{Cite book |last1=Croxford |first1=Mark |title=The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties |last2=Lane |first2=David |last3=Waterman |first3=Greville |publisher=Legends Publishing |year=2013 |isbn=9781906796723 |location=Sunbury, Middlesex |pages=258–259}} It was his final job in football.{{Cite web |title=Memory Lane |url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2013/february/03/memory-lane |access-date=21 May 2017 |website=www.fulhamfc.com |language=en}}

Personal life

On Saturday 21 February 1981, Lock was the best man at Fulham teammate Tony Mahoney's wedding in Grays and the pair played for Fulham later that day.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3WRarPpFz8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/x3WRarPpFz8 |archive-date=14 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Fulham v Portsmouth Division 3 21st February 1981 |language=en |time=0:07 |access-date=3 October 2021}}{{cbignore}} After leaving football in 1998, Lock entered the pub trade.

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |League Cup

! colspan="2" |Europe

! colspan="2" |Other

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="8" |West Ham United

|1971–72{{Cite web |title=Kevin Lock |url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=415&united=Kevin_Lock |access-date=16 November 2017 |website=www.westhamstats.info}}

|First Division

|3

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|3

|0

1972–73

|First Division

|18

|1

|1

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|19

|1

1973–74

|First Division

|11

|0

|0

|0

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|1Appearance in Watney Cup

|0

|14

|0

1974–75

|First Division

|42

|0

|8

|0

|3

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|53

|0

1975–76

|First Division

|26

|0

|1

|0

|5

|0

|4Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

|0

|32 appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup, 1 appearance in FA Charity Shield

|0

|39

|0

1976–77

|First Division

|26

|0

|2

|0

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|30

|0

1977–78

|First Division

|6

|1

|2

|0

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|10

|1

colspan="2" |Total

!132

!2

!12

!0

!13

!0

!4

!0

!4

!0

!165

!2

rowspan="8" |Fulham

|1978–79{{Cite web |title=Kevin Joseph Lock |url=http://www.fulhamweb.co.uk/player/539/kevin-joseph-lock.aspx |access-date=16 November 2017 |website=Fulhamweb}}

|Second Division

|39

|3

|3

|0

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|44

|3

1979–80

|Second Division

|38

|5

|0

|0

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|40

|5

1980–81

|Third Division

|29

|5

|6

|0

|1

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|36

|5

1981–82

|Third Division

|25

|5

|0

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|25

|5

1982–83

|Second Division

|34

|2

|0

|0

|3

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|37

|2

1983–84

|Second Division

|15

|2

|0

|0

|3

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|18

|2

1984–85

|Second Division

|30

|5

|1

|0

|2

|0

| colspan="2" |—

| colspan="2" |—

|33

|5

colspan="2" |Total

!210

!27

!10

!0

!13

!0

! colspan="2" |—

! colspan="2" |—

!233

!27

Southend United

|1985–86

|Fourth Division

|10

|0

|0

|0

|0

|0

| colspan="2" |—

|1Appearance in Football League Trophy

|0

|11

|0

colspan="3" |Career total

!352

!29

!22

!0

!26

!0

!4

!0

!5

!0

!409

!29

Managerial statistics

class=wikitable style="text-align: center"

|+ Managerial record by team and tenure

rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|From

!rowspan=2|To

!colspan=5|Record

!rowspan=2|{{abbr|Ref|Reference}}

{{abbr|P|Matches played}}{{abbr|W|Matches won}}{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}{{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}}
align=left|Brentford (caretaker)

|align=left|5 August 1997

|align=left|12 August 1997

{{WDL|1|0|0|1|decimals=1}}

|{{Sfn|Croxford|Lane|Waterman|2013|p=240}}

colspan=3|Total

{{WDLtot|1|0|0|1|decimals=1}}

!—

Honours

West Ham United

  • FA Cup: 1974–75{{cite book |first1=Leslie |first2=Jack |last1=Vernon |last2=Rollin |title=Rothmans Football Yearbook 1977–78 |year=1977 |publisher=Brickfield Publications Ltd |location=London |isbn=0354-09018-6 |page=491}}

Fulham

England Youth

References

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External links

  • {{Soccerbase|4575}}

{{Brentford F.C. managers}}

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Category:1953 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Newham

Category:People from Plaistow, Newham

Category:English men's footballers

Category:Men's association football central defenders

Category:Men's association football midfielders

Category:West Ham United F.C. players

Category:Fulham F.C. players

Category:Southend United F.C. players

Category:English Football League players

Category:England men's under-23 international footballers

Category:Brentford F.C. non-playing staff

Category:English football managers

Category:English Football League managers

Category:Southend United F.C. non-playing staff

Category:Chelsea F.C. non-playing staff

Category:English football coaches