Eric Young (footballer, born 1960), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Place of Birth: Singapore
About Eric Young (footballer, born 1960)
- Eric Young (born 25 March 1960 in Singapore) is a retired professional footballer, who was a strong, commanding centre-half, nicknamed "Ninja" due to his ever-present brown headband, which he wore during matches to protect scar tissue on his forehead. Young started his career at non-league Southall and then moved to Slough Town where his commanding style was noticed by a number of league clubs; he played for Slough for 3 seasons.
- Young was eventually signed by Brighton & Hove Albion in 1982.
- During the period in non-league football Young continued with his accountancy training.
- He made his league debut in the first match of the 1982–83 season and went on to make 126 appearances for the club, scoring 10 goals before transferring to Wimbledon for £70,000 on the eve of the 1987–88 season. He became a fan favourite at Wimbledon and formed a formidable central defensive partnership with Andy Thorn, playing in the club's famous victory over Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup Final.
- After 99 appearances and 9 goals for Wimbledon, in 1990 he was sold to Crystal Palace for £850,000 (at the time a huge transfer fee for a 30-year-old).
- At Palace he continued his consistently reliable form, and Palace had previously signed Thorn in 1989 which meant the resumption of the Thorn/Young defensive partnership that had proved so successful at Wimbledon.
- Young was a mainstay in the team that finished third in the old first division (now the Premiership) and kept his place in the side until a falling out with manager Alan Smith at the beginning of the ill-fated 1994–95 season saw him dropped until the final five matches of that campaign. After 161 appearances and 15 goals for Palace, he then joined Wolverhampton Wanderers on a free transfer.
- He spent two seasons at Wolves before completing his professional career, briefly returning to Palace in 1997 without playing a senior game, but then continued to play non-league football for another four seasons whilst also qualifying as a chartered accountant, before finally hanging up his boots at the age of 41 at Egham Town. He is now working as an accountant in a construction based company in Heathrow.
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