Roy Dwight

Position
Forward
Nationality
Place Of Birth
Belvedere, London
Date Of Birth
January 9, 1933
Date Of Death
April 9, 2002 (69)
Games Played
33
-
Per Game
Games Started
33
1.0
Per Game
Minutes
2970
90.0
Per Game
Goals
6
0.2
Per Game
Assists
0
0
Per Game
Notes
Stats
Matches
Transfers
Gallery
Internationals

Roy was Jimmy Hill’s first signing for Coventry in January 1962 from Gravesend & Northfleet. An old team-mate of Hill’s from Fulham and the uncle of Elton John, Dwight had scored one of Nottingham Forest’s goals in the 1959 FA Cup final victory over Luton but broke his leg. His injury took longer to heal and he was released by Forest and joined Gravesend. At Coventry he scored a number of goals from centre forward before switching to the right wing but after the arrival of Humphries he found it hard to get a game. In early 1964 he joined Millwall but played only seven games before moving into coaching with North Kent non-league teams. He coached Dartford, Erith and Tooting over the next fourteen years and in 1968 had a brief spell coaching Detroit Cougars in the NASL. During the mid 1980s he was assistant manager at Catford Stadium, a dog track in South London. He died in 2002.

Football League Third Division (England)
1962-1963
Coventry City
13
13
1170′
1 (0)
1961-1962
Coventry City
18
18
1620′
5 (0)
31
31
0
2790′
0
0
0
6 (0)
0
0
FA Cup (England)
1962-1963
Coventry City
2
2
180′
2
2
0
180′
0
0
0
0 (0)
0
0
Totals:
33
33
0
2970′
0
0
0
6 (0)
0
0
Date
For
Against
H/A
Result
Football League Third Division 1962-1963
Football League Third Division 1962-1963
Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Southend United
A
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Hull City
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Bristol Rovers
A
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Hull City
H
D 2:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Bristol City
H
W 4:2
90`
Coventry City
Bradford Park Avenue
A
D 0:0
90`
Coventry City
Port Vale
A
L 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Watford
A
L 6:1
90`
Coventry City
Millwall
A
D 3:3
90`
Coventry City
Watford
H
W 3:1
90`
Coventry City
Southend United
H
L 2:3
90`
FA Cup 1962-1963
FA Cup 1962-1963
Coventry City
Millwall
H
W 2:1
90`
Coventry City
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
H
W 1:0
90`
Football League Third Division 1961-1962
Football League Third Division 1961-1962
Coventry City
Halifax Town
A
W 0:2
90`
1
Coventry City
Hull City
H
L 0:2
90`
Coventry City
Bristol City
H
D 1:1
90`
Coventry City
Northampton Town
A
L 4:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Port Vale
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Portsmouth
H
W 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Grimsby Town
A
L 2:0
90`
Coventry City
Crystal Palace
A
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic
H
L 0:1
90`
Coventry City
Watford
A
W 0:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Queens Park Rangers
H
L 2:3
90`
Coventry City
Watford
H
W 1:0
90`
1
Coventry City
Barnsley
A
L 2:1
90`
1
Coventry City
Lincoln City
H
D 2:2
90`
Coventry City
Torquay United
A
L 1:0
90`
Coventry City
Peterborough United
A
W 2:3
90`
Coventry City
Shrewsbury Town
H
W 4:1
90`
Coventry City
Portsmouth
A
L 3:2
90`
Club Out
Club In
Transfer Date
Fee
Club Out / Club In
Transfer Date / Fee
Coventry City
Millwall
Wed, 01 Jan, 1964
Coventry City
Millwall
Wed, 01 Jan, 1964
Gravesend & Northfleet
Coventry City
Mon, 01 Jan, 1962
Gravesend & Northfleet
Coventry City
Mon, 01 Jan, 1962