Laurence Valentine Lloyd was an English professional football player and coach.
16 Facts About Larry Lloyd
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Larry Lloyd started playing local football with Henbury Old Boys before being signed by Bristol Rovers.
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Larry Lloyd partnered one of the players who survived the Shankly cull, captain Tommy Smith.
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Larry Lloyd's goal was the first of the 3 and came in the 37th minute.
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Larry Lloyd did not miss a single minute of the 54 matches played in the whole season.
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Larry Lloyd's form suffered after he was injured and he moved on to Nottingham Forest in December 1976.
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Larry Lloyd had played 54 games for Coventry, scoring six goals.
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Larry Lloyd made four appearances for England in an international career which spanned over eight years.
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Larry Lloyd made two further appearances, against Switzerland and Northern Ireland in 1971 and 1972 but was not picked again until 17 May 1980.
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Now under the managership of Ron Greenwood, Larry Lloyd was picked to play against Wales again in the Home Championship.
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Larry Lloyd left Forest for Wigan Athletic in March 1981, where he was player-manager taking over from Ian McNeill.
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Up until 2000 Larry Lloyd was a regular and outspoken pundit for Nottingham-based local radio, firstly on GEM AM and latterly on Century 106, covering Forest matches.
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Larry Lloyd lived in Spain for many years, where he had a number of bars and dealt in property sales.
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Larry Lloyd was involved in football as manager of amateur side Real Marbella.
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Larry Lloyd regretted selling the medals which he claimed was forced on him by his financial position.
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In 2008 Larry Lloyd's autobiography titled "Hard Man, Hard Game" was published.