Raymond Jack Graydon was born on 21 July 1947 and is an English former footballer and manager.
17 Facts About Ray Graydon
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Ray Graydon scored the only goal of the 1975 League Cup final and won the League Cup for a second time in 1977.
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Ray Graydon lost his job in January 2002 and was appointed Bristol Rovers manager two months later.
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Ray Graydon was sacked in January 2004 and later briefly served Leicester City as a first-team coach.
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Ray Graydon finished the season as the club's top-scorer, claiming 27 goals from 50 appearances, as Villa secured promotion as the division's runners-up.
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Ray Graydon was named on the Second Division PFA Team of the Year, alongside teammate John Gidman.
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The "Sky Blues" finished sixth in the First Division and Graydon left Highfield Road at the end of the season and thereafter had a spell in the North American Soccer League with the Washington Diplomats.
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Ray Graydon went on to become the youth team coach at Watford.
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Ray Graydon was given the opportunity to manage Walsall in 1989, but turned it down, with the job instead going to John Barnwell.
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Ray Graydon went on to work as a youth team coach at Queens Park Rangers.
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Ray Graydon's best signing proved to be midfielder Darren Wrack, who came on a free transfer from Grimsby Town and went on to be voted onto the PFA Team of the Year.
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Ray Graydon brought in left-back Neil Pointon and striker Andy Rammell.
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Ray Graydon maintained strict discipline, stressing that "fitness is absolutely vital".
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Ray Graydon was named as Second Division Manager of the Month for August 2000.
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Ray Graydon's second spell in the First Division was just as unsuccessful as the first.
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Since leaving Bristol Rovers, Graydon accompanied Howard Wilkinson to manage in China during 2004.
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In February 2006, Graydon was appointed as first-team coach at Leicester City by manager Rob Kelly.