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Pat Ferry
Appearances: 23+9 Goals: 8
Date / Year of birth: 3rd February 1947
Position: Striker
Season of first appearance: 1972/73
Season of last appearance: 1972/73
Also played for: Shettleston (Scotland), Morton (Scotland) (23,4), Crystal Palace (0), Chelmsford City, Tonbridge, Romford, Wealdstone, Bishop's Stortford and Hertford Town
Hard-working, 6' 0" tall striker who began his career with Scottish non league club Shettleston.
In the summer of 1969 Pat was signed by Scottish First Division outfit Morton and he made 23 appearances for them during the 1969/70 campaign, scoring four goals. His understudy at centre-forward was future Leeds, Manchester United and Scotland star Joe Jordan who was a teenager at the time.
After being released by Morton Pat joined Crystal Palace on trial in July 1970. He scored once in five reserve team outings for the Eagles during the opening months of the 1970/71 season and then joined Chelmsford in November 1970.
Pat scored a hat-trick on his debut for Chelmsford, an Eastern Professional Floodlight Competition game against Stevenage Athletic, and then played a key role during 1971/72 as City won the Southern League. He scored nine goals from 18 appearances that season including one in a title-clinching win at Cambridge City.
Pat joined Margate from Chelmsford in the summer of 1972 having been recommended to the club by his former Chelmsford team-mate Alan Butterfield who was already at Hartsdown Park. Pat's boyhood friend Davie Houston was also in the Margate squad at the time and the two of them had lived just a few streets apart as youngsters.
Pat made his debut as a substitute for Eddie Clayton in a 1-1 draw at Poole in the Southern League on 12.8.72, the opening day of the 1972/73 season. He scored his first goal for Margate in a 3-3 draw with visitors Gravesend & Northfleet on 21.8.72 but on 25.8.72 Pat suffered a knee injury in a 2-2 draw at Burton that kept him out of action for over a month.
With Barry Brown and Kevin Barry firmly established as Margate's first-choice strike-force Pat found it hard to gain a regular place in the side once he'd regained fitness but he managed eight goals in the 32 appearances (nine as a substitute) he made during the season. On 18.11.72 he was in the Margate side that beat Swansea 1-0 in an FA Cup 1st Round tie at Hartsdown Park and Pat also featured in a 1-0 win at Walton & Hersham in the 2nd Round on 9.12.72. He then came on as a substitute in perhaps Margate's biggest ever match - a 6-0 defeat against visitors Tottenham in the 3rd Round on 13.1.73. The best of Pat's goals during the campaign was a full length diving header in a 2-2 draw with Worcester at Hartsdown Park on 3.3.73 but at the end of the season he joined Tonbridge.
After only a few months with Tonbridge Pat moved on to Romford and he went on spend several years there before joining Wealdstone in the summer of 1977.
Pat scored ten goals for Wealdstone during the 1977/78 season.
He then linked up with Bishop's Stortford for the 1978/79 campaign and at that time Pat worked as a school teacher. He scored 19 goals in 56 appearances during the season and stayed with the club for the 1979/80 campaign too.
Pat joined Hertford Town, managed by former Margate player Tommy Barnett, for the 1980/81 season.
In the summer of 1986 Pat became Bishop's Stortford's manager but he was sacked in January 1987.
During the 1991/92 campaign Pat became assistant manager at Heybridge Swifts, working alongside future Dagenham manager Gary Hill.
In 2014 Pat was living in Upminster, Essex and on 19.8.14 he watched Margate's game against East Thurrock at Hartsdown Park - his first visit to the ground since his playing days. Pat had fond memories of his time with Margate and said that if he hadn't have had to travel from London he'd have stayed with the club for much longer. He felt that midfield maestro Eddie Clayton was the best player he'd played alongside at Hartsdown Park.
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SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
SLC |
KSC |
KFC | |
|
1972/73 (MFC) |
23 (64) |
9 |
8 |
SOUTHERN LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION (7TH OF 22) |
3R |
3QR |
1R |
2R |
GR |
| Played in FA Cup 1st
Round (18.11.72 - beat Swansea City 1-0 at home).
Played in FA Cup 2nd Round (09.12.72 - won 1-0 at Walton & Hersham). Played (as sub) in FA Cup 3rd Round (13.01.73 - lost 6-0 at home to Tottenham Hotspur). | |||||||||