Ray Kennedy

**Raymond Kennedy** (28 July 1951 – 30 November 2021) was an English footballer. Kennedy played as a forward. He scored 148 goals in 581 league and cup appearances in a 15-year career in the English Football League. In an exceptional career he won 12 major trophies .He won 17 caps for England between 1976 and 1980.

Kennedy died on 30 November 2021 at his home in New Hartley, England from problems caused by Parkinson's disease, at the age of 70.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|rowspan="2"|Division|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Arsenal|1969–70|First Division|4|1|0|0|2|1|6|2|||
|1970–71|First Division|41|19|9|2|13|5|63|26|||||
|1971–72|First Division|37|12|8|1|10|6|55|19|||||
|1972–73|First Division|34|9|8|2|1|0|43|11|||||
|1973–74|First Division|42|12|3|1|1|0|46|13|||||
|rowspan="9"|Liverpool|1974–75|First Division|25|5|0|0|8|5|33|10|||
|1975–76|First Division|30|6|2|0|11|4|43|10|||||
|1976–77|First Division|41|7|8|1|12|1|61|9|||||
|1977–78|First Division|41|4|1|0|19|3|61|7|||||
|1978–79|First Division|42|10|7|1|5|0|54|11|||||
|1979–80|First Division|40|9|8|0|8|0|56|9|||||
|1980–81|First Division|41|8|2|1|19|4|62|13|||||
|1981–82|First Division|15|2|0|0|8|1|23|3|||||
|rowspan="4"|Swansea City|1981–82|First Division|17|2|0|0|0|0|18|2|||
|1982–83|First Division|21|0|0|0|7|0|28|0|||||
|1983–84|Second Division|3|0|0|0|2|0|5|0|||||
|Hartlepool United|1983–84|Fourth Division|23|3|0|0|1|0|24|3||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="5"|England|1976|4|1|
|1977|7|2|||
|1978|0|0|||
|1979|1|0|||
|1980|5|0|||

## Honours

**Arsenal**
- Inter-Cities Fairs Cup: 1970
- Football League First Division: 1970–71
- FA Cup: 1971; runner-up: 1972

**Liverpool**
- Football League First Division: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82
- FA Charity Shield: 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980
- UEFA Cup: 1976
- FA Cup runner-up: 1977
- European Cup: 1977, 1978, 1981
- UEFA Super Cup: 1977; runner-up: 1978
- Football League Cup: 1981; runner-up: 1978
- World Club Championship runner-up: 1981

**Swansea City**
- Welsh Cup: 1982

**Individual**
- BBC Goal of the Season: 1978–79

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ray Kennedy
- **image**: Ray Kennedy1.jpg
- **caption**: Kennedy in 1981
- **fullname**: Raymond Kennedy
- **birth place**: Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, England
- **death place**: New Hartley, Northumberland, England
- **position**: Midfielder, Forward (association football), centre-forward
- **youthyears1**: 1966–1967
- **youthclubs1**: Port Vale F.C., Port Vale
- **youthyears2**: 1967–1968
- **youthclubs2**: New Hartley Juniors
- **youthyears3**: 1968
- **youthclubs3**: Arsenal F.C. Under-23s and Academy, Arsenal
- **years1**: 1968–1974
- **clubs1**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps1**: 158
- **goals1**: 53
- **years2**: 1974–1982
- **clubs2**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps2**: 275
- **goals2**: 51
- **years3**: 1982–1983
- **clubs3**: Swansea City A.F.C., Swansea City
- **caps3**: 42
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 1983–1984
- **clubs4**: Hartlepool United F.C., Hartlepool United
- **caps4**: 23
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 1984–1985
- **clubs5**: Pezoporikos Larnaca FC, Pezoporikos
- **years6**: 1985
- **clubs6**: Ashington A.F.C., Ashington
- **totalcaps**: 498
- **totalgoals**: 109
- **nationalyears1**: 1972–1973
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-21 football team, England U23
- **nationalcaps1**: 6
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1976–1980
- **nationalteam2**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps2**: 17
- **nationalgoals2**: 3
- **manageryears1**: 1984–1985
- **managerclubs1**: Pezoporikos Larnaca FC, Pezoporikos (player-manager)