Billy Bingham

**William Laurence Bingham,**  (5 August 1931 – 9 June 2022) was a Northern Ireland international footballer and football manager.

## Career

His first professional club was Glentoran, whom he played for between 1948 and 1950. Between 1951 and 1963, he won 56 caps for Northern Ireland, scoring 10 international goals, and played at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.

His management career would be as notable as his playing career. He was appointed manager of Northern Ireland two years later. In 1980, he was re-appointed as Northern Ireland manager, his final position, and a post he would hold for the next thirteen years. He led his nation to the finals of the FIFA World Cup in 1982 and 1986.

## Death

Bingham died on 9 June 2022 in Southport, England at the age of 90.

## Statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|rowspan="2"|Division|colspan="2"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="4"|Glentoran|1948–49|Irish League|||||||||||
|1949–50|Irish League|||||||||||||
|1950–51|Irish League|||||||||||||
|rowspan="9"|Sunderland|1950–51|First Division|13|4|0|0|0|0|13|4|||
|1951–52|First Division|36|7|2|0|0|0|38|7|||||
|1952–53|First Division|19|6|2|0|0|0|21|6|||||
|1953–54|First Division|19|3|1|0|0|0|20|3|||||
|1954–55|First Division|35|10|7|0|0|0|42|10|||||
|1955–56|First Division|27|6|6|0|0|0|33|6|||||
|1956–57|First Division|27|5|1|1|0|0|28|6|||||
|1957–58|First Division|30|4|2|1|0|0|32|5|||||
|rowspan="4"|Luton Town|1958–59|First Division|36|8|9|6|0|0|45|14|||
|1959–60|First Division|40|16|3|0|0|0|43|16|||||
|1960–61|Second Division|11|3|0|0|0|0|11|3|||||
|rowspan="4"|Everton|1960–61|First Division|26|9|1|0|3|1|30|10|||
|1961–62|First Division|37|9|3|1|0|0|40|10|||||
|1962–63|First Division|23|5|3|1|2|0|28|6|||||
|rowspan="3"|Port Vale|1963–64|Third Division|35|6|2|1|1|0|38|7|||
|1964–65|Third Division|5|0|0|0|0|0|5|0|||||

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Billy Bingham
<small>Order of the British Empire, MBE</small>
- **fullname**: William Laurence Bingham
- **birth place**: Belfast, Northern Ireland
- **death place**: Southport, England
- **position**: Outside forward, Outside-right
- **youthclubs1**: St Donard's Youth Club
- **years1**: 1948–1950
- **clubs1**: Glentoran F.C., Glentoran
- **caps1**: 60
- **goals1**: 21
- **years2**: 1950–1958
- **clubs2**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps2**: 206
- **goals2**: 45
- **years3**: 1958–1961
- **clubs3**: Luton Town F.C., Luton Town
- **caps3**: 87
- **goals3**: 27
- **years4**: 1961–1963
- **clubs4**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **caps4**: 86
- **goals4**: 23
- **years5**: 1963–1965
- **clubs5**: Port Vale F.C., Port Vale
- **caps5**: 40
- **goals5**: 6
- **totalcaps**: 479
- **totalgoals**: 122
- **nationalyears1**: 1951–1963
- **nationalteam1**: Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland
- **nationalcaps1**: 56
- **nationalgoals1**: 10
- **manageryears1**: 1965–1968
- **managerclubs1**: Southport F.C., Southport
- **manageryears2**: 1967–1971
- **managerclubs2**: Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland
- **manageryears3**: 1968–1970
- **managerclubs3**: Plymouth Argyle F.C., Plymouth Argyle
- **manageryears4**: 1970–1971
- **managerclubs4**: Linfield F.C., Linfield
- **manageryears5**: 1971–1973
- **managerclubs5**: Greece national football team, Greece
- **manageryears6**: 1973–1977
- **managerclubs6**: Everton F.C., Everton
- **manageryears7**: 1977
- **managerclubs7**: PAOK FC, PAOK
- **manageryears8**: 1978–1979
- **managerclubs8**: Mansfield Town F.C., Mansfield Town
- **manageryears9**: 1980–1993
- **managerclubs9**: Northern Ireland national football team, Northern Ireland
- **manageryears10**: 1987–1988
- **managerclubs10**: Al-Nassr FC, Al-Nassr