fullname youthclubs years clubs caps goals birth_place position birth_date managerclubs article_title name
william hamilton punton portadown 1958 1969 -- 1959 1959 -- 1967 1967 1967 -- portadown southend united norwich city sheffield united scunthorpe united 23 38 219 16 45 1 6 24 1 2 ormiston , scotland winger 9 may 1934 yarmouth town diss town bill punton
 bill punton
bill punton

william hamilton `` bill '' punton -lrb- born 9 may 1934 -rrb- is a scottish former footballer and manager .
born in ormiston , east lothian , punton was a left-sided winger who played for portadown before signing for newcastle united in february 1954 .
he made his football league debut in april 1954 against manchester city , but did not appear in the first team again for almost 18 months .
he made 23 league appearances during his four-year spell at the club .
in july 1958 , he was sold to southend united in a part exchange deal which saw southend 's john mcguigan join newcastle .
a year later he joined norwich city , where he made over 200 league appearances .
he also scored for norwich in the 1962 football league cup final against rochdale .
he went on to play for sheffield united , scunthorpe and yarmouth town .
at the end of his playing career , punton moved into management , spending 20 years in charge of yarmouth town .
he later became manager of diss town , leading them to the fa vase final in 1994 .
