Sammy Chapman

Name: Samuel Edward Campbell Chapman
Born: 16 February 1938, Belfast
Died: 24 July 2019, Wombourne (England) (aged 88)
Height: 5.10 ft
Weight: 11.07 st
Position: Wing-Half

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 1 B Cap (1957), 3 Amateur Caps.
Club Honours: (with Mansfield) Football League Division Four Fourth (promoted) 1962/63.

Club Career:

Teams	Seasons	Signed	Fee	League	FA Cup	Other
Manchester United	-	-	Youth	0/ 0	-	-
Glentoran	-	-	-	0/ 0	-	-
Crusaders	-	-	-	-	-	-
Glenavon	-	-	-	-	-	-
Shamrock Rovers	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mansfield Town	56/57-57/58	Oct-56	-	63/26	6/2	-
Portsmouth	57/58-61/62	Feb-58	-	48/10	3/0	7/1
Mansfield Town	61/62-63/64	Dec-61	-	105/15	5/0	3/0
Stafford Rangers	-	-	-	(Cheshire County League)
TOTALS	-	£-		-	-	-

Biography:
A contemporary of Norman Uprichard and Derek Dougan at Portsmouth, Sammy Chapman was a member of Northern Ireland's 1958 World Cup squad (though not one of the 17 that travelled) having played, and scored a penalty, in the B international with Romania the previous year. He never added full honours to his collection, but went on to skipper Mansfield Town to promotion from the Fourth Division in 1962/63.

Chapman's playing career was ended by a betting scandal at the end of the 1963/64 season when he was suspended by Mansfield. In January 1965 he was jailed (along with two teammates and seven players from other clubs) for his part in a match-fixing syndicate and banned from football for life, though the ban was later rescinded.

Later Chapman returned to football as a coach with Crewe, and was later Chief Scout at Wolves before being appointed caretaker-manager from August to September 1985, and taking the post permanently in November following a 61 day spell in charge by Bill McGarry. He was sacked at the end of that season as Wolves suffered a second successive relegation, and found themselves in the Fourth Division.

Later Chapman worked as Chief Scout then Youth Development Officer at Leicester City. His two sons both gave professional football a go. Campbell was an apprentice with Peterborough and played league football with Wolves and Crewe as well as in Finland, Sweden, Malta and the USA where he settled as a coach. Younger son, Cavan played a single game for Wolves against Cardiff in February 1985.

Tributes

Northern Ireland 'B' Cap Details:
23-10-1957 Romania H W 6-0 FR 1 Goal

Summary: 1/1. Won 1, drew 0, Lost 0.

Northern Ireland Amateur Cap Details:
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