Sammy Chung Cyril Chung known as Sammy Chung is an English former football player and manager. His father was Chinese and his mother English.Playing career Chung was born in Abingdon-on-Thames and began his career with local side Abingdon Town and then Southern League side Headington United . He joined Reading of the Third Division South in 1953 but didn't sign professional forms until he had completed his national service . He made a good start to his professional career scoring four goals in five appearances at the end of 1953–54 . After scoring eight in the first 17 of 1954–55 he moved to Norwich City on 1 January 1955 . He played 16 times in 1955–56 , 11 times in 1956–57 , as the Canaries had an abysmal season finishing bottom of the Third Division South. Chung moved to Watford for the 1957–58 season where under Neil McBain the side were relegated to the Fourth Division . The Hornets secured a return to the Third Division with promotion in 1959–60 and narrowly missed out on promotion to the second tier in 1960–61 and 1963–64 . Chung played a total of 242 times for Watford, scoring 24 goals.Managerial career Chung gained his first coaching experience while still a player at Watford, under manager Bill McGarry . When McGarry left to become manager of Ipswich Town , he took Chung with him as assistant. At Ipswich they won promotion to the First Division as champions in 1968. Following a short period as manager of Swedish side IFK Västerås , he returned to join Bill McGarry, now at Wolverhampton Wanderers , as his assistant. As part of the management team , they guided Wolves to victory in the 1974 League Cup . The club were relegated in 1976 and McGarry departed, leaving Chung to be appointed manager. He won promotion back to the top flight as Second Division champions in his first season. He led the club to a 15th-place finish in 1977–78 , but the following season began with a run of 11 defeats in 14, leading to his dismissal following protests from the club's fans. After a period coaching in the United Arab Emirates , he returned to England in 1985 as assistant manager to Mick Mills at Stoke City where he spent five years and was later in the backroom staff at Blackburn Rovers in 1991–92. He had a spell as manager of non-league side Tamworth between January 1992 to January 1993 , before being appointed manager of Doncaster Rovers in July 1994 , a post he held until August 1996 . His Doncaster spell brought two promising seasons on the field , but promotion challenges gradually petered out into mid-table finishes.In 1999 , he was appointed director of football in Barbados . In 2005, he joined the coaching staff at Minehead .Personal life After retiring from football , Chung worked in a children's home . He now lives on the Somerset coast.Career statistics Playing statistics Source:Managerial statistics
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