Not to be confused with Jonny Hayes or Jonathan Hayes.
Johnny Haynes
FullnameJohn Norman Haynes
Birth date17 October 1934
Death date18 October 2005 (aged 71)
Birth placeKentish Town, London, England
Death placeEdinburgh, Scotland
Height1.76 m
PositionInside forward
Years 11952–1970
Clubs 1Fulham
Caps 1594
Goals 1146
Years 21951
Clubs 2→ Wimbledon (loan)
Caps 26
Goals 24
Years 31961
Clubs 3→ Toronto City (loan)
Caps 35
Goals 31
Years 41970–1971
Clubs 4Durban City
Caps 424
Goals 49
Years 51972–1973
Clubs 5Wealdstone
Caps 53
Goals 50
Totalcaps632
Totalgoals160
Nationalyears 11955–1957
Nationalteam 1England U23
Nationalcaps 18
Nationalgoals 18
Nationalyears 21954–1962
Nationalteam 2England
Nationalcaps 256
Nationalgoals 218
Manageryears 11968
Managerclubs 1Fulham (caretaker)

John Norman Haynes (17 October 1934 – 18 October 2005) was an English association footballer who played as an inside forward. He made 56 appearances for his country including 22 as captain. He was selected for three World Cup finals squads playing in the latter two of those. Nicknamed "the Maestro", his attacking play was noted for two-footed passing ability, vision and deftness of touch.[1] Haynes is widely regarded as Fulham's greatest ever player, remaining loyal there for twenty years despite coming no nearer to a major trophy win than two FA Cup semi-final appearances. Immediately following the abolition of the £20 maximum wage in 1961, he became the first player to be paid £100 a week.[2] He also had a spell on loan with Toronto City in 1961 and ended his playing days at Durban City, winning there the only trophy he won in his football career.

Playing career

The son of a post office engineer, Haynes was born in Kentish Town and supported Arsenal as a boy. He signed for Fulham as a 15-year-old amateur in 1950 when Fulham were in a three-season spell in the First Division. He was loaned to then non-League Wimbledon. He made his senior debut aged 18 in the 1952 Boxing Day visit of Southampton to Fulham, then in their first season back in the Second Division.[3]

Haynes made his debut for England in October 1954, scoring a goal in a 2–0 victory over Northern Ireland in Belfast. He first captained England in 1960 and played for them in two World Cups.[4]

He was one of many signatories of a letter to The Times on 17 July 1958 opposing "the policy of apartheid" in international sport and defending "the principle of racial equality which is embodied in the Declaration of the Olympic Games".[5]

Haynes played in his first of two FA Cup semi-finals in 1958. Fulham were eliminated in a replay by the remnants of Manchester United's Busby Babes team that had been devastated by the Munich air disaster the month before. United were the first top-division team Fulham played in that cup run. Fulham were promoted to the top division after finishing runners-up behind Sheffield Wednesday in 1959. In the 1959–60 season, Fulham finished 10th in the First Division, which was their highest league position until finishing 9th in the 2003–04 Premier League season. Following the abolition of the £20 maximum wage in 1961, he became Britain's first footballer to earn £100 per week. He played in a second FA Cup semi-final in 1962, losing in a replay to Burnley. In 1961, during the English off-season, he played abroad in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League with Toronto City.[6]

In August 1962 on Blackpool promenade, the sports car in which he was returning late to his hotel was blown by a gust of wind into the path of another vehicle. Haynes suffered broken bones in both feet and a badly injured knee. He recounted that the police officer who attended the incident reassured him by saying "Don't worry son, you've only broken your legs". He missed almost the entire season and, when he returned to the Fulham side, was not quite the same player. Prior to the accident, he had captained England 22 times, and, being only 27, was expected to lead them in the 1966 FIFA World Cup, but he was never again selected for the national team.[7]

Fulham were relegated in 1968. Haynes then had a single spell in football management, taking charge of Fulham for eighteen days in November that year after the dismissal of Bobby Robson as player-manager, but Haynes never had any ambition to go into coaching. That season, Fulham endured a second successive relegation. His last appearance for Fulham's first team was on 17 January 1970 in a Third Division home match against Stockport County.[citation needed] In total, he made 657 appearances for Fulham and scored 157 goals.[3]

In 1970, Haynes announced his retirement, aged 35, and joined Durban City, playing one season and winning South Africa's 1970–71 National Football League. This was his only winner's medal in senior football.[3] During the 1972–73 season, Haynes made three league appearances for non-League club Wealdstone.[8]

Post-playing career

On retiring from playing in 1970 he was already an active bookmaker. He sold his chain of bookmakers to The Tote in 1976.[9] In 1985 he moved to Edinburgh, the city of his partner Avril.[9][10] Haynes first met Avril in the 1960s when she travelled down to London to buy stock for boutiques she ran in Edinburgh.[10] On moving to Edinburgh he ran a laundry business with Avril,[11] played golf[9] and watched local club, Heart of Midlothian. In 2004 he and Avril married in a private ceremony at Dalkeith registry office.[10]

Death

On 17 October 2005, his 71st birthday, Haynes was driving his car, with Avril as passenger, on Edinburgh's Dalry Road when he suffered a brain haemorrhage, instantaneously effectively rendering him brain-dead. The vehicle veered across the road and crashed into a van.[10] After being kept on a ventilator for some 30 hours, the ventilator was turned off on the evening of 18 October 2005.[12][4] The funeral at Mortonhall Crematorium was attended by ex-players Bobby Charlton, George Cohen, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Dave Mackay, Alan Mullery, Jimmy Murray and Bobby Robson, and also George Foulkes. Avril was unable to attend due to injuries from the car accident. Haynes was survived by Avril and his two stepchildren.[10]

Tributes

In 2002 Haynes became an inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame in recognition of his football talents and impact on the English game.[13]

On the day of Haynes' death, Alan Mullery, another ex-Fulham and England player, made the following tribute: "He was the only reason I went to Fulham as a young boy of 15 leaving school. He was my hero, the captain of England and Fulham. The word great rolls off the tongue quite easily these days but he really was. He was the best passer of a ball I have ever seen—I don't know anyone who could pass a ball as accurately. Anyone who saw him will know what a great player he was."[4]

Shortly after his death, the Stevenage Road Stand at Craven Cottage was renamed The Johnny Haynes Stand.

George Cohen, a World Cup winner for England in 1966 and a Fulham teammate of Johnny Haynes, stated: "I have a hundred individual memories of the beauty of John's play. One stands out for the sheer perfection of his skill. It was a charity match which, but for that one second, has faded completely from my memory. The ball came to him at speed on a wet, slippery surface but with the slightest of adjustments, one that was almost imperceptible, he played it inside a full-back and into the path of an on-running winger. I looked at our coach Dave Sexton on the bench and he caught my glance and shook his head as if to say 'fantastic'. Haynes could give you goose bumps on a wet night in a match that didn't matter."[14]

Bobby Moore, England captain from 1964 to 1973, said of him: "Once you get used to watching that perfection you realised the rest of the secret. John was always available, always hungry for the ball, always wanting to play. I loved watching the player. Later I learnt to love the man." Pelé said he had "never seen a better passer of the ball" than Haynes.[15]

The Fulham Supporters Trust stated: "His dedication, skill, professionalism, grace and charm—both in his playing days and in retirement—serve as a poignant reminder to many of today's footballers about what true greatness really means."[4] On 28 July 2008, Fulham announced that fundraising had commenced, with the co-operation of a fan's group, to produce a lasting tribute to Haynes.[16] The Johnny Haynes Statue was unveiled outside the stadium before the 0–0 draw v Sunderland on Saturday 18 October 2008.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[17]
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Fulham1952–53Second Division181
1953–54Second Division4116
1954–55Second Division378
1955–56Second Division4018
1956–57Second Division335
1957–58Second Division3815
1958–59Second Division3426
1959–60First Division3110
1960–61First Division399
1961–62First Division385
1962–63First Division80
1963–64First Division408
1964–65First Division395
1965–66First Division336
1966–67First Division366
1967–68First Division345
1968–69Second Division281
1969–70Third Division273
Career total594147

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[17]
National teamYearAppsGoals
England195411
195520
195674
195763
1958104
195971
196073
196182
196280
Total5618
Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Haynes goal.
List of international goals scored by Johnny Haynes
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
12 October 1954Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland1–02–01954–55 British Home Championship[18]
214 April 1956Hampden Park, Glasgow, ScotlandScotland1–11–11955–56 British Home Championship[19]
320 May 1956Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki, FinlandFinland–5–1Friendly[20]
426 May 1956Olympiastadion, Berlin, GermanyWest Germany3–03–1Friendly[21]
514 November 1956Wembley Stadium, London, EnglandWales3–13–11956–57 British Home Championship[22]
615 May 1957Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, DenmarkDenmark1–14–11958 FIFA World Cup qualification[23]
719 October 1957Ninian Park, Cardiff, WalesWales2–04–01957–58 British Home Championship[24]
84–0
915 June 1958Ryavallen, Borås, SwedenAustria2–22–21958 FIFA World Cup[25]
1022 October 1958Wembley Stadium, London, EnglandUSSR1–05–0Friendly[26]
112–0
123–0
1328 May 1959Wrigley Field, Los Angeles, United StatesUnited States8–18–1Friendly[27]
1411 May 1960Wembley Stadium, London, EnglandYugoslavia3–33–3Friendly[28]
1519 October 1960Stade Municipal, Luxembourg City, LuxembourgLuxembourg6–09–01962 FIFA World Cup qualification[29]
1623 November 1960Wembley Stadium, London, EnglandWales3–05–11960–61 British Home Championship[30]
1715 April 1961Wembley Stadium, London, EnglandScotland6–39–31960–61 British Home Championship[31]
187–3

Honours

Durban City

Individual

Bibliography

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