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FRED BINNEY

Born: 12 August 1946

Came from: Brighton and Hove Albion Went to: Hereford United

First game: 04 October 1977 Last game: 27 October 1979

Appearances: 81 (77/4) Goals: 42

Plymouth-born Binney was a lethal goal-scorer who banged in 42 goals for Argyle in just 77 games. He was named Argyle's Player of the Year after the 1978–79 season. His early career was spent with Torquay United who had spotted him playing for Launceston, and then Exeter City before Brian Clough signed him for Brighton and Hove Albion in 1974. Binney enjoyed a spell in the United States with St Louis Stars in 1977 and then returned home to join the Greens. His career ended with Hereford United.

APPEARANCE DETAILS [Reselect Competitions]

The details below reflect appearances in all first-team competitions.

We're grateful to Andy Chapman, Paul Roberts, Steve Rhodes and Tim Herbert for their help in writing GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.

The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.

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