Jeff Johnson (footballer)

In addition to his club career – playing over 400 games in the Football League, he represented his country at youth and under-23 level.Johnson started his professional career with Manchester City in 1970, when Joe Mercer was finishing his six-year reign.[5] Johnson left Selhurst Park in July 1976,[3] and moved on to Len Ashurst's Sheffield Wednesday,[4] who finished six points behind Palace in 1976–77, who occupied the third and final promotion place.He joined John Rudge's Port Vale in June 1985, making his debut on 17 August 1985 in a 1–0 defeat at Exeter City.[1] Unable to regain his first-team spot with Port Vale, who went on to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1985–86, he was given a free transfer in May 1986, to Northern Premier League club Barrow.
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