Pat Welton

Pat Welton

Personal information
Full name	Roy Patrick Welton
Date of birth	(1928-05-03)3 May 1928
Place of birth	Eltham, Greenwich, England
Date of death	28 June 2010(2010-06-28) (aged 82)
Place of death	Romford, London, England
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1949–1958	Leyton Orient	263	(0)
1958–1959	QPR	3	(0)
Managerial career
1959	St. Albans City
1960	Clapton
	Walthamstow Avenue
1962–1964	England U-18
1968–1969	Corinthian-Casuals
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pat Welton (1928-2010) was a former football player for Leyton Orient and Queens Park Rangers.

Following his retirement from playing, he took over as manager of St. Albans City F.C. in 1959. He later worked as Keith Burkinshaw's assistant manager during his time at Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and the Bahrain national football team.

As head coach of the England under-18 national football team, he won the UEFA European Under-18 Championship twice, first winning in 1963 and retaining the title in 1964.

As well as his managerial career at amateur clubs, he was also P.E. teacher at Forest School (Walthamstow) between 1959 and 1969.

Pat was a popular figure around East Greenwich where he was pub landlord at the Old Friends on Trafalgar Road in Greenwich, where he also managed his pub football team the Greenwich Old Friends to great success.