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Langley for the home international against Scotland in April 1958 after his impressive first season with Fulham and he helped the side to a 4–0 victory and he played in the 2–1 victory over Portugal at Wembley, though he did miss a penalty in that game. However a 5–0 defeat by Yugoslavia in
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President of his Grandson Lee Langley’s boyhood club; Staines Town. Lee attempted to follow in Jimmy’s footsteps, trialling for Brentford, before becoming a trainee at QPR, interest in the young, but tough central midfielder also came from Chelsea; but within a month of this interest
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Langley was a huge crowd favourite at
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Langley with the opportunity to show his ability and he thrived at the south coast club during his four seasons there, helping them secure runners up position in the 1953–54 and 1955–56 seasons and captaining them for two years. He was selected to play for the
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Football League was as unhappy as his first as Langley made only 9 appearances for Leeds during his one season there. Despite scoring on his debut and on two subsequent occasions in his nine appearances on the left wing, manager
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Rangers in a £5,000 deal. Despite being in his mid thirties, he helped Rangers to a third-place finish in the Third Division in 1965–66 and the following season, he featured in the side which won the
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signing him when he was still only 17. Langley's stay with the Bees did not last long however - his height of 5 feet 9 inches apparently counting against him with manager Harry Curtis - and the
Londoner was soon looking for another club.
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on 26 September 1967. Yet again he tasted success, steering the club into the third round proper of the FA Cup, beating Luton Town in the second round. He almost triumphed at
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goals in the first half. Yet Rangers responded by scoring three goals in the last 17 minutes and winning 3–2, handing Langley the first, and only silverware of his career.
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