Career
Coy began his career as an apprentice with, signing professional forms in November 1979. He had to wait until the 1981-1982 season for his league debut, which he made on 12 September 1981 in a 0-1 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur. He went on to make 21 top-flight appearances during his first season.
Although Wolves were relegated at the end of the season, Coy was involved in them winning promotion in 1982-1983.
However, he only played five times the following season (when Wolves were once again relegated) and in March 1984 he joined Division Four’s bottom side in a joint loan deal with David Wintersgill. Coy’s loan was quickly made permanent.
He played in all of Chester’s final 14 games of the season, including a spell at centre forward. Coy became an established figure in a defence including future England international Lee Dixon, Andy Holden, Martin Lane and Peter Zelem and he went on to make 35 league appearances in 1984-1985.
This increased to 44 in 1985-1986, when Chester were Division Four runners-up and Coy was named as player of the season.
But Coy was then surprisingly released by manager Harry McNally and he joined. After a spell on loan with Altrincham, Coy joined Southern League side Aylesbury. Once more there was promotion joy for Coy, and he played in their solitary season in the General Motors Vauxhall Conference.
Coy then played lower down the non-league pyramid for Moor Green, Armitage and Boldmere Street Michaels, before he retired at the end of the 1996-1997 season.
Away from football he has worked in insurance and as a sales representative
