Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Barrington Tucker [1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 August 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Youth career | |||
1970–1971 | Northampton Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1978 | Northampton Town | 214 | (3) |
1978–1982 | Brentford | 169 | (5) |
1982–1984 | Northampton Town | 63 | (5) |
Total | 446 | (13) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Barrington Tucker (born 28 May 1952) is a Welsh former professional footballer who made over 440 appearances as a full back in the Football League for Northampton Town and Brentford.
A full back, Tucker began his career at Fourth Division club Northampton Town in 1970. [1] After making his debut the following year, he went on to be a regular fixture in the team throughout the 1970s, making 214 league appearances and scoring three goals before departing the County Ground in February 1978. [1] A memorable moment was helping the club to promotion to the Third Division during the 1975–76 season, [2] though the Cobblers were relegated at the first attempt. [3]
Tucker followed his former Northampton Town manager Bill Dodgin, Jr. to Fourth Division club Brentford in February 1978 in a £10,000 deal. [4] He went into the starting lineup at left back later that month and helped the Bees to promotion to the Third Division with a fourth-place finish at the end of the season. [5] He missed only five league games over the course of the 1978–79 and 1979–80 seasons and despite missing most of 1980–81 due to a contractual dispute, [4] he came back strong in 1981–82, making 38 league appearances and scoring four of the five goals he scored for the club. [6] After his seventh appearance of the 1982–83 season, Tucker departed Griffin Park. [6] He made 181 appearances and scored five goals in four-and-a-half years with Brentford. [6]
Tucker returned to Northampton Town in October 1982, with the club still rooted in the Fourth Division. [1] He made 63 league appearances and scored five goals before retiring from football in 1984. [1] Tucker made 302 appearances and scored 8 goals across his two spells with the Cobblers. [7]
After his retirement from football, Tucker settled in Northampton and as of November 2013 was working for FG Metcalfe. [2]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 1977–78 [5] | Fourth Division | 18 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
1978–79 [5] | Third Division | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
1979–80 [5] | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
1980–81 [5] | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
1981–82 [5] | 38 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 4 | ||
1982–83 [5] | 5 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
Career total | 169 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 181 | 5 |
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