Martin Hicks

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Martin Hicks
Personal information
Date of birth (1957-02-27) 27 February 1957 (age 66)
Place of birth Stratford-on-Avon, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) [1]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
19??–1977 Stratford Town
1977–1978 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
1978–1991 Reading 500 (23)
1991–1993 Birmingham City 60 (1)
1993–1995 Newbury Town
Managerial career
1993–1995 Newbury Town (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Hicks (born 27 February 1957) is a former footballer who played in the Football League as a defender for Reading and Birmingham City. He made 500 League appearances for Reading. [2]

Hicks holds the record for the highest number of first team appearances by a Reading player, making a total of 603 first team appearances.

In a 2005 fans' vote to compile Reading's best-ever eleven, Hicks was voted on the team as one of the centre backs. [3]

Between March and August 1979, Hicks was one of the Reading back five that kept a clean sheet for 1,103 minutes – a record that stood until broken by Manchester United. [4]

After leaving Reading he joined Birmingham City, and was their Player of the Year for 1992. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Rollin, Jack (1981). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1981–82. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 296. ISBN   0-362-02046-9. OCLC   868301130.
  2. ↑ "Martin Hicks". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Revealed – The Royals' best-ever XI as voted for by fans on this site". Reading F.C. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  4. ↑ The Little Book of Reading FC, Alan Sedunary
  5. ↑ "Player of the Year". The Birmingham City FC Archive. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 28 December 2004. Retrieved 29 October 2019.


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