Pat Earles

Pat Earles
Personal information
Full name	Patrick John Earles
Date of birth	22 March 1955 (age 69)
Place of birth	Titchfield, Hampshire, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1970–1972	Southampton
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1977	Southampton
1977–1982	Reading
International career
1970	England Schoolboys
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated October 11, 2024

Patrick John Earles (born 22 March 1955 in Titchfield, Hampshire) is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Southampton ^[1] and Reading.^[2] He was a member of the Southampton squad which reached the 1976 FA Cup Final,^[3] and made over 250 appearances for Reading, scoring 85 goals, and helped the club win the Fourth Division title in 1979.^[4] He then had a spell playing non-league football, with clubs including Road-Sea Southampton and Bognor Regis Town.

Earles went on to work as a probation officer for Hampshire Probation Service.^[4]

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References

↑ "Southampton : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
↑ "Reading : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
↑ Struthers, Greg (4 January 2009). "Caught in time: Stokes lights up Wembley". The Times. Retrieved 18 October 2009.^{[ dead link ]}
1 2 Flatman, Barry (19 April 2009). "When Royals were kings". The Times. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2009.

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[1] "Southampton : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 October 2009.

[2] "Reading : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 October 2009.

[3] Struthers, Greg (4 January 2009). "Caught in time: Stokes lights up Wembley". The Times. Retrieved 18 October 2009.^{[ dead link ]}

[Flatman-4] 1 2 Flatman, Barry (19 April 2009). "When Royals were kings". The Times. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2009.

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