Pat Earles

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Pat Earles
Personal information
Full name Patrick John Earles
Date of birth (1955-03-22) 22 March 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth Titchfield, Hampshire, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1970–1972 Southampton
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972–1977 Southampton 12 (1)
1977–1982 Reading 247 (68)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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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