Richard Goddard-Crawley

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Richard Goddard-Crawley
Personal information
Full name Richard Lewis Goddard-Crawley [1]
Date of birth (1978-03-31) 31 March 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Burnt Oak, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder, central defender
Youth career
1994–1996 Arsenal
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1996–1998 Brentford 1 (0)
1997–1998 → Woking (loan)
1998–2000 Woking 13 (0)
2000–2001 St Albans City 37 (1)
2001–2002 Chesham United 24 (3)
2002–2004 Harrow Borough 67 (12)
2004–2006 Thurrock 57 (3)
2006–2007 Yeading 25 (2)
2007–2008 AFC Hornchurch 33 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Goddard-Crawley (born 31 March 1978) is an English retired semi-professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Brentford. After his release in 1998, he had a 10-year career in non-League football.

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Career

Brentford

After beginning his youth career in the academy at Premier League club Arsenal in 1994, [3] [4] Goddard-Crawley joined Second Division club Brentford on trial in May 1996 and signed a two-year contract three months later. [5] He was an unused substitute on three occasions, before making his senior debut in the final match of the 1996–97 regular season, [6] as a 78th-minute substitute for Robert Taylor in a 1–0 defeat to Peterborough United. [7]

Goddard-Crawley made two League Cup appearances early in the 1997–98 season, [8] before moving away on loan in October 1997 and returning with a fractured foot one month later. [9] Goddard-Crawley departed Brentford for the final time in March 1998, [9] after making three appearances in just under two years at Griffin Park. [10] He played the majority of his football at the club for the reserve team, for whom he made 36 appearances and scored two goals. [11]

Non-League football

In March 1998, Goddard-Crawley returned to Conference club Woking for a £7,500 fee, after having been on loan at the Kingfield Stadium earlier in the 1997–98 season. [5] Over the next decade he subsequently played in the Conference and Isthmian League for St Albans City, Chesham United, Harrow Borough, Thurrock, Yeading and AFC Hornchurch, before retiring in 2008. [4] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Post-retirement

After retiring from football, Goddard-Crawley returned to Arsenal as an academy physiotherapist in October 2008. [4] As of February 2020, he was running a physiotherapy business in North London. [19]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1996–97 [7] Second Division 1000000010
1997–98 [8] Second Division0000200020
Total1000200030
Woking 1998–99 [20] Conference 1000—0010
1999–00 [21] Conference12000—3 [lower-alpha 1] 0150
Total13000—30160
St Albans City 1999–00 [22] Isthmian League Premier Division60——1 [lower-alpha 2] 070
2000–01 [23] Isthmian League Premier Division27120—10 [lower-alpha 3] 1392
2001–02 [24] Isthmian League Premier Division40——1 [lower-alpha 4] 050
Total37120—121512
Chesham United 2001–02 [25] Isthmian League Premier Division24300—00243
Harrow Borough 2002–03 [26] Isthmian League Premier Division30600—00306
2003–04 [27] Isthmian League Premier Division37600—1 [lower-alpha 5] 0386
Total671200—106812
Thurrock 2004–05 [28] Conference South 25110—1 [lower-alpha 6] 0271
2005–06 [29] Conference South32200—00322
Total57310—10593
Yeading 2006–07 [30] Conference South25210—2 [lower-alpha 7] 0282
AFC Hornchurch 2007–08 [31] Isthmian League Premier Division30100—2 [lower-alpha 8] 0321
2008–09 [32] Isthmian League Premier Division3000—0030
Total33100—20351
Career total25722402021128423
  1. ↑ 2 appearances in Conference League Cup, 1 appearance in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearance in Herts Senior Cup
  3. ↑ 4 appearances and 1 goal in Isthmian League Cup, 3 appearances in FA Trophy, 2 appearances in Isthmian League Full Members Cup, 1 appearance in Herts Charity Cup
  4. ↑ Appearance in Herts Charity Cup
  5. ↑ Appearance in Isthmian League play-offs
  6. ↑ Appearance in Conference play-offs
  7. ↑ Appearances in FA Trophy
  8. ↑ Appearances in Isthmian League Cup

Honours

St Albans City

Individual

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