Richard Key

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Richard Key
Personal information
Full name Richard Martin Key [1]
Date of birth (1956-04-13) 13 April 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth Cambridge, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1975 Coventry City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975–1978 Exeter City 109 (0)
1978–1983 Cambridge United 52 (0)
1982 → Northampton Town (loan) 2 (0)
1983–1984 Orient 42 (0)
1984 Brentford 1 (0)
1984–1985 Sunderland 0 (0)
1985 → Cambridge United (loan) 13 (0)
1985 Swindon Town 0 (0)
1986–1987 Brentford 3 (0)
Cambridge City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Martin Key (born 13 April 1956) is an English retired professional footballer, best remembered for his spells as a goalkeeper in the Football League with Exeter City and hometown club Cambridge United. [2] His younger brother Lance was also a goalkeeper. [3]

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Personal life

Key lives in Freshwater, Isle of Wight. [4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1984–85 [5] Third Division 10——0010
Cambridge United (loan) 1984–85 [1] Third Division130———130
Swindon Town 1985–86 [6] Fourth Division 00—20—20
Brentford 1985–86 [5] Third Division3000—0030
1986–87 [5] 0000001 [lower-alpha 1] 010
Total4000001050
Career total170002010200
  1. ↑ Appearance in Football League Trophy

Honours

Exeter City

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References

  1. 1 2 "Richard Key". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 92. ISBN   978-0955294914.
  3. ↑ "Where Are They Now? Exeter City 1976–77". The League Paper. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Key, Richard". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 398–399. ISBN   0951526200.
  6. ↑ "Richard Key – Player Profile". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2017.


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