Richard Poole (footballer)

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Richard Poole
Personal information
Full name Richard John Poole [1]
Date of birth (1957-07-03) 3 July 1957 (age 66)
Place of birth Heston, England
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1969–1974 Brentford
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1974–1976 Brentford 21 (1)
1976–1977 Watford 9 (1)
1977–1978 Sporting Toulon Var 7 (2)
Total37(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard John Poole (born 3 July 1957) is an English retired footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Brentford and Watford and in France for Sporting Toulon Var.

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Playing career

Brentford

Along with Kevin Harding, Poole was one of the first players recruited when the Brentford youth team was relaunched in 1972, [2] after joining the club at the age of 12. [3] Poole made his professional debut in a Fourth Division match versus Lincoln City in February 1974, while still an apprentice. [4] At 16 years, 7 months and 20 days old, Poole's league debut was at the time the club's second-youngest. [5] In the final home game of the 1973–74 season, Poole scored one and made another in a 2–0 win against Bradford City on 20 April, a result which saved the Bees from having to apply for re-election. [6] Poole still stands as Brentford's youngest league goalscorer. [7] He signed a professional contract during the 1975 off-season and made seven further appearances for the club, [4] before leaving in July 1976. [7]

Watford

Poole joined fellow Fourth Division club Watford in July 1976 and made 9 appearances and scored one goal during the 1976–77 season. [1] [8]

Sporting Toulon Var

In 1977, Poole emigrated to France and joined Division 2 Group A club Sporting Toulon Var. [9] He made 8 appearances and scored two goals during the 1977–78 season, before a knee ligament injury brought his career to an end in April 1978. [3] [10] He was a teammate of future France and Ivory Coast internationals Jean Tigana and Jean-Désiré Sikely respectively. [11]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brentford 1973–74 [4] Fourth Division 61000061
1974–75 [4] 80000080
1975–76 [4] 70000070
Total2110000211
Watford 1976–77 [8] Fourth Division71200091
Sporting Toulon Var 1977–78 [10] French Division 2 7210—82
Career total3543000384

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References

  1. 1 2 "Richard Poole". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Hayes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopedia. Yore Publications. p. 77. ISBN   1-874427-57-7.
  3. 1 2 "Still A Bee! – Part One". BFCTalk. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 392–393. ISBN   0951526200.
  5. ↑ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 126. ISBN   978-0955294914.
  6. ↑ White 1989, p. 294.
  7. 1 2 Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 271. ISBN   978-1906796709.
  8. 1 2 "Players – Pate to Pretty" (PDF). Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016. p. 29. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Where are they now?". Wfc.net. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  10. 1 2 "Football : Richard Poole". Footballdatabase.eu. 3 July 1957. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Football – club : Toulon". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 19 July 2014.


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