Robbie Savage (footballer, born 1960)

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Robbie Savage
Personal information
Full name Robert James Savage
Date of birth (1960-01-08) 8 January 1960 (age 63) [1]
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
– Liverpool
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978–1983 Liverpool 0 (0)
1982–1983 → Wrexham (loan) 27 (10)
1983 Stoke City 7 (0)
1983–1986 AFC Bournemouth 82 (18)
1986–1987 Bradford City 11 (0)
1987–1990 Bolton Wanderers 87 (11)
– Knowsley United
Managerial career
– Knowsley United (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert James Savage (born 8 January 1960) is an English footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Wrexham, Stoke City, AFC Bournemouth, Bradford City and Bolton Wanderers. [1]

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Career

Savage was born in Liverpool, and began his football career with Liverpool, but never played a competitive game for their first team. [1] He spent time on loan at Wrexham in 1982–83, then signed for Stoke City at the end of that season, but after making just seven appearances in the first four months of the 1983–84 season he moved on to AFC Bournemouth in December 1983. [2] He was part of Harry Redknapp's Third Division side that beat Manchester United 2–0 to eliminate them from the 1983–84 FA Cup. [3] He also played as Bournemouth won the inaugural Associate Members' Cup by beating Hull City in the final. [4] After a short spell with Bradford City, Savage signed for Bolton Wanderers in September 1987 for a fee of £30,000.

He made his debut against Halifax Town on 12 September, and scored his first Bolton goal a week later at Torquay. On 7 May 1988 he scored the winning goal against his old club Wrexham to give Bolton promotion from the Fourth Division, [5] and played on the winning side at Wembley in the Football League Trophy final in 1989, [6] the second time he had won the tournament in his career. Savage's final professional appearance was on 7 April 1990, playing against Preston North End. [1] During the match, he broke his leg, and was later forced to retire due to the injury. He became player-manager of Knowsley United. [7] In 2006 Savage was working with Tranmere Rovers' Football in the Community scheme. [3]

Career statistics

Source: [8]

ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOther [A] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Liverpool 1982–83 First Division 0000000000
Wrexham (loan) 1982–83 Third Division 27102100002911
Stoke City 1983–84 First Division7000000070
AFC Bournemouth 1983–84 Third Division235200053308
1984–85 Third Division4395310505412
1985–86 Third Division0000000000
1986–87 Third Division164202000204
Total8218933010310424
Bradford City 1986–87 Second Division8000000080
1987–88 Second Division3000000030
Total11000000090
Bolton Wanderers 1987–88 Fourth Division395200030445
1988–89 Third Division386101061467
1989–90 Third Division100002100121
Total871130319110213
Career Total214391446119425348
A.  ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League Trophy.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Rollin, Jack, ed. (1990). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1990–91 (21st ed.). London: Queen Anne Press. p. 103. ISBN   0-356-17911-7.
  2. ↑ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN   0-9524151-0-0.
  3. 1 2 Struthers, Greg (8 January 2006). "Caught in Time: Bournemouth beat Manchester United, FA Cup, 1984". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  4. ↑ "Cup win was simply red-markable for club legend Mozzy". AFC Bournemouth. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Where are they now? – Former Bolton Wanderers striker John Thomas". The Bolton News. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  6. ↑ Powell, David (29 May 1989). "Happy days return to Burnden Park" (reprint). The Times. NewsBank. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  7. ↑ "Bolton Wanderers : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  8. ↑ Robbie Savage at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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