Steve Wooldridge

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Steve Wooldridge
Personal information
Full name Stephen Joseph Wooldridge [1]
Date of birth (1950-07-18) 18 July 1950 (age 73) [1]
Place of birth Chiswick, London, England [2]
Height5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m) [2]
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
1967–1970 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1970–1972 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
1970–1971 → Plymouth Argyle (loan) 20 (0)
1972 Colchester United 3 (0)
1972 → Folkestone (loan)
Folkestone
Total23(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Joseph "Steve" Wooldridge (born 18 July 1950) is an English former footballer who played as a full-back in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle on loan from Crystal Palace, and Colchester United.

Career

Born in Chiswick, London, Wooldridge signed professional terms at Selhurst Park in July 1967 but failed to progress to the first-team. He was loaned out to Plymouth Argyle in the 1970–71 season where he made 20 Football League appearances. [2] [3]

Wooldridge was brought to Colchester United by manager Dick Graham in the summer of 1972, but after making his debut on the opening day of the season in a 1–0 win against Hereford United, he featured on just two further occasions for the club following the resignation of manager Graham. [2] [4] [5] He made his final appearance for the club on 20 September 1972 in a 1–0 away defeat at Southport [6] before being loaned out to Folkestone in November, signing permanently just before Christmas. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Colchester United – Player profile". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 256. ISBN   978-1-85983-629-3.
  3. ↑ "PLYMOUTH ARGYLE:1946/47–2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "Colchester United – Match details – Colchester Utd 1–0 Hereford United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "COLCHESTER UNITED:1950/51–1989/90 & 1992/93–2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Colchester United – Match details – Southport 1–0 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
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