Dick Tydeman
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| Dick Tydeman | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Tydeman | |
| Date of birth | May 26, 1951 | |
| Place of birth | Chatham, England | |
| Height | 5'11" | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | n/a | |
| Number | n/a | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| ?-1969 | Gillingham | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1969-1976 1976-1981 1981-1983 1983-1984 1984-1985 1985 1985-1987 1987-1989 |
Gillingham Charlton Athletic Gillingham Peterborough United Chatham Town Dover Athletic Bromley Canterbury City |
295 (13) 158 (7) 76 (2) 29 (0)[1] ? ? ? ? |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Richard "Dick" Tydeman (born Chatham, 26 May 1951) is a retired English football (soccer) player who played professionally for Charlton Athletic and Peterborough United but is best known for his time with Gillingham where, in two spells, he made over 370 Football League appearances.
[edit] Career
Tydeman came through the ranks with Gillingham and was playing for the reserves at the age of fifteen. He broke into the first team at eighteen and was a first choice in the Gills' midfield for the next seven years, although in 1971 he briefly contemplating quitting the game to become a teacher.[2]
In 1976 Tydeman followed his former manager Andy Nelson to Charlton Athletic for a fee of £70,000 and stayed with the Addicks for five years before returning to Gillingham as one of new manager Keith Peacock's first signings. After two seasons at Priestfield Stadium he moved to Peterborough United before seeing out his career with a number of Kent non-league teams.[2]
After retirement he became a taxi driver. His son Sam was a trainee with Gillingham but failed to make the grade.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
- ^ a b c Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd, p322. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
