| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick John Earles | ||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Titchfield, Hampshire, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1972–1977 | Southampton | 12 | (1) |
| 1977–1982 | Reading | 247 | (68) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Patrick John "Pat" Earles (born 22 March 1955 in Titchfield, Hampshire) is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Southampton[1] and Reading.[2] He was a member of the Southampton squad which reached the 1976 FA Cup Final,[3] and made over 250 appearances for Reading, scoring 85 goals, and helped the club win the Fourth Division title in 1979.[4] He then had a spell playing non-league football, with clubs including Road-Sea Southampton and Bognor Regis Town.
Earles went on to work as a probation officer for Hampshire Probation Service.[4]