Martin Hicks
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Martin Hicks | ||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Stratford-on-Avon, England | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 19??–1977 | Stratford Town | ||
| 1977–1978 | Charlton Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 1978–1991 | Reading | 500 | (23) |
| 1991–1993 | Birmingham City | 60 | (1) |
| 1993–???? | Newbury Town | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1993–???? | Newbury Town (player-manager) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Martin Hicks (born 27 February 1957) is a former footballer who played in the Football League as a defender for Reading and Birmingham City. He made 500 League appearances for Reading.[1]
Hicks holds the record for the highest number of first team appearances by a Reading player, making a total of 603 first team appearances.
In a 2005 fans' vote to compile Reading's best-ever eleven, Hicks was voted on the team as one of the centre backs.[2]
Between March and August 1979, Hicks was one of the Reading back five that kept a clean sheet for 1,103 minutes - a record that stood until broken by Manchester United.[3]
References
- ↑ "Martin Hicks". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ "Revealed - The Royals' best-ever XI as voted for by fans on this site". Reading FC. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
- ↑ The Little Book of Reading FC, Alan Sedunary
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