Richard Poole (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard John Poole[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 July 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Heston, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969–1974 | Brentford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1974–1976 | Brentford | 21 | (1) |
| 1976–1977 | Watford | 9 | (1) |
| 1977–1978 | Sporting Toulon Var | 7 | (2) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Richard John Poole (born 3 July 1957) is an English retired football centre forward who played in the Football League for Brentford and Watford.
Playing career
Brentford
Along with Kevin Harding, Poole was one of the first players recruited when the Brentford youth team was relaunched in 1972,[2] after joining the club at the age of 12.[3] Poole made his professional debut in a Division Four match versus Lincoln City in February 1974, while still an apprentice. At 16 years, 7 months and 20 days old, Poole's league debut was at the time the club's second youngest after Alan Hawley's in 1962.[4] In the final home game of the 1973–74 season, Poole scored one and made another in a 2–0 win against Bradford City on 20 April, a result which saved the Bees from having to apply for re-election.[5] Poole still stands as Brentford's youngest league goalscorer.[6] He signed a professional contract during the 1975 off-season, but did not appear for the club again before leaving in July 1976.[6]
Watford
Poole joined fellow Division Four side Watford in July 1976,[1] making 9 appearances and scoring one goal during the 1976–77 season, leaving the club at the end of the campaign.[7]
Sporting Toulon Var
Poole emigrated to France and joined Ligue 2 Group A side Sporting Toulon Var.[8] He made 8 appearances and scored two goals during the 1977–78 season, before a knee ligament injury brought his career to an end in April 1978.[3][9] He was a teammate of future French international Jean Tigana and future Ivory Coast international Jean-Désiré Sikely at the club.[10]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1973–74[11] | Fourth Division | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1974–75[11] | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1975–76[11] | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Watford | 1976–77[7] | Fourth Division | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Sporting Toulon Var | 1977–78[9] | French Division 2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 2 | |
| Career total | 35 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 4 | ||
References
- 1 2 "Richard Poole". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ↑ Hayes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopedia. Yore Publications. p. 77. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
- 1 2 "Still A Bee! – Part One – 22/8/14 – bfctalk". bfctalk. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ↑ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 126. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ White 1989, p. 294.
- 1 2 Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 271. ISBN 978-1906796709.
- 1 2 "Watford Football Club archive 1881–2016 – Players – Pate to Pretty" (PDF).
- ↑ "Where are they now?". Wfc.net. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- 1 2 "Football : Richard Poole". Footballdatabase.eu. 1957-07-03. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- ↑ "Football – club : Toulon". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2014-07-19.
- 1 2 3 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 392–393. ISBN 0951526200.