- Richie Reynolds
Football player infobox
playername= Richard Reynolds
fullname = Richard John
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1948|2|15|df=yes
cityofbirth =Looe
countryofbirth =England
height = height|ft=5|in=11
position =Striker
youthyears = 1963–65
youthclubs = Plymouth Argyle
years = 1965–1971
1971–1976
clubs = Plymouth Argyle
Portsmouth
caps(goals) = 0131 0(24)
01400(24)
nationalyears = 1966
nationalteam = England Youth
nationalcaps(goals) = 3Richard Reynolds was an English professional footballer (soccer player) whose career ran from the mid
sixties [ [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/plymouth/plymouth.htm Career starts] ] to the midseventies [ [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/portsmouth/portsmouth.htm and ends] ] . Born inLooe on15 February 1948 [ ”Rothmans Football Year Book,1970-71” Peskett,R/Williams,T: Harpenden, QAP,1970 ISBN 0362000719] Reynolds won three England Youth caps [He played in a 3-0 victory against Spain and defeats against France(1-2) and Czechoslovakia in the spring of 1966- AFS DataBase] whilst with his first club Plymouth Argyle, for whom he mde his debut in an F.A.Cup tie against Derby County early in 1965 [ [http://www.therams.co.uk/details.asp?back=true&key=2739%7C1%7C2656135574943%7CR%7C613%7C3998221972004322231731&parentkey=2739%7C1%7C2656135574943%7Cp%7C613%7C0 Details of debut] ] . In all Reynolds was to make over 100 appearances for The Pilgrims ["The PFA Premier League and Football League Players’ Records 1946-98” Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 ISBN 1852915854] (and had a loan spell at Yeovil [ [http://www.ciderspace.co.uk/ASP/history/yeovil-town-story30.asp Roaring success at the Huish] ] )before moving to Portsmouth in the 1971 close season. He was to prove such a popular player that in 1972 he was awarded the title of Pompey’s Player of the Year [ "Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club" Cooper,M/ Neasom,M/ Robinson,D: Portsmouth, Milestone Publications, 1984 ISBN 0903852500] . Other strikers came and went [ ”Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball” Farmery, C: Southend-on-Sea, Desert Island Books, 1999 ISBN 1874287252] during a turbulent era at the club but Reynolds played on until the disastrous relegation season of 1975/76- his last game being in a humiliating 3-0 home F.A. Cup defeat by Charlton [ Article "Poor pitiful punchless Pompey" by Mike Neasom inThe News (Portsmouth) 28 January 1976] . He later had spells as player-manager of non league Chichester and Petersfield.###@@@KEY@@@###
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