Richie Reynolds

English footballer (born 1948)

Richard ReynoldsPersonal information

Date of birth|  (1948-02-15) 15 February 1948 (age 77)
Place of birth|  Looe, Cornwall, England
Position(s)|  Striker, midfielder
Youth career
1963–65|  Plymouth Argyle
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1965–1971|  Plymouth Argyle|  131|  (24)
1970–1971|  → Yeovil Town (loan)[1]|  |  (4)
1971–1976|  Portsmouth|  140|  (24)
1976–1977|  Haarlem[2]|  5|  (0)
International career
1966|  England Youth|  3|  (1)
Managerial career
|  Chichester City
|  Petersfield
|  Fareham Town
|  Wick
2002|  Newport (IOW)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Reynolds (born 15 February 1948) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker or midfielder in a career which ran from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s.[3]

## Career

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Born in Looe,[4] Reynolds started his career as an apprentice at Plymouth Argyle. He made his debut in an FA Cup tie against Derby County on 9 January 1965,[5] aged 16, and signed professional forms a month later. In all Reynolds was to make over 100 appearances for The Pilgrims.[6]

He had a loan spell at Yeovil, winning the Southern League in 1970–71.[7] 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.[8] Other strikers came and went.[9]

Reynolds left Portsmouth after a Football League Tribunal in which Reynolds was awarded a substantial amount of compensation for wages he later described as "disgusting". The tribunal also instructed Portsmouth to release Reynolds from his contract as they couldn't pay him. He never received the payment owed to him.[10]

Reynolds left Portsmouth in February 1976 to sign for the Eredivisie side Haarlem. His career was cut short by a serious knee injury sustained playing against Ajax Amsterdam.[11]

## References

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1. ^ "Season 1970-71 Goals". ciderspace.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
2. ^ "Richard Reynolds". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
3. ^ Richie Reynolds at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
4. ^ "Rothmans Football Year Book, 1970–71" Peskett,R/Williams,T: Harpenden, QAP,1970 ISBN 0-362-00071-9
5. ^ "Argyle 4 - 2 Derby County". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
6. ^ "The PFA Premier League and Football League Players' Records 1946–98" Hugman,B: Harpenden, Queen Anne Press, 1998 ISBN 1-85291-585-4
7. ^ Roaring success at the Huish
8. ^ "Pompey: The History of Portsmouth Football Club" Cooper, M/ Neasom,M/ Robinson,D: Portsmouth, Milestone Publications, 1984 ISBN 0-903852-50-0
9. ^ "Portsmouth, from Tindall to Ball" Farmery, C: Southend-on-Sea, Desert Island Books, 1999 ISBN 1-874287-25-2
10. ^ Marshman, Jeff. "Richie Reynolds: The Big Interview". portsmouth.co.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
11. ^ Article Poor pitiful punchless Pompey by Mike Neasom in The News (Portsmouth) 28 January 1976

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Portsmouth F.C. Player of the Season

* 1968: Pointer
* 1969: Milkins
* 1970: Jennings
* 1971: Munks
* 1972: Reynolds
* 1973: Award not given
* 1974: Went
* 1975: Mellows
* 1976: Cahill
* 1977: Award not given
* 1978: Award not given
* 1979: Mellor
* 1980: Laidlaw
* 1981: Viney
* 1982: Knight
* 1983: Biley
* 1984: Hateley
* 1985: Webb
* 1986: Blake
* 1987: Blake
* 1988: Horne
* 1989: Quinn
* 1990: Whittingham
* 1991: Kuhl
* 1992: Anderton
* 1993: Walsh
* 1994: Symons
* 1995: Knight
* 1996: Knight
* 1997: Bradbury
* 1998: Awford
* 1999: Claridge
* 2000: Claridge
* 2001: Hiley
* 2002: Crouch
* 2003: Primus
* 2004: De Zeeuw
* 2005: Stefanović
* 2006: O'Neil
* 2007: James
* 2008: James
* 2009: Johnson
* 2010: O'Hara
* 2011: Mullins
* 2012: Rocha
* 2013: Ertl
* 2014: Holmes
* 2015: Wallace
* 2016: Doyle
* 2017: Stevens
* 2018: Clarke
* 2019: Clarke
* 2020: Burgess
* 2021: MacGillivray
* 2022: Bazunu
* 2023: Bishop
* 2024: Pack
* 2025: Murphy

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