Richard Goddard-Crawley

For the former Trinidad and Tobago international association football goalkeeper, see Richard Goddard (footballer).
Richard Goddard-Crawley
Personal information
Full name Richard Lewis Goddard-Crawley[1]
Date of birth (1978-03-31) 31 March 1978
Place of birth Burnt Oak, England
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Playing position Midfielder / Centre back
Youth career
1995–1996 Arsenal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Brentford 1 (0)
1997–1998 → Woking (loan)
1998–2000 Woking 13 (0)
2000–2001 Chesham United
2001–2002 St Albans City[2] 38 (1)
2002–200? Harrow Borough
2004–2006 Thurrock
2006–2007 Yeading
2007– AFC Hornchurch

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:08, 19 June 2009 (UTC).


Richard Goddard-Crawley (born 31 March 1978) is a retired semi-professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He played once in the Football League for Brentford before playing non-League football with Woking, Chesham United, St Albans City, Harrow Borough, Thurrock, Yeading and AFC Hornchurch. He is currently an academy physiotherapist at Arsenal.[3]

Career

Goddard-Crawley started his career playing in Arsenal's youth team in the South East Counties League during the 1995–96.[4] He made 25 appearances in the league, helping Arsenal to finish fourth.[4] He then went on to play for Brentford, making one appearance in the Second Division on 3 May 1997, in the 1–0 defeat to Peterborough United, replacing Rob Taylor as a substitute in the 78th minute.[5] The following season, Goddard-Crawley made a further two appearances for Brentford, both in the League Cup. The first was a 5–3 victory over Shrewsbury Town in the first round second leg on 26 August.[6] Goddard-Crawley replaced Carl Hutchings in the 29th minute.[6] His second appearance in the competition was against Southampton on 17 September, in the 3–1 defeat in the second round first leg.[7] He was brought on as a substitute for Paul Barrowcliff.[7]

He was then loaned to non-League club Woking in 1997, before joining them permanently in 1998.[8] He went on to join non-League clubs, Chesham United,[9][10] St Albans City,[2] Harrow Borough,[11] Thurrock,[9][12][13] Yeading and AFC Hornchurch.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Barry Hugman's Footballers - Richard Goddard-Crawley
  2. 1 2 "Richard Goddard profile". St Albans City F.C. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "Richard Goddard | Academy Staff | Staff | Teams | Arsenal.com". www.arsenal.com. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  4. 1 2 "Arsenal youth team appearances 1995/96". ArseWeb. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  5. ↑ "Brentford 0 – 1 Peterborough". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  6. 1 2 "Shrewsbury 3 – 5 Brentford". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  7. 1 2 "Southampton 3 – 1 Brentford". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  8. ↑ "Profile: Richard Goddard". Soccerbase. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  9. 1 2 "Player Profile: Richard Goddard". Non-League Daily. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  10. ↑ "Goddard leaves – Linighan unlikely to figure again". Non-League Daily. 14 September 2001. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  11. 1 2 "Urchins snap up duo". Non-League Daily. 21 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  12. ↑ "Two new boys Goddard". Non-League Daily. 21 June 2004. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  13. ↑ "Ding go for Goddard". Non-League Daily. 15 June 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
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