Richard Goddard-Crawley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Lewis Goddard-Crawley | ||
| Date of birth | (1978-03-31) 31 March 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Burnt Oak, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, central defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1996 | Arsenal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Brentford | 1 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → Woking (loan) | ||
| 1998–2000 | Woking | 13 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | St Albans City | 37 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | Chesham United | 24 | (3) |
| 2002–2004 | Harrow Borough | 67 | (12) |
| 2004–2006 | Thurrock | 57 | (3) |
| 2006–2007 | Yeading | 25 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | AFC Hornchurch | 33 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Richard Goddard-Crawley (born 31 March 1978) is an English retired semi-professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Brentford. After his release in 1998, he had a 10-year career in non-League football.
Career
Brentford
After beginning his youth career in the academy at Premier League club Arsenal in 1994, Goddard-Crawley joined Second Division club Brentford on trial in May 1996 and signed a two-year contract three months later. He was an unused substitute on three occasions, before making his senior debut in the final match of the 1996–97 regular season, as a 78th-minute substitute for Robert Taylor in a 1–0 defeat to Peterborough United. He made two League Cup appearances early in the 1997–98 season, before moving away on loan in October 1997 and returning with a fractured foot one month later. Goddard-Crawley departed Brentford for the final time in March 1998, having made three appearances in just under two years at Griffin Park. He played the majority of his football at the club for the reserve team and made 36 appearances and scored two goals.
Non-League football
In March 1998, Goddard-Crawley returned to Conference club Woking for a £7,500 fee, after having been on loan at the Kingfield Stadium earlier in the 1997–98 season. Over the next decade he subsequently played in the Conference and Isthmian League for St Albans City, Chesham United, Harrow Borough, Thurrock, Yeading and AFC Hornchurch, before retiring in 2008.
Post-retirement
After retiring from football, Goddard-Crawley returned to Arsenal as an academy physiotherapist in October 2008. As of February 2020, he was running a physiotherapy business in North London.
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1996–97 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997–98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Woking | 1998–99 | Conference | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999–00 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| St Albans City | 1999–00 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 6 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | 39 | 2 | |||
| 2001–02 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | 51 | 2 | |||
| Chesham United | 2001–02 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | |
| Harrow Borough | 2002–03 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 | |
| 2003–04 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 38 | 6 | |||
| Total | 67 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 68 | 12 | |||
| Thurrock | 2004–05 | Conference South | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| 2005–06 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | |||
| Total | 57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 59 | 3 | |||
| Yeading | 2006–07 | Conference South | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
| AFC Hornchurch | 2007–08 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| 2008–09 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Total | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 257 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 284 | 23 | ||
Honours
St Albans City
- Herts Senior Cup: 1999–00
Individual
External links
- Richard Goddard-Crawley at Soccerbase