Richie Reynolds

Richard Reynolds (born 15 February 1948) is an English former professional footballer whose career ran from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s.[3]

Richard Reynolds
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-02-15) 15 February 1948
Place of birth Looe, 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)
National team
1966 England Youth 3 (1)
Teams managed
Chichester City
– Petersfield
– Fareham Town
– Wick
2002 Newport (IOW)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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] during a turbulent era at the club but Reynolds played on until the relegation season of 1975–76, his last game being a 3–1 win at Blackburn Rovers in February 1976.

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 Dutch Eredivisie side Haarlem. Reynolds career was cut short by a serious knee injury sustained playing against Ajax Amsterdam.[11] He later had spells as player-manager of non-league Chichester City (three-times), Petersfield, Fareham Town, Wick (twice) and Newport (IOW).

Reynolds won three England Youth caps, playing in a 3–0 victory against Spain and defeats against France (1–2) and Czechoslovakia in the spring of 1966[12] whilst with Plymouth.

References
  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 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
  12. AFS
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