Dick Tydeman

Dick Tydeman

Personal information
Full name	Richard Tydeman
Date of birth	26 May 1951 (1951-05-26) (age 60)
Place of birth	Chatham, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	n/a
Number	n/a
Youth career
?-1969	Gillingham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1969-1976	Gillingham	295	(13)
1976-1981	Charlton Athletic	158	(7)
1981-1983	Gillingham	76	(2)
1983-1984	Peterborough United[1]	29	(0)
1984-1985	Chatham Town	?
1985	Dover Athletic	?
1985-1987	Bromley	?
1987-1989	Canterbury City	?
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 June 2007. † Appearances (Goals).

Richard "Dick" Tydeman (born Chatham, 26 May 1951) is a retired English Association football player who played professionally for Charlton Athletic and Peterborough United but is best known for his time with Gillingham where, in two spells, he made over 370 Football League appearances.

Career

Tydeman came through the ranks with Gillingham and was playing for the reserves at the age of fifteen. He broke into the first team at eighteen and was a first choice in the Gills' midfield for the next seven years, although in 1971 he briefly contemplating quitting the game to become a teacher.^[2]

In 1976 Tydeman followed his former manager Andy Nelson to Charlton Athletic for a fee of £70,000 and stayed with the Addicks for five years before returning to Gillingham as one of new manager Keith Peacock's first signings. After two seasons at Priestfield Stadium he moved to Peterborough United before seeing out his career with a number of Kent non-league teams.^[2]

After retirement he became a taxi driver. His son Sam was a trainee with Gillingham but failed to make the grade.^[2]

References

1. ^ Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database
2. ^ ^{a b c} Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. p322. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X. 

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Name	Tydeman,Dick
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Date of birth	26 May 1951
Place of birth	Chatham, England
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