- Gary Poole
Infobox Football biography
playername = Gary Poole
fullname = Gary John Poole
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1967|9|11
cityofbirth =London
countryofbirth =England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = height|ft=6|in=0
position = Right-back
youthyears = 1983–1985
youthclubs = Tottenham Hotspur
years = 1985–1987
1987–1989
1989–1992
1992–1993
1993–1994
1994–1996
1996–1999
clubs = Tottenham Hotspur
Cambridge United
Barnet
Plymouth Argyle
Southend United
Birmingham City
Charlton Athletic
caps(goals) = 000 00(0)
043 00(0)
040 00(2) [This figure is for Football League games only - if anyone has his stats for Barnet in the Conference, please add them on.]
039 00(6)
044 00(2)
072 00(0)
016 00(1)Gary John Poole (born
September 11 ,1967 ) is a former English professional footballer who played as a right-back. He made over 250 appearances inthe Football League .Biography
Poole was born in Stratford,
London . He came through the juniors at Tottenham Hotspur and was given a professional contract, but made no appearances for the first team and was released after two years. He signed for Fourth Division Cambridge United, and after 18 months was sold for £3,000 to Vauxhall Conference side Barnet, managed byBarry Fry . In his first full season Barnet were promoted as champions to Division Four, and reached the play-offs in 1991–92.He was then allowed to leave on a free transfer to Plymouth Argyle in the newly-designated Second Division, where he captained the side. While at Plymouth he was involved in an incident which ended Rotherham United winger John Buckley's Football League career. [cite web
url=http://www.ptfc.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=110&Itemid=59&limit=1&limitstart=1 |title=Players of the 90s |work=ptfc.net (a Partick Thistle resource) |accessdate=2007-09-13] Buckley was knocked unconscious in a clash of heads with Poole, requiring emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from the brain, [cite news
url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:UKNB:LSTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F929E60810F5583&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=86AB2B3721534D07B61270632E6A70BE |title=Footballer hurt - John Buckley |work=The Sunday Times |page=1 |date=1993-03-14 |accessdate=2007-09-13] and remained in a coma onlife support for four days. [cite news
url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:UKNB:LTIB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F91F9E01938FBF3&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=86AB2B3721534D07B61270632E6A70BE |title=Footballer recovers - John Buckley |work=The Times |page=2 |date=1993-03-18 |accessdate=2007-09-13]Poole spent just one season at Plymouth before Fry brought him to Southend United of Division One for a club record [cite web
url=http://www.sufcdb.co.uk/index.php?option=com_indplay&Itemid=61&pno=672 |title=Gary Poole |work=Southend United Player Database |date=2005-06-28 |accessdate=2007-09-13] fee of £350,000. Another year later he joined up with Fry again, this time at Birmingham City, newly-relegated to the third tier of English football, for a fee of £50,000. Success followed in 1994–95 with the Second Division championship and victory in the Auto Windscreens Shield at Wembley. The next season Poole took over the captaincy afterLiam Daish was sold to Coventry City, captaining the side in the League Cup semi-final against Leeds United.In the match against Manchester City at
Maine Road in September 1996, referee Richard Poulain awarded a penalty late on; Poole, who had conceded the free kick which led to the penalty, lost control and pushed the referee from behind such that he needed treatment for whiplash after the game. [cite news
url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960923/ai_n14065454 |title=City distract discontented |author=Hodgson, Guy |work=The Independent |format=accessed via findarticles.com |date=1996-09-23 |accessdate=2007-09-13]
The FA imposed an instant suspension on the player; after a hearing, the length of the ban was set at four matches. [cite news
url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19961008/ai_n14088182 |title=FA bans Poole for two more matches |author=Martin, Andrew |work=The Independent |format=accessed via findarticles.com |date=1996-10-08 |accessdate=2007-09-13] A month later managerTrevor Francis sold him to fellow First Division club Charlton Athletic for a fee of £250,000.He played 16 games for Charlton that season, but a knee injury sustained in a reserve game put an end to his first team career. Still contracted to the club when they gained promotion to the
Premier League the following season, he attempted a comeback in the reserves after more than a year out, [cite web
url=http://www.4thegame.com/club/charlton-athletic-fc/news/49863/POOLE+DIVES+BACK+INTO+ADDICKS+ACTION.html |title=Poole dives back into Addicks action |work=4thegame.com |date=1998-08-19 |accessdate=2007-09-13] but never appeared in the top flight and retired in August 1999. [cite news
url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F93465094606E77&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Gary Poole |work=The Sun |page=69 |date=1999-08-21 |accessdate=2007-09-13]A qualified coach, he is now a director of a company providing investment opportunities for sportspeople. [cite web
url=http://www.sportspro-uno.com/company/meet_the_team.htm |title=Meet the team |work=Sportspro Ltd company website |accessdate=2007-09-13]Honours
* with Barnet
** Vauxhall Conference champions 1991.
* with Birmingham City
** Second Division champions 1995.
** Auto Windscreens Shield winners 1995.Notes
References
*cite book
author=Matthews, Tony | title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record | year=1995 | publisher=Breedon Books | isbn=1-85983-010-2External links
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/garypoole.htm Gary Poole] at [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/ Neil Brown's statistics site]
Persondata
NAME = Poole, Gary John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH =1967-09-11
PLACE OF BIRTH = Stratford,London ,England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =
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