Keith Oakes

Infobox Football biography


playername = Keith Oakes
fullname = Keith Brian Oakes
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1956|07|03
cityofbirth = Bedworth
countryofbirth = England
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position = Defender
years = ?–1972
1972–1978
1978–1984
1984–1986
1986–1988
1988–1992
1992–?
clubs = Bedworth United
Peterborough United
Newport County
Gillingham
Fulham
Peterborough United
Corby Town
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061 0(2)
232 (27)
086 0(7)
076 0(3)
097 0(9)
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Keith Brian Oakes (born Bedworth, 3 July 1956) is an English former professional association football player. His clubs included Peterborough United, Newport County and Gillingham.cite book | first=Roger|last= Triggs | title=The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club| publisher=Tempus Publishing Ltd | year=2001| id=ISBN 0-7524-2243-X|pages=p236–237]

At Newport County he captained the team that won promotion and the Welsh Cup and in the subsequent season reached the quarter-final of the 1981 European Cup Winners Cup. He has gone on to work as club physiotherapist for a number of clubs, including Lincoln City, where he had a brief spell as co-caretaker manager after the sacking of Phil Stant in 2001. [cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:LTIB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F929E38987A78DE&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815|title=Lincoln community board lets Stant go – Third division|publisher=The Times|accessdate=2008-08-11|date=2001-02-28|author=Peter Lansley]

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