Gordon Riddick
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gordon George Riddick[1] | ||
Date of birth | 6 November 1943 | ||
Place of birth | Langleybury, England | ||
Date of death | 24 August 2018(2018-08-24) (aged 74)[2] | ||
Place of death | Langleybury, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1960–1962 | Luton Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1962–1967 | Luton Town | 102 | (16) |
1967–1969 | Gillingham | 114 | (24) |
1969–1970 | Charlton Athletic | 29 | (5) |
1970–1972 | Orient | 21 | (3) |
1972–1973 | Northampton Town | 28 | (3) |
1973–1976 | Brentford | 95 | (3) |
1976–1977 | Brentford | 15 | (0) |
1977 | Wealdstone | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gordon George Riddick (6 November 1943 – 24 August 2018) was an English professional footballer who made over 400 appearances as a midfielder in the Football League for Gillingham, Brentford, Luton Town, Charlton Athletic, Northampton Town and Orient.[1][3][4] While with Brentford, a persistent ankle injury forced Riddick to retire from football in September 1976,[5] but he re-joined the club on a non-contract basis the following month and made 17 further appearances before leaving again in February 1977.[6] In addition to football, Riddick played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Hertfordshire.[7] He served Langleybury Cricket Club as captain, groundsman, committee member and president.[8]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Luton Town | 1962–63[9] | Second Division | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
1963–64[9] | Third Division | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
1964–65[9] | Third Division | 28 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 6 | |
1965–66[9] | Fourth Division | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 6 | |
1966–67[9] | Fourth Division | 31 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 4 | |
Total | 102 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 114 | 17 | ||
Gillingham | 1966–67[10] | Third Division | 13 | 3 | — | — | 13 | 3 | ||
1967–68[10] | Third Division | 44 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 9 | |
1968–69[10] | Third Division | 41 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 12 | |
1969–70[10] | Third Division | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | |
Total | 114 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 125 | 27 | ||
Brentford | 1973–74[11] | Fourth Division | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 2 | |
1974–75[11] | Fourth Division | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 1 | |
1975–76[11] | Fourth Division | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
1976–77[11] | Fourth Division | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
Total | 110 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 120 | 5 | ||
Career total | 326 | 45 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 359 | 49 |
References
- ^ a b "Gordon Riddick". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "Gordon Riddick RIP". Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-7524-2243-5.
- ^ "Gordon Riddick - 6/11/1943 – 24/08/2018". Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Brentford's Official Matchday Magazine versus Gillingham. 27 August 1996. p. 21.
- ^ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2011). The Big Brentford Book of the Seventies. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. pp. 148–150. ISBN 978-1906796709.
- ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 134. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ "The Gordon Riddick Sunday". www.langleyburycc.co.uk. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Gordon Riddick". Hatters Heritage. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Gordon Riddick". Gillingham FC Scrapbook. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ a b c d White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 392–394. ISBN 978-0951526200.
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