Richie Reynolds

Richard Reynolds

Personal information
Full name	Richard John
Date of birth	15 February 1948
Place of birth	Looe, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Striker/Midfield
Youth career
1963–65	Plymouth Argyle
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1965–1971	Plymouth Argyle	131	(24)
1971–1976	Portsmouth	140	(24)
National team
1966	England Youth	3	(1)
Teams managed
	Fareham Town
	Petersfield
2002	Newport (IOW)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Richard Reynolds (born 15 February 1948) is a former English professional footballer (soccer player) whose career ran from the mid-1960s^[1] to the mid-1970s.^[2] Born in Looe^[3] Reynolds won three England Youth caps^[4] whilst with his first club Plymouth Argyle, for whom he made his debut in an F.A.Cup tie against Derby County early in 1965.^[5] In all Reynolds was to make over 100 appearances for The Pilgrims^[6] (and had a loan spell at Yeovil^[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 disastrous relegation season of 1975/76- his last game being in 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 derogatory wages paid to him. The tribunal also instructed Portsmouth F.C. to release Reynolds from his contract as they couldn't pay him. He has never received the payment owing to him. Reynolds left Portsmouth in February 1976 to sign for the Dutch Eerie Division side F.C. Haarlem. Reynolds career was cut short by a serious knee injury sustained playing against Ajax Amsterdam.^[10] He later had spells as player-manager of non league Chichester City 3 times, Petersfield.Fareham Town F.C. Wick F.C. twice and Newport I.O.W.

References

1. Career starts
2. and ends
3. ”Rothmans Football Year Book,1970–71” Peskett,R/Williams,T: Harpenden, QAP,1970 ISBN 0-362-00071-9
4. He played in a 3–0 victory against Spain and defeats against France(1–2) and Czechoslovakia in the spring of 1966– AFS DataBase
5. Details of debut
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. Article Poor pitiful punchless Pompey by Mike Neasom in The News (Portsmouth) 28 January 1976