| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick John Earles | ||
| Date of birth | (1955-03-22) 22 March 1955 | ||
| Place of birth | Titchfield, Hampshire, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1970–1972 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1977 | Southampton | 12 | (1) |
| 1977–1982 | Reading | 247 | (68) |
| International career | |||
| 1970 | England Schoolboys | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Patrick John Earles (born 22 March 1955 in Titchfield, Hampshire) is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Southampton1 and Reading.2 He was a member of the Southampton squad which reached the 1976 FA Cup Final,3 and made over 250 appearances for Reading, scoring 85 goals, and helped the club win the Fourth Division title in 1979.4 He then had a spell playing non-league football, with clubs including Road-Sea Southampton and Bognor Regis Town.
Earles went on to work as a probation officer for Hampshire Probation Service.4
References
References
- "Southampton : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
- "Reading : 1946/47–2008/09". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
- Struthers, Greg (4 January 2009). "Caught in time: Stokes lights up Wembley". The Times. Retrieved 18 October 2009.
- Flatman, Barry (19 April 2009). "When Royals were kings". The Times. Archived from the original on 8 May 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2009.