Keith Oakes
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keith Brian Oakes | ||
| Date of birth | 3 July 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Bedworth, England | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| ?–1972 | Bedworth United | ||
| 1972–1978 | Peterborough United | 61 | (2) |
| 1978–1984 | Newport County | 232 | (27) |
| 1984–1986 | Gillingham | 86 | (7) |
| 1986–1988 | Fulham | 76 | (3) |
| 1988–1992 | Peterborough United | 97 | (9) |
| 1992–1993 | Boston United | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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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.[1]
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.[2] He wound his playing career down with a solitary appearance for Boston United in the 1-0 Football Conference defeat at Kettering Town on 14 April 1993.
He completed a Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy at the University of Salford and in the summer of 1991 succeeded Bill Harvey as physiotherapist at Peterborough United.[3] In 1997 he became the physiotherapist at Lincoln City[4] and had a brief spell as co-caretaker manager after the sacking of Phil Stant in 2001.[5]
He was most recently physiotherapist at Peterborough United having rejoined the club in June 2006[6] but he left in May 2010.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 236–237. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
- ^ Newport County A-Z of transfers
- ^ "Sixty Years A Soccer Stalwart, Bill Harvey Dies At 81". Peterborough United F.C. Official Website. 4 February 2002. http://www.theposh.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10427~167111,00.html. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ "Oakes signs two-year extension". Lincoln City F.C. Official Website. 16 June 2001. http://www.redimps.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10440~67265,00.html. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ Peter Lansley (2001-02-28). "Lincoln community board lets Stant go – Third division". The Times. 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. Retrieved 2008-08-11.
- ^ "Oakes is back". Peterborough Evening Telegraph. 14 June 2006. http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/peterborough-united/oakes_is_back_14_6_06_1_63901. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ "Keith Oakes leaves club". Peterborough United F.C. Official Website. 26 May 2010. http://www.theposh.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10427~2059513,00.html. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
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- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Newport County A.F.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
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- Physiotherapists
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