Kevin Poole

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Kevin Poole
Personal information
Full name Kevin Poole
Date of birth 21 July 1963 (1963-07-21) (age 48)
Place of birth Bromsgrove, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Burton Albion
(Player/Goalkeeping coach)
Number 1
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1981–1987 Aston Villa 28 (0)
1984 → Northampton Town (loan) 3 (0)
1987–1991 Middlesbrough 34 (0)
1991 → Hartlepool United (loan) 12 (0)
1991–1997 Leicester City 163 (0)
1997–2001 Birmingham City 57 (0)
2001–2005 Bolton Wanderers 5 (0)
2005–2006 Derby County 6 (0)
2006– Burton Albion 123 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:09, 3 May 2010 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Kevin Poole (born 21 July 1963) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Football League Two side Burton Albion, where he is also goalkeeping coach. He has played more than 400 matches in the Football League in his 30-year career, despite not being first choice goalkeeper for much of his career and is currently the oldest player in the Football League.

He has played in the Premier League for Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers, having also appeared in England's top flight for Aston Villa before the formation of the Premiership. He has also featured for Northampton Town, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool United, Birmingham City and Derby County.

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[edit] Career

[edit] Aston Villa

Poole was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. His first club was Aston Villa, whom he initially joined as an apprentice, turning professional in 1981.[1] He was Villa's third choice keeper behind Jimmy Rimmer and Nigel Spink when they won the European Cup in 1982. He made his debut in the Football League while on loan at Northampton Town in late 1984, and played the first of his 32 games for Villa later in the 1984–85 season.[1][2]

[edit] Middlesbrough

Poole moved to Middlesbrough, newly promoted back to the Second Division, in 1987, and played 42 first-team games in four seasons with the club.[3] He spent the last part of 1990–91 on loan at Hartlepool United, where he started their last 12 games of the season, keeping five clean sheets and never being on the losing side, to clinch promotion from the Fourth Division.[4][5]In the 1989-90 season, he helped Boro reach the final of the Full Members Cup, where they lost to Chelsea at Wembley.[6]

[edit] Leicester City

In 1991, Poole signed for Leicester City and went on to make 194 appearances in all competitions for the club between 1991 and 1997.[3] He was part of the Leicester side that won promotion to the Premier League in 1996, but subsequently lost his position to Kasey Keller.[7][8]

[edit] Birmingham City

Poole moved to Birmingham City in August 1997, achieving a regular place thanks to an injury to Ian Bennett in September 1998.[3][9] Bennett, who had regained his place, was ruled out for the season in March 2000, but Poole himself was injured only days later,[10] and played just once more for Birmingham's first team before he was released in May 2001. He returned on a short-term contract in September of that year while Bennett was injured, and played in one League Cup game.[11]

[edit] Bolton Wanderers

Poole signed for Bolton Wanderers in October.[3] He spent four years at the club, mainly as backup to Jussi Jääskeläinen. During the 2003–04 season, he was part of the Bolton squad that reached the League Cup final, and was an unused substitute in the final against his old club Middlesbrough.[12] While at Bolton, Poole often trained at West Bromwich Albion with Bolton's goalkeeping coach Fred Barber, due to it being nearer to his Midlands home.

[edit] Derby County

Phil Brown signed Poole, whom he had previously worked with at Bolton, as a goalkeeping coach for Derby County in July 2005. Although he was also registered as a player, this was initially intended only for emergencies;[13] however he was unexpectedly promoted to first choice for a spell due to poor form and injuries affecting young goalkeepers Lee Camp and Lee Grant.[14][15] The 42-year-old Poole played seven times for the first team before returning to coaching duties. He was released in May 2006 after Brown's management team departed Derby County.[16]

[edit] Burton Albion

After a trial with Walsall,[17] Poole signed for Burton Albion on a match-to-match basis in August 2006. He kept a clean sheet on his debut a day later at Morecambe, and continued to play until the end of the 2006–07 season, when he was named Burton's Player of the Season. Poole then helped Albion to reach the playoff semi-finals of the Conference National the following season, before playing a key role in the 2008–09 title-winning side, and coming runner-up to Jake Buxton as Player of the Season.[3][18]

Poole signed a new contract in June 2009, which made him the oldest player in the Football League at the age of 46; he is also the club's new goalkeeping coach. Poole made a League Two appearance aged 46 years old, coming on as a substitute for the red-carded Artur Krysiak at Port Vale in January 2010. He then played in place of the suspended Krysiak in the next league game, a 3-2 win at Torquay United. Poole made an appearance in the away game against recently-promoted Rochdale, and made a string of saves to help his team to a 2-1 win.

Poole signed a new contract for the 2010/2011 season, and made an appearance as a 47-year-old in a Football League Trophy match against Rotherham in October 2010.[19]

On the 9th of May 2011, Poole signed a further one-year deal, meaning he will turn 48 years old before the start of the new season.[20]

[edit] Honours

Leicester City
Burton Albion

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Poole, Kevin". Aston Villa Player Database. Jörn Mårtensson. http://www.astonvillaplayerdatabase.com/1089.html. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  2. ^ "1984–85" (PDF). Aston Villa Matchdatabase. Jörgen Bolin. http://home.aland.net/bolin.jakobsson/villamatches/1984-85.pdf. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  3. ^ a b c d e "Kevin Poole". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=6407. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  4. ^ "1990/91 Games Featuring Kevin Poole". In The Mad Crowd. John Phillips. http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_playerseason.asp?seasonoid=1990/91&playerid=623. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  5. ^ "Kevin Poole". In The Mad Crowd. John Phillips. http://www.inthemadcrowd.co.uk/cgi-bin/itmc_view_person.asp?oid=623. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  6. ^ Walker, Michael (8 January 2011). "Kevin Poole: Oldest player in the FA Cup takes a trip down memory lane". Daily Mail (London). http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1345056/Kevin-Poole-Oldest-player-FA-Cup-takes-trip-memory-lane-.html. 
  7. ^ "Kevin Poole". Birmingham City F.C. http://www.bcfc.com/page/WhereAreTheyNowDetail/0,,10412~1026163,00.html. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  8. ^ "Leicester 1996/1997 player appearances". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?teamid=1527. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  9. ^ Richards, Alan (30 September 1998). "Smart Mart is on the spot to stop Trev's misery run" (reprint). The Sun (NewsBank). http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:LSNB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F934A7EE610BC59&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815. Retrieved 5 November 2009. 
  10. ^ Tattum, Colin (31 March 2000). "Big guns ready; Blues are in safe hands with Purse!" (subscription required for full story). Birmingham Evening Mail (HighBeam Research). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-61195633.html. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  11. ^ "Keeper's delight at suprise [sic] return to top flight". Bolton News. 17 November 2004. http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/2004/11/17/457518.html. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  12. ^ "Boro lift Carling Cup". BBC Sport. 29 February 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/3507795.stm. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  13. ^ Clarkson, Ian (13 July 2005). "Kevin Poole official PFA interview". Professional Footballers' Association. http://www.givemefootball.com/championship/kevin-poole---official-pfa-interview. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  14. ^ Watson, Chris (3 October 2005). "Brown in blast at boo-boys". Burton Mail. http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-sport-derbycountyfc/displayarticle.asp?id=64768. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  15. ^ "Grant gets run-out for reserves". BBC Sport. 12 October 2005. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/4334788.stm. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  16. ^ "Kenna heads exit from Pride Park". BBC Sport. 18 May 2006. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/4992884.stm. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  17. ^ Scurr, Andrew (28 July 2006). "Poole lands Walsall trial". Sky Sports. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11757_2384973,00.html. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  18. ^ Page, Rex (5 May 2009). "Poole: I'll carry on keeping". Burton Mail. http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail-sport-burtonalbionfc/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=415877. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
  19. ^ "Burton Albion 1 - 2 Rotherham". BBC Sport. 6 October 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/9041930.stm. Retrieved 7 October 2010. 
  20. ^ [1]

[edit] External links

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