Fred Ryecraft | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 August 1939 Southall, England[1] |
| Died |
26 September 2017 (aged 78)[2] Hampshire, England[1] |
Frederick Ryecraft (29 August 1939 – 26 September 2017) was an English professional who played in the Football League for Brentford as a goalkeeper. He was a member of the club's 1962–63 Fourth Division championship-winning team.
Club career[]
Brentford[]
After a short spell at Athenian League club Southall ,[3] Ryecraft joined Third Division club Brentford in September 1959.[1] First team goalkeeper Gerry Cakebread's durability meant that a spell doing national service saw Ryecraft confined to the club's reserve team, until the first team's relegation to the Fourth Division in 1962.[3] Ryecraft finally made his first team debut in a 2–1 defeat to Gillingham on 21 August 1962.[4] He went on to make 18 appearances during a 1962–63 season which saw the Bees return to the Third Division at the first time of asking.[4] Ryecraft made 20 appearances during the 1963–64 season,[4] but mainly appeared for the reserves and was released at the end of the campaign.[3] Ryecraft made a total of 38 first team appearances for the Bees and along with Micky Ball and Johnny Hales,[3] he is one of three players to make over 150 appearances for the Brentford reserve team.[5]
Gravesend & Northfleet[]
After his release from Brentford, Ryecraft dropped back into non-league football and played for Southern League First Division club Ebbsfleet United .[3]
Representative career[]
While undertaking his national service, Ryecraft played for the British Army representative team and the Combined Services.[2] He played on a tour of South East Asia in 1962 and was a member of the victorious Kentish Cup-winning team the same year.[3][6][7]
Personal life[]
While on national service in the British Army, Ryecraft was a member of the Royal Army Service Corps.[7]
Honours[]
British Army
- Kentish Cup: 1962[6]
Brentford
- Football League Fourth Division: 1962–63[2]
Career statistics[]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brentford | 1962–63[4] | Fourth Division | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 1963–64[4] | Third Division | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Career total | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "F". Barry Hugman's Footballers. http://hugmansfootballers.com/player/17360. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Condolences paid to Fred Ryecraft" (in en-gb). https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2017/october/fred-ryecraft-rip/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 139–140. ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 White, Eric, ed (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 387. ISBN 0951526200.
- ↑ Brentford F.C. Griffin Gazette versus Chester City. Quay Design of Poole. 15 April 1995. p. 29.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "History". http://www.armyfa.com/about/history.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "British Army representative team tour of South East Asia 1962". http://www.rsssf.com/tablesb/barmysea62.html.
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