Keith Brian Oakes (born 3 July 1956) is an English former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. His clubs included

Peterborough United Peterborough United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. Peterborough have a long-standing ...

, Newport County and Gillingham. At Newport County Oakes was selected in the 1980 Fourth Division

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and captained the team that won promotion and the

Welsh Cup The FAW Welsh Cup ( cy, Cwpan Cymdeithas Pêl-droed Cymru), currently known as the JD Welsh Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams in the Welsh football league system. It is considered the most ...

and in the subsequent season reached the quarter-final of the 1981

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. He completed a bachelor's degree in

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at the

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and in the summer of 1991 succeeded Bill Harvey as physiotherapist at

. In 1997, he became the physiotherapist at Lincoln City and had a brief spell as co-

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after the sacking of

Phil Stant Philip Richard Stant (born 13 October 1962) is an English football manager, former professional footballer and British Army soldier who served in the Falklands War and was attached to the SAS. As a player he was a striker who after serving in ...

in 2001. He returned to

as physiotherapist in June 2006, but he left in May 2010.

References

● Playfair football annuals 1973-74 to 1991-92 1956 births Living people English footballers English Football League players Bedworth United F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Newport County A.F.C. players Gillingham F.C. players Fulham F.C. players Boston United F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. non-playing staff Lincoln City F.C. non-playing staff Association football physiotherapists Alumni of the University of Salford People from Bedworth Association football defenders {{england-footy-defender-1950s-stub