Frank Richardson (footballer, Born 1897)
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Frank Richardson (29 January 1897 – 19 May 1987 ) was an English
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who played in
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for
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and
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Career

Richardson was born in
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and played for the local club Barking Town before joining
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in 1921. In his first season as a professional he scored 31 goals in 41 matches as Plymouth finished in 2nd place in the Third Division South which included a hat-trick on his debut. He signed for
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in March 1923 but only scored once as Stoke were relegated at the end of the 1922–23 season. He scored just twice in 1923–24 and was sold to
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where he gain struggled in the top flight and he decided to return to the Third Division South joining
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. He soon rekindled his goalscoring ability scoring 15 in 35 appearances in 1924–25 and then an impressive 18 in 19 in 1925–26 which also included 10 in 4
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matches. Midway through the season he joined
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scoring 12 goals in the last 13 matches which saw the "Biscuitmen" win the Third Division South title. In 1926–27 he again had a good season in the cup scoring nine goals in ten, including the only goal in front of Reading's record crowd of 33,042 against Brentford. Reading reached the semi-final that year, losing out to
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. He left Elm Park in the summer of 1930 having scored 55 goals in 103 matches. Frank then spent 1930–31 at Swindon scoring 11 goals in 39 matches and had a short spell at
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before deciding to retire. When Reading secured promotion in 1976, 50 years after Frank achieved the same feat in 1926, he was invited to celebrate with the team. A decade later, Reading won Division Three once more, and Frank was invited back as the sole surviving member of that team.


Career statistics

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Honours

Reading *
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champions: 1925–26


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Plymouth Argyle career details Plymouth Argyle career detailsSwindon Town career details
{{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Frank English men's footballers Barking F.C. players Mansfield Town F.C. players Reading F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Swindon Town F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players West Ham United F.C. players English Football League players 1897 births 1987 deaths Men's association football forwards Footballers from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham People from Barking, London 20th-century English sportsmen