Joe Gadston

Joseph Edward Gadston (born 13 September 1945) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward in the Football League, most notably for Exeter City. He later became a director of the club.[3]

Joe Gadston
Personal information
Full name Joseph Edward Gadston[1]
Date of birth (1945-09-13) 13 September 1945
Place of birth Hanwell, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1963 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1966 Brentford 0 (0)
1966 Corby Town 12 (6)
1966–1968 Cheltenham Town
1968–1969 Bristol Rovers 11 (5)
1969–1972 Exeter City 85 (30)
1972–1973 Aldershot 4 (0)
1973 → Hartlepool (loan) 1 (0)
Cheltenham Town
1973–1974 Wimbledon 16 (3)
1975–1976 Hillingdon Borough
1976–1977 Walton & Hersham
1977–1978 Slough Town
1978–1979 Hayes
1979–1980 Ruislip Manor
1980 Hanwell Town
Managerial career
1979–1980 Ruislip Manor (player-manager)
Swanage Town & Herston
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Gadston began his career as a youth and amateur player for West Ham United, before moving to Third Division club Brentford,[3] for whom he failed to make a first team appearance and instead played for the reserves.[4][5] He had a brief spell with Corby Town before joining Southern League club Cheltenham Town for a fee of £22 and 10 shillings.[3] Gadston is cited as one of the greatest players to play for the Robins.[6][7] Gadston moved back to the Third Division to join Bristol Rovers for a £1,500 fee in 1968 and finally made his professional debut,[3] but he only completed one season with Rovers.[4] His most prolific spell came with Exeter City, whom he joined in November 1969,[1] before moving to Aldershot in July 1972.[8] After a brief loan spell with Hartlepool in February 1973, Gadston dropped back into non-League football with Wimbledon later that year.[3] He played out the remainder of the decade in non-League football.[2]

Management and coaching career

Gadston had a spell as player-manager of Ruislip Manor.[2] He subsequently served as general manager of Swanage Town & Herston and later returned to Brentford as Football in the Community Officer.[2]

Personal life

Gadston worked as a coach at a sports centre in Southall between 1966 and 1968.[2] He later became a businessman and launched a company to launch and operate Exeter City's St James Park stadium.[2] Gadston runs a holiday apartment business in Dorset and serves the community by running a youth football club and a ping pong tournament for pensioners.[9][10] He taught sport at Sunninghill Preparatory School in Dorchester until July 2014.[2]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bristol Rovers 1968–69[11] Third Division 11 5 0 0 11 5
Hartlepool (loan) 1972–73[8] Fourth Division 1 0 — 1 0
Career total 12 5 0 0 12 5

Honours

Brentford Reserves

Individual

References
  1. "Joe Gadston". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  2. "G and H". The Bristol Rovers History Group. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  3. "Gadston, Joseph". The Grecian Archive. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. Joe Gadston at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  5. Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 82. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
  6. "Vote for your greatest player". Cheltenham Town F.C. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  7. Cheltenham Town FC: 50 Great Players (50 Greats). London: The History Press LTD. 2006. ISBN 978-0-7524-4150-4.
  8. "Joe Gadston". In The Mad Crowd. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  9. "Where Are They Now? Brentford Division Three Champions 1991–92". The League Paper. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  10. "June 2009". Richard Drax. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  11. "Rovers results, appearances and goalscorers 1899 to 2022". The Bristol Rovers History Group. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  12. "Vote for the Cheltenham Town Player of the Year". www.ctfc.com. Retrieved 22 April 2022.


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