Steve Wooldridge
Stephen Joseph "Steve" Wooldridge (born 18 July 1950) is an English former footballer who played as a full-back in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle on loan from Crystal Palace, and Colchester United.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen Joseph Wooldridge[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 18 July 1950||
Place of birth | Chiswick, London, England[2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1.74 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Youth career | |||
1967–1970 | Crystal Palace | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1972 | Crystal Palace | 0 | (0) |
1970–1971 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 20 | (0) |
1972 | Colchester United | 3 | (0) |
1972 | → Folkestone (loan) | ||
Folkestone | |||
Total | 23 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Career
Born in Chiswick, London, Wooldridge signed professional terms at Selhurst Park in July 1967 but failed to progress to the first-team. He was loaned out to Plymouth Argyle in the 1970–71 season where he made 20 Football League appearances.[2][3]
Wooldridge was brought to Colchester United by manager Dick Graham in the summer of 1972, but after making his debut on the opening day of the season in a 1–0 win against Hereford United, he featured on just two further occasions for the club following the resignation of manager Graham.[2][4][5] He made his final appearance for the club on 20 September 1972 in a 1–0 away defeat at Southport[6] before being loaned out to Folkestone in November, signing permanently just before Christmas.[2]
References
- "Colchester United – Player profile". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 256. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
- "PLYMOUTH ARGYLE:1946/47–2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- "Colchester United – Match details – Colchester Utd 1–0 Hereford United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- "COLCHESTER UNITED:1950/51–1989/90 & 1992/93–2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- "Colchester United – Match details – Southport 1–0 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2013.