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Gordon Cumming
Personal information
Full name	Gordon Robert Riddell Cumming
Date of birth	(1948-01-23) 23 January 1948 (age 76)
Place of birth	Johnstone, Scotland
Position(s)	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Glasgow United
1963–1969	Arsenal	0	(0)
1969–1977	Reading	331	(61)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gordon Cumming is a Scottish former footballer who played as a winger for English clubs Arsenal and Reading.

Career

Cumming was born on 23 January 1948 in Johnstone, Scotland. His primary position was as a winger. He started his playing career at Scottish team Glasgow United. Cumming then moved to London, joining Arsenal where he won the FA Youth Cup in 1966. He then spent the next three years at Highbury before moving to Reading in 1969. There, he was the primary taker of penalties until the arrivals of Robin Friday and Alan Taylor. He was Reading's player of the year in 1971–72. In 1975–76, Cumming played in the Reading team that won promotion to the Third Division. In all, he scored 61 goals in 331 games for the Royals.

Personal life

Cumming retired from football in 1978 and went on to open a restaurant. Cumming is married to wife Christina and has two daughters, Susan and Amanda.

Honours

Club

Arsenal

FA Youth Cup: 1966

Individual

Reading FC Player of the Year.

References

^ "Gordon Cumming". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
"Guide to the Game!". Reading F.C.
"Season 1970-71". Royals Record.co.uk.
"Season 1974-75". Royals Record.co.uk.
^ "Happy 66th Birthday to Gordon Cumming". Reading F.C.
"Gordon Cumming". Reading FC Former Players.co.uk.
"Season 1975-76". Royals Record.co.uk.
"Where Are They Now?". Archived from the original on 30 June 2012.
"Cumming, Gordon". Where Are They Now.co.uk.

v t e Reading F.C. Player of the Season
1964: Meldrum 1965: Meldrum 1966: Wheeler 1967: Harris 1968: Dixon 1969: Silvester 1970: Death 1971: Bell 1972: Cumming 1973: Death 1974: Death 1975: Friday 1976: Friday 1977: Death 1978: Bowman 1979: Bowman 1980: White 1981: Hetzke 1982: Williams 1983: Richardson 1984: Richardson 1985: Wood 1986: Wood 1987: Bremner 1988: Francis 1989: Senior 1990: Hicks 1991: McPherson 1992: Gooding 1993: Gooding 1994: Kerr 1995: Hislop 1996: Gooding 1997: Morley 1998: Parkinson 1999: Parkinson 2000: Caskey 2001: Butler 2002: Murty 2003: Harper 2004: Murty 2005: Kitson 2006: Doyle 2007: Ingimarsson 2008: Hunt 2009: Armstrong 2010: Sigurðsson 2011: Long 2012: Pearce 2013: Le Fondre 2014: Obita 2015: Federici 2016: Al-Habsi 2017: Al-Habsi 2018: Moore 2019: Rinomhota 2020: Rafael 2021: Laurent 2022: Yiadom 2023: Ince 2024: Wing

Reading F.C. Player of the Season

1964: Meldrum
1965: Meldrum
1966: Wheeler
1967: Harris
1968: Dixon
1969: Silvester
1970: Death
1971: Bell
1972: Cumming
1973: Death
1974: Death
1975: Friday
1976: Friday
1977: Death
1978: Bowman
1979: Bowman
1980: White
1981: Hetzke
1982: Williams
1983: Richardson
1984: Richardson
1985: Wood
1986: Wood
1987: Bremner
1988: Francis
1989: Senior
1990: Hicks
1991: McPherson
1992: Gooding
1993: Gooding
1994: Kerr
1995: Hislop
1996: Gooding
1997: Morley
1998: Parkinson
1999: Parkinson
2000: Caskey
2001: Butler
2002: Murty
2003: Harper
2004: Murty
2005: Kitson
2006: Doyle
2007: Ingimarsson
2008: Hunt
2009: Armstrong
2010: Sigurðsson
2011: Long
2012: Pearce
2013: Le Fondre
2014: Obita
2015: Federici
2016: Al-Habsi
2017: Al-Habsi
2018: Moore
2019: Rinomhota
2020: Rafael
2021: Laurent
2022: Yiadom
2023: Ince
2024: Wing

v t e Reading F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees
Allen Arlott Bacon Bailey Bartholomew Beavon Blackman Branfoot Brooks Butler Coppell Cumming Deane Death Dolan Downs Doyle Drake J. Edelston M. Edelston Eggo Evans C. Field E. Field Foster Gilkes Gooding Hammond Hanney Haygarth Hayward Henderson Hetzke Hicks Hislop Holt Ingimarsson Justins Kitson Madejski Matthews McConnell McDermott McPhee McPherson Meldrum Messer Morgan Murty Neate Palethorpe Parkinson Pearce Quinn Richardson Rogers Sigurðsson Simonds Sirrett Shorey Smee H. Smith J. Smith Spiers Tait Tranter H. Walker J. Walker Wallbanks Warburton Watts Wheeler A. Williams B. Williams

Reading F.C. – Hall of Fame inductees

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