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English footballer

Richard Key
Personal information
Full name Richard Martin Key
Date of birth (1956-04-13) 13 April 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Cambridge, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1975 Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1978 Exeter City 109 (0)
1978–1983 Cambridge United 52 (0)
1982 → Northampton Town (loan) 2 (0)
1983–1984 Orient 42 (0)
1984 Brentford 1 (0)
1984–1985 Sunderland 0 (0)
1985 → Cambridge United (loan) 13 (0)
1985 Brentford
1985 Swindon Town 0 (0)
1985–1987 Brentford 3 (0)
1987 Millwall 0 (0)
1988 Cambridge United 0 (0)
Cambridge City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Martin Key (born 13 April 1956) is an English retired professional footballer, best remembered for his spells as a goalkeeper in the Football League with Exeter City and hometown club Cambridge United. His younger brother Lance was also a goalkeeper.

Personal life

Key lives in Freshwater, Isle of Wight.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1984–85 Third Division 1 0 — — 0 0 1 0
Cambridge United (loan) 1984–85 Third Division 13 0 — — — 13 0
Swindon Town 1985–86 Fourth Division 0 0 — 2 0 — 2 0
Brentford 1985–86 Third Division 3 0 — 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986–87 Third Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Career total 17 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 20 0
  1. Appearance in Football League Trophy

Honours

Exeter City

References

  1. ^ "Richard Key". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 92. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. "Where Are They Now? Exeter City 1976–77". The League Paper. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Key, Richard". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  5. ^ White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 398–399. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. "Swindon Town FC – Profile – Richard Key". TownEnders.com. Retrieved 26 December 2024.


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