Richard Goddard-Crawley (born 31 March 1978) is an English retired semi-professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Brentford. After his release in 1998, he had a 10-year career in non-League football.
Career
Brentford After beginning his youth career in the academy at Premier League club Arsenal in 1994, Goddard-Crawley joined Second Division club Brentford on trial in May 1996 and signed a two-year contract three months later. He was an unused substitute on three occasions, before making his senior debut in the final match of the 1996–97 regular season, as a 78th-minute substitute for Robert Taylor in a 1–0 defeat to Peterborough United.
Goddard-Crawley made two League Cup appearances early in the 1997–98 season, before moving away on loan in October 1997 and returning with a fractured foot one month later. Goddard-Crawley departed Brentford for the final time in March 1998, after making three appearances in just under two years at Griffin Park. He played the majority of his football at the club for the reserve team, for whom he made 36 appearances and scored two goals.
Non-League football In March 1998, Goddard-Crawley returned to Conference club Woking for a £7,500 fee, after having been on loan at the Kingfield Stadium earlier in the 1997–98 season. Over the next decade he subsequently played in the Conference and Isthmian League for St Albans City, Chesham United, Harrow Borough, Thurrock, Yeading and AFC Hornchurch, before retiring in 2008.
Post-retirement After retiring from football, Goddard-Crawley returned to Arsenal as an academy physiotherapist in October 2008. As of February 2020, he was running a physiotherapy business in North London.
Career statistics
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBrentford1996–97Second Division10000000101997–98Second Division0000200020Total1000200030Woking1998–99Conference1000—00101999–00Conference12000—32 appearances in Conference League Cup, 1 appearance in FA Trophy0150Total13000—30160St Albans City1999–00Isthmian League Premier Division60——1Appearance in Herts Senior Cup0702000–01Isthmian League Premier Division27120—104 appearances and 1 goal in Isthmian League Cup, 3 appearances in FA Trophy, 2 appearances in Isthmian League Full Members Cup, 1 appearance in Herts Charity Cup13922001–02Isthmian League Premier Division40——1Appearance in Herts Charity Cup050Total37120—121512Chesham United2001–02Isthmian League Premier Division24300—00243Harrow Borough2002–03Isthmian League Premier Division30600—003062003–04Isthmian League Premier Division37600—1Appearance in Isthmian League play-offs0386Total671200—106812Thurrock2004–05Conference South25110—1Appearance in Conference play-offs02712005–06Conference South32200—00322Total57310—10593Yeading2006–07Conference South25210—2Appearances in FA Trophy0282AFC Hornchurch2007–08Isthmian League Premier Division30100—2Appearances in Isthmian League Cup03212008–09Isthmian League Premier Division3000—0030Total33100—20351Career total25722402021128423
Honours St Albans City Herts Senior Cup: 1999–00
Individual
Yeading Supporters' Player of the Year: 2006–07 Yeading Supporters' Player of the Year: 2006–07
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