Roy Gater
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roy Gater[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 June 1940||
Place of birth | Chesterton, Staffordshire, England[1] | ||
Date of death | 2 May 2017[2] | (aged 76)||
Position(s) | Half-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Port Vale | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1960–1962 | Port Vale | 5 | (0) |
1962–1968 | Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 216 | (3) |
1968–1972 | Crewe Alexandra | 156 | (5) |
1972–1974 | Weymouth | ||
1974–197? | Dorchester Town | ||
197?–197? | Christchurch | ||
Total | 377+ | (8+) | |
Teams managed | |||
Christchurch | |||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Roy Gater (22 June 1940 – 2 May 2017) was an English footballer. He played for Port Vale, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Crewe Alexandra, Weymouth, Dorchester Town and Christchurch. He made 412 league and cup appearances in a 13-year career in the Football League.[1]
Career statistics
[change | change source]Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Other | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Port Vale | 1960–61 | Third Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1961–62 | Third Division | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 1962–63 | Third Division | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
1963–64 | Third Division | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 0 | |
1964–65 | Third Division | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
1965–66 | Third Division | 46 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 0 | |
1966–67 | Third Division | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
1967–68 | Third Division | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
1968–69 | Third Division | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
Total | 216 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 237 | 3 | ||
Crewe Alexandra | 1968–69 | Third Division | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
1969–70 | Fourth Division | 42 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 1 | |
1970–71 | Fourth Division | 46 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 51 | 1 | |
1971–72 | Fourth Division | 42 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 2 | |
1972–73 | Fourth Division | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
Total | 156 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 168 | 5 | ||
Career total | 377 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 412 | 8 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 110. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
- ↑ "Club statement: Roy Gater". afcb.co.uk. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.