Derek Hales

Derek Hales
Personal information
Full name	Derek David Hales
Date of birth	15 December 1951 (age 72)
Place of birth	Lower Halstow, Kent, England
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1970–1972	Dartford
1972–1973	Luton Town
1973–1976	Charlton Athletic
1976–1977	Derby County
1977–1978	West Ham United
1978–1985	Charlton Athletic
1985–1986	Gillingham
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Derek David Hales (born 15 December 1951) is an English former footballer who played as a striker.

He is the all-time leading goalscorer for Charlton Athletic,^[1] with his most prolific season being 1975–76, when he scored 28 league goals and was leading scorer in the Football League Second Division.^{[citation needed]} He is also famous for an on-field fight with teammate Mike Flanagan during an FA Cup tie against Maidstone in 1979.^[2] After running a pub in his native village Lower Halstow, he was employed at the Howard School in Gillingham.^[3]

References

General

Roger Triggs (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
Derek Hales at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

Specific

^ Fawbert, Dave (26 April 2019). "The world's most miserable football player profile is absolutely brilliant". Shortlist. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
^ Rookwood, Dan (26 October 2001). "It's a knock-out". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
^ the-football-league-paper 17 May 2015, issue No.247

[1] Fawbert, Dave (26 April 2019). "The world's most miserable football player profile is absolutely brilliant". Shortlist. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

[2] Rookwood, Dan (26 October 2001). "It's a knock-out". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2020.

[3] the-football-league-paper 17 May 2015, issue No.247

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