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Steve Wooldridge

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Steve Wooldridge
Personal information
Full name Stephen Joseph Wooldridge[1]
Date of birth (1950-07-18) 18 July 1950 (age 74)[1]
Place of birth Chiswick, London, England[2]
Height 5 ft 8+12 in (1.74 m)[2]
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
1967–1970 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1970–1972 Crystal Palace 0 (0)
1970–1971Plymouth Argyle (loan) 20 (0)
1972 Colchester United 3 (0)
1972Folkestone (loan)
Folkestone
Total 23 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Joseph "Steve" Wooldridge (born 18 July 1950) is an English former footballer who played as a full-back in the Football League for Plymouth Argyle on loan from Crystal Palace, and Colchester United.

Career

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Born in Chiswick, London, Wooldridge signed professional terms at Selhurst Park in July 1967 but failed to progress to the first-team. He was loaned out to Plymouth Argyle in the 1970–71 season where he made 20 Football League appearances.[2][3]

Wooldridge was brought to Colchester United by manager Dick Graham in the summer of 1972, but after making his debut on the opening day of the season in a 1–0 win against Hereford United, he featured on just two further occasions for the club following the resignation of manager Graham.[2][4][5] He made his final appearance for the club on 20 September 1972 in a 1–0 away defeat at Southport[6] before being loaned out to Folkestone in November, signing permanently just before Christmas.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Colchester United – Player profile". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b c d e Whitehead, Jeff; Drury, Kevin (2008). The Who's Who of Colchester United: The Layer Road Years. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 256. ISBN 978-1-85983-629-3.
  3. ^ "PLYMOUTH ARGYLE:1946/47–2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Colchester United – Match details – Colchester Utd 1–0 Hereford United". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  5. ^ "COLCHESTER UNITED:1950/51–1989/90 & 1992/93–2011/12". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Colchester United – Match details – Southport 1–0 Colchester Utd". Coludata.co.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2013.