Fred Ryecraft
Personal information
Full name Frederick Ryecraft[1]
Date of birth (1939-08-29)29 August 1939
Place of birth Southall, England[1]
Date of death 26 September 2017(2017-09-26) (aged 78)[2]
Place of death Hampshire, England[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1959 Southall
1959–1964 Brentford 33 (0)
Gravesend & Northfleet
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frederick Ryecraft (29 August 1939 – 26 September 2017) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford as a goalkeeper. He was a member of the club's 1962–63 Fourth Division championship-winning team.

Club career

Brentford

After a short spell at Athenian League club Southall,[3] Ryecraft joined Third Division club Brentford in September 1959.[1] First team goalkeeper Gerry Cakebread's durability meant that a spell doing national service saw Ryecraft confined to the club's reserve team, until the first team's relegation to the Fourth Division in 1962.[3] Ryecraft finally made his first team debut in a 2–1 defeat to Gillingham on 21 August 1962.[4] He went on to make 18 appearances during a 1962–63 season which saw the Bees return to the Third Division at the first time of asking.[4] Ryecraft made 20 appearances during the 1963–64 season,[4] but mainly appeared for the reserves and was released at the end of the campaign.[3] Ryecraft made a total of 38 first team appearances for the Bees and along with Micky Ball and Johnny Hales,[3] he is one of three players to make over 150 appearances for the Brentford reserve team.[5]

Gravesend & Northfleet

After his release from Brentford, Ryecraft dropped back into non-league football and played for Southern League First Division club Gravesend & Northfleet.[3]

Representative career

While undertaking his national service, Ryecraft played for the British Army representative team and the Combined Services.[2] He played on a tour of South East Asia in 1962 and was a member of the victorious Kentish Cup-winning team the same year.[3][6][7]

Personal life

While on national service in the British Army, Ryecraft was a member of the Royal Army Service Corps.[7]

Honours

British Army

  • Kentish Cup: 1962[6]

Brentford

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1962–63[4] Fourth Division 18 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1963–64[4] Third Division 15 0 1 0 4 0 20 0
Career total 33 0 1 0 4 0 38 0

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Fred Ryecraft". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Condolences paid to Fred Ryecraft". Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. pp. 139–140. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 387. ISBN 0951526200.
  5. ↑ Brentford F.C. Griffin Gazette versus Chester City. Quay Design of Poole. 15 April 1995. p. 29.
  6. 1 2 "History". armyfa.com. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  7. 1 2 "British Army representative team tour of South East Asia 1962". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 October 2017.


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