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Richard Key
Personal information
Full name Richard Martin Key[1]
Date of birth (1956-04-13) 13 April 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth Cambridge, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1975 Coventry City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1978 Exeter City 109 (0)
1978–1983 Cambridge United 52 (0)
1982Northampton Town (loan) 2 (0)
1983–1984 Orient 42 (0)
1984 Brentford 1 (0)
1984–1985 Sunderland 0 (0)
1985Cambridge United (loan) 13 (0)
1985 Swindon Town 0 (0)
1986–1987 Brentford 3 (0)
Cambridge City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard Martin Key (born 13 April 1956) is an English retired professional footballer, best remembered for his spells as a goalkeeper in the Football League with Exeter City and hometown club Cambridge United.[2] His younger brother Lance was also a goalkeeper.[3]

Personal life

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Key lives in Freshwater, Isle of Wight.[4]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1984–85[5] Third Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
Cambridge United (loan) 1984–85[1] Third Division 13 0 13 0
Swindon Town 1985–86[6] Fourth Division 0 0 2 0 2 0
Brentford 1985–86[5] Third Division 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986–87[5] 0 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 1 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
Career total 17 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 20 0
  1. ^ Appearance in Football League Trophy

Honours

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Exeter City

References

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  1. ^ a b "Richard Key". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  2. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 92. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. ^ "Where Are They Now? Exeter City 1976–77". The League Paper. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Key, Richard". grecianarchive.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  5. ^ a b c White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 398–399. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. ^ "Richard Key – Player Profile". Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk. Retrieved 17 January 2017.