Bobby Gough
Robert George Gough (born 20 July 1949) is an English former footballer who played as a forward. In a fifteen-year professional career in the English Football League he scored 114 goals in 474 league appearances.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert George Gough | ||
| Date of birth | 20 June 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Birmingham City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1968 | Walsall | 1 | (0) |
| 1968–1974 | Port Vale | 210 | (33) |
| 1973–1974 | → Stockport County (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1974–1976 | Southport | 61 | (16) |
| 1976–1981 | Colchester United | 196 | (65) |
| 1981–1982 | Hendon | 25 | (10) |
| 1982–198? | Chelmsford City | ||
| Total | 499 | (124) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
After failing to make an impression at Birmingham City and Walsall, he made his name at Port Vale between 1968 and 1974, making a total of 229 appearances for the "Valiants". During this time he helped the club to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in the 1969–70 season. Following a loan spell at Stockport County, he transferred to Southport in 1974, before arriving at Colchester United two years later. He helped Colchester out of the Fourth Division in 1976–77, and scored a total of 80 goals in 232 games, before he departed for non-League Hendon in 1981. He later turned out for Chelmsford City, before he left football for the building trade.