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Kevin Readings
Appearances: 3 Goals: 0
Clean Sheets: 1
Date / Year of birth: 14th March 1979
Position: Goalkeeper
Season of first appearance: 1997/98
Season of last appearance: 1998/99
Also played for: Dover Athletic, Canterbury City, Deal Town, Folkestone Invicta, Hythe Town, Sidmouth Town, Tiverton Town, Faversham Town and Whitstable Town
Dover-born keeper who started his career with his hometown club, joining them in the summer of 1996 shortly after leaving school. Kevin spent two seasons with Dover as a back-up player before signing for Margate in July 1997.
He made his debut in the opening match of the 1997/98 campaign as Margate beat Ramsgate 3-1 at Hartsdown Park to claim the Link Music Cup. Kevin played because first-choice keeper Lee Turner was unavailable. Kevin made one other senior appearance - in a 1-0 home win over Fisher on 25.11.97 and then spent the rest of the season in the reserves.
With Lee Turner in commanding form Kevin only managed one first team appearance during the 1998/99 campaign. He played in a 2-1 win over St.Leonards at Hartsdown Park on 27.3.99 and the Thanet Times said he had "nothing to do apart from take a couple of goal kicks". However the paper also noted that Kevin "looked nervous on the few occasions the ball came in his direction". At the end of the season he left the club.
Kevin joined Canterbury for the start of the 1999/00 campaign but moved to Deal a few weeks into the season and made two first team appearances there.
He spent 2000/01 with Folkestone and again played twice in the first team before returning to Dover for 2001/02.
Over the course of the next few years Kevin had several stints with Dover but as a Royal Marine his work commitments took priority over football.
During the 2004/05 campaign he managed six league appearances for Dover and towards the end of the season he moved on to Hythe. Kevin started 2005/06 with Hythe too but in February 2006 he signed for Dover once again and made four league appearances before the end of the 2005/06 campaign.
Kevin's next senior club was Sidmouth and in December 2006 he left them to join Southern Premier League outfit Tiverton.
In February 2007 he was stretchered off with a broken wrist as Tiverton lost 5-3 at Chippenham and the game was held up for eight minutes due to Kevin's injury. He stayed with the club until the end of the 2006/07 campaign.
In June 2008 Kevin returned to Kent when he joined Faversham but he left the club towards the end of the 2008/09 season and dropped out of senior football.
By 2012 he was working for Kent Police and in May of that year Kevin played for their football team as they lost 4-1 to Police Service of Northern Ireland in the Police Service UK Cup Final at Dartford's Prince's Park stadium.
In the early weeks of the 2012/13 campaign Kevin signed for Isthmian League Division 1 South club Whitstable.
He won many honours playing for the Royal Marines and Royal Navy.
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SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
SLC |
KSC |
| |
|
1997/98 (MFC) |
2 (67) |
0 |
0 |
SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOUTHERN DIV. (6TH OF 22) |
1R |
2R |
W |
W |
|
SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
SLC |
KSC |
SLCH | |
|
1998/99 (MFC) |
1 (50) |
0 |
0 |
SOUTHERN LEAGUE SOUTHERN DIV. (2ND OF 22) |
PR |
2R |
1R |
SF |
RU |
Margate promoted to
Southern League Premier Division.
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