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Ricky Sopp
Appearances: 6 Goals: 1
Date / Year of birth: 11th June 1956
Position: Centre-back
Season of first appearance: 1976/77
Season of last appearance: 1976/77
Also played for: Reading (0), Brighton & Hove Albion (0), Littlehampton Town, Steyning Town, Worthing United and Portfield
5' 11" tall blonde defender born in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex who started his career with Reading before moving on to Brighton in 1974.
Ricky left the Seagulls to join Margate in September 1976 and made his debut in a 5-2 win over Hastings at Hartsdown on 28.9.76. He impressed with his aerial ability and on 2.10.76 he pushed forward to score with a shot from outside the penalty area in a 2-1 win at Maidstone. However after making a total of six appearances Ricky left the club before Christmas 1976.
He returned home to Sussex and soon joined Littlehampton. He later played for Worthing and during 1977/78 Ricky scored 13 goals for them, he also played for a Sussex County side that season. He stayed with Worthing for the 1978/79 campaign too.
Ricky then had another spell with Littlehampton that included the 1980/81 season before returning to Worthing once more early in the 1981/82 campaign.
He then joined Sussex County League side Steyning Town for the 1982/83 season.
Ricky later rejoined Worthing again and he was still with the club during the 1984/85 campaign.
By the start of the 1985/86 season Ricky was turning out for Sussex County League outfit Portfield where he often played as a striker.
During the 1980/81, 1981/82 and 1982/83 seasons Ricky played for the Sussex County League representative side.
In 2010 Ricky was running his own sports goods shop in Worthing.
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SEASON (CLUB) |
FULL (MAX) |
SUB |
GLS |
FAC |
FAT |
SLC |
KSC |
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1976/77 (MFC) |
6 (55) |
0 |
1 |
SOUTHERN LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION (22ND OF 22) |
3QR |
1R |
2R |
1R |
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| Margate relegated to Southern League First Division (South). | |||||||||