Bob Mountford
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert William Mountford | ||
| Date of birth | 23 February 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Date of death | 26 August 2008 (aged 56) | ||
| Place of death | Australia | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Brown Edge | |||
| Port Vale | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1974 | Port Vale | 83 | (9) |
| 1974 | → Scunthorpe United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1974 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1974–1977 | Rochdale | 98 | (37) |
| 1977–1978 | Huddersfield Town | 14 | (4) |
| 1978–1980 | Halifax Town | 62 | (11) |
| 1980 | Crewe Alexandra | 3 | (0) |
| 1980–1981 | 7 | (3) | |
| Newcastle KB United | |||
| Brisbane City FC | |||
| Blacktown City | |||
| Total | 273+ | (64+) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| Azzuri | |||
| 2007–2008 | Adamstown Rosebud | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Robert "Bob" William Mountford (23 February 1952 – 26 August 2008) was an English footballer who played 277 matches in the Football League for various clubs, scoring 64 goals.
He made his debut for Port Vale in April 1969, and became a first team regular after signing professional forms in February 1970. He was loaned out to Scunthorpe United and Crewe Alexandra in 1974, before he joined Rochdale for £2,000 in December of that year. He scored 41 goals in 117 league and cup games, before moving on to Huddersfield Town in 1977. He switched to Halifax Town the following year, before joining via Crewe Alexandra in 1980. He emigrated to Australia the following year, and played and coached at numerous teams, including Newcastle KB United, Brisbane City FC, and Adamstown Rosebud. He became a prison warder at Cessnock Correctional Centre in 1988.
As a youth he played for local village team Brown Edge, before being spotted by Stanley Matthews and persuaded to join Port Vale juniors. He graduated through the Vale youth set up to make his first team debut as a substitute in a 2–0 defeat at Doncaster Rovers on 19 April 1969. Signing professional forms under Gordon Lee in February 1970, he made his full debut in a 2–0 defeat by Shrewsbury Town at Vale Park in a League Cup first round match on 18 August 1971. The young striker was gradually broken into the team over the 1971–72 and 1972–73 seasons.
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