Bobby Gough
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert George Gough | ||
| Date of birth | 20 June 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Birmingham City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1968 | Walsall | 1 | (0) |
| 1968–1974 | Port Vale | 210 | (33) |
| 1973–1974 | → (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1974–1976 | Southport | 61 | (16) |
| 1976–1981 | Colchester United | 196 | (65) |
| Hendon | |||
| Chelmsford City | |||
| Total | 474+ | (114+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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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 Football League he scored 114 goals in 474 league appearances.
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 , 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.
Gough was a Birmingham City youth player, but was not offered a professional contract with the club due to his small stature. He then went on to join Third Division Walsall in 1966, but only made one league appearance for the club.
He joined Port Vale in June 1968, who were then in the Fourth Division. He was one of manager Gordon Lee's first signings. He scored his first senior goal on 16 September, in a 3–0 win over York City at Vale Park. He added to his tally with a goal against Exeter City, and also scored in both legs of Vale's FA Cup win over Shrewsbury Town. He finished the 1968–69 campaign with four goals in 42 games.
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