Frank Richardson (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frank Richardson | ||
| Date of birth | 29 January 1897 | ||
| Place of birth | Barking, England | ||
| Date of death | 19 May 1987 (aged 90) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Barking Town | ||
| 1921–1922 | Plymouth Argyle | 63 | (37) |
| 1922–1923 | Stoke | 14 | (3) |
| 1923–1924 | West Ham United | 10 | (2) |
| 1924–1926 | Swindon Town | 53 | (33) |
| 1926–1929 | Reading | 91 | (44) |
| 1930–1931 | Swindon Town | 38 | (11) |
| 1931 | Mansfield Town | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 269 | (130) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Frank Richardson (29 January 1897 – 19 May 1987 ) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Reading, Plymouth Argyle, Swindon Town, West Ham United and Stoke.
Richardson was born in Barking and played for the local club Barking Town before joining Plymouth Argyle in 1921. In his first season as a professional he scored 31 goals in 41 matches as Plymouth finished in 2nd place in the Third Division South which included a hat-trick on his debut. He signed for First Division Stoke in March 1923 but only scored once as Stoke were relegated at the end of the 1922–23 season. He scored just twice in 1923–24 and was sold to West Ham United where he gain struggled in the top flight and he decided to return to the Third Division South joining Swindon Town.
He soon rekindled his goalscoring ability scoring 15 in 35 appearances in 1924–25 and then an impressive 18 in 19 in 1925–26 which also included 10 in 4 FA Cup matches.
Midway through the season he joined Reading scoring 12 goals in the last 13 matches which saw the "Biscuitmen" win the Third Division South title. In 1926–27 he again had a good season in the cup scoring nine goals in ten, including the only goal in front of Reading's record crowd of 33,042 against Brentford. Reading reached the semi final that year, losing out to Cardiff City. He left Elm Park in the summer of 1930 having scored 55 goals in 103 matches.
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