Bobby Folds
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert James Folds[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Bedford, England | ||
| Position(s) |
Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bedford Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1971 | Gillingham | 44 | (1) |
| 1968 | → Hastings United (loan) | ||
| 1971–1972 | Northampton Town | 29 | (0) |
| 1972 | Telford United | ||
| 1972–1980 | Bedford Town | ||
| Hitchin Town | |||
| Buckingham Town | |||
|
Kempston Rovers | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1986–1990 |
Kempston Rovers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert James Folds (born 18 April 1949) is an English former footballer, who had a short and injury-affected professional career but played at a semi-professional level for nearly twenty years.
Career
Born in Bedford, he joined local club Bedford Town of the Southern Football League while still at school. Bedford manager Basil Hayward took over as manager of Gillingham of the Football League Third Division in 1966 and recruited a number of players from his former club, including Folds, who joined the "Gills" as the club's first ever apprentice-professional.[2]
In March 1967, shortly before he became a full-time professional, Folds broke his leg playing for Gillingham's
Kempston Rovers, where he remained well into the 1990s, going on to serve as the club's assistant manager and manager,[2] holding the latter position between 1986 and 1990.[4]
References
- ^ "Bobby Folds". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
- ISBN 1-899468-20-X.
- ^ AFC Kempston Rovers Non-League Club Directory