Robbie Cooke
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Leslie Cooke[1] | ||
Date of birth | 16 February 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Rotherham, England | ||
Date of death | 7 August 2021[2] | (aged 64)||
Place of death | Peterborough, England[2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) |
Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
–1975 | Mansfield Town | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1978 | Mansfield Town | 15 | (1) |
1978–1980 | Grantham | 78 | (65) |
1980–1983 | Peterborough United | 114 | (51) |
1983 | → Luton Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
1983–1985 | Cambridge United | 65 | (14) |
1984–1985 | → Brentford (loan) | ||
1985–1987 | Brentford | 124 | (53) |
1987–1988 | Millwall | 4 | (1) |
1988–1991 | Kettering Town | 95 | (49) |
1991 | Grantham Town | 10 | (5) |
1991–1992 | Northampton Spencer | ||
1992–1993 | Bourne Town | 35 | (24) |
International career | |||
England C | 2 | ||
Managerial career | |||
Warboys Town | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Leslie Cooke (16 February 1957 – 7 August 2021) was an English
Club career
Mansfield Town
Cooke began his career in the youth system at Mansfield Town and made 9 appearances and scoring one goal in his debut season, in which the Stags won the 1976–77 Third Division championship.[4] He made only six appearances in Second Division during the 1977–78 season and departed the club at the end of the campaign, having made just 15 first team appearances for the club.[5]
Grantham
Cooke joined
Peterborough United
Cooke's goalscoring exploits for Grantham caught the eye of Fourth Division club Peterborough United, which culminated in him moving to the club for a £12,000 fee in May 1980.[1][5] He was an immediate hit at Posh, scoring 29 goals in 56 games during the 1980–81 season and being named in the Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year.[6][7] Cooke bettered his goalscoring tally in the 1981–82 season, with 31 goals in 55 games.[6] Cooke's prolific form tailed off during the 1982–83 season and following a loan spell at First Division club Luton Town, he managed only 11 goals in 33 appearances before departing in February 1983.[1][6] Cooke scored 71 goals in 144 appearances for the Posh.[6]
Cambridge United
Cooke signed for Second Division club
Brentford
Cooke joined Third Division club
Millwall
Cooke joined Second Division high-flyers Millwall on 11 December 1987 for a £30,000 fee and scored one goal in five appearances during the remainder of the 1987–88 season.[14] He was unable to break up the forward pairing of Tony Cascarino and Teddy Sheringham and departed the Lions in September 1988.[14]
Kettering Town
Cooke dropped back into
Non-League nomad
Cooke ended his career with spells at Northampton Spencer, Bourne Town and a second stint at Grantham Town.[5]
International career
Cooke's form while at Kettering Town won him
Managerial and coaching career
Cooke had a spell as
Scouting career
Cooke was invited to become a part-time
Personal life
Cooke's nephew Russell was also a footballer and played for Hucknall Town, Eastwood Town and Ilkeston Town.[24][25] Cooke worked for Thomas Cook and later for Travelex in the 1990s and at the time of his death from cancer at Thorpe Hall in August 2021,[2][11][18] he was living in Sawtry.[26]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Peterborough United | 1980–81[27]
|
Fourth Division | 46 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | — | 56 | 29 | |
1981–82[27]
|
46 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4[a] | 3 | 55 | 31 | ||
1982–83[27]
|
22 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4[b] | 1 | 33 | 11 | ||
Total | 114 | 51 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 144 | 71 | ||
Brentford | 1984–85[12] | Third Division | 24 | 12 | — | — | 7[c] | 4 | 31 | 16 | ||
1985–86[12] | 44 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2[c] | 0 | 51 | 18 | ||
1986–87[12] | 40 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3[c] | 4 | 48 | 25 | ||
1987–88[12] | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 20 | 5 | ||
Total | 124 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 150 | 64 | ||
Millwall | 1987–88[28]
|
Second Division | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1[d] | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
Career total | 242 | 105 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 12 | 299 | 136 |
- Football League Group Cup
- Football League Trophy, 1 appearance in Northamptonshire Cup
- ^ Football League Trophy
- Full Members Cup
Honours
Grantham
- Southern League First Division North: 1978–79[5]
Northampton Spencer
- United Counties League Premier Division: 1991–92[5]
Individual
- Grantham Supporters' Player of the Year: 1978–79[5]
- Football League Fourth Division PFA Team of the Year: 1980–81[7]
References
- ^ a b c d "Robbie Cooke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ a b c d Richardson, Paul. "A personal tribute to Peterborough United great Robbie Cooke from a PT Posh writer who knew him well: 'A proper poacher and a wise and intelligent man'". www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- OCLC 868301130.
- ISBN 978-1906796716.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Cooke, Robbie (1957 – )". Grantham Matters. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Robbie Cooke's Career". UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ ISBN 0-09-179135-9.
- ^ "1982/83 Transfers". UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "Cambridge United Complete History". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 1 April 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ White 1989, p. 325.
- ^ a b Morgan, Pat. "Robbie Cooke: 1957–2021". www.cambridge-united.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0951526200.
- ISBN 978-0955294914.
- ^ a b c "Millwall Players A to D". millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
- ^ Metcalf, Rupert (11 December 1998). "Football: Non-League Notebook – Morris's minor miracle – Sport". The Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Cooke Adds New Ingredient To Scouting Network". Burnley Football Club. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Football: Everton job was too good for Cooke to turn down". Peterborough Telegraph. 19 December 2002. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ Herbert, Ian (27 February 2014). "Comment: David Moyes must be bold to rebuild Manchester United, with club ready to spend £200m in transfer market – News & Comment – Football". The Independent. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ Stone, Simon (22 April 2014). "David Moyes: Manchester United manager sacked by club". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "Van Gaal's US$200m war chest". The Herald. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Bailey, Michael (15 June 2017). "Norwich City's continental path can bear fruit – so says their former captain Ian Butterworth, who is doing likewise for Premier League Burnley". Pink Un – Norwich City Football Club News. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Robbie Cooke". Knees up Mother Brown – West Ham United FC Online: News. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "New era for non-league football". Hucknall Dispatch. 13 August 2004. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "Football : Russell Cooke". Footballdatabase.eu. 18 May 1981. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ "RIP Robbie Cooke, one of the greatest Peterborough United forwards". www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Robbie Cooke's Matches For Peterborough". UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
- ^ "Millwall Stats 1987–88". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
External links
- Robbie Cooke at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database