Pat Earles

{{short description|English footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Pat Earles | image = | caption = | fullname = Patrick John Earles | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|3|22|df=y}} | birth_place = Titchfield, Hampshire, England | death_date = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}} | position = Forward | youthyears1 = 1970–1972 | youthclubs1 = Southampton | years1 = 1972–1977 | clubs1 = Southampton | caps1 = 12 | goals1 = 1 | years2 = 1977–1982 | clubs2 = Reading | caps2 = 247 | goals2 = 68 | nationalyears1 = 1970 | nationalteam1 = England Schoolboys | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 }} '''Patrick John Earles''' (born 22 March 1955 in Titchfield, Hampshire) is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League for Southampton<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/southampton/southampton.html |title=Southampton : 1946/47–2008/09 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=18 October 2009}}</ref> and Reading.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/reading/reading.html |title=Reading : 1946/47–2008/09 |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=18 October 2009}}</ref> He was a member of the Southampton squad which reached the 1976 FA Cup Final,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article5438610.ece |title=Caught in time: Stokes lights up Wembley |newspaper=The Times |date=4 January 2009 |first=Greg |last=Struthers |accessdate=18 October 2009}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and made over 250 appearances for Reading, scoring 85 goals, and helped the club win the Fourth Division title in 1979.<ref name=Flatman>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article6123347.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508021235/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article6123347.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 May 2009 |title=When Royals were kings |newspaper=The Times |date=19 April 2009 |first=Barry |last=Flatman |accessdate=18 October 2009}}</ref> He then had a spell playing non-league football, with clubs including Road-Sea Southampton and Bognor Regis Town.

Earles went on to work as a probation officer for Hampshire Probation Service.<ref name=Flatman/>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Earles, Pat}} Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:People from Titchfield Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Southampton F.C. players Category:Reading F.C. players Category:Road-Sea Southampton F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Footballers from Hampshire