Robert Carroll (born 15 February 1968) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a right winger in the Football League for Brentford. He later embarked on a long career in non-League football, making 140 appearances for Yeovil Town.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Carroll[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1968-02-15) 15 February 1968 (age 54) | ||
Place of birth | Greenford, England | ||
Position(s) | Right winger, forward | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–1986 | Southampton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986 | Gosport Borough | ||
1986–1988 | Brentford | 34 | (8) |
1988–1989 | Fareham Town | 50 | |
1989–1992 | Yeovil Town | 105 | (26) |
1992–1993 | Woking | 16 | (2) |
1993–1994 | Crawley Town | 11 | (3) |
1994–1996 | Salisbury City | 57 | (13) |
1996–1997 | Basingstoke Town | 36 | (10) |
Worthing | |||
Bashley | |||
Teams managed | |||
2020– | Romsey Town Development Squad | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
A winger, Carroll began his career in the youth system at Southampton, but failed to make a first team appearance.[2] He dropped into non-League football to sign for Southern League Premier Division club Gosport Borough in 1986.[3]
Carroll made a move into League football to return home to London and join Third Division club Brentford on non-contract terms in September 1986.[2] He made 26 appearances and scored five goals during the 1986–87 season and signed a permanent contract.[4] Carroll was out of favour during the 1987–88 season, though he managed to score five goals in 16 appearances up front.[3] He rejected a monthly contract and departed at the end of the campaign,[2] having made 42 appearances and scored 10 goals during less than two years at Griffin Park.[3]
After his release from Brentford, Carroll dropped back into non-League football, joining Southern League Premier Division club Fareham Town,[3] for whom he made 50 appearances and scored 12 goals.[5] He made the move up to the Conference to join Yeovil Town in 1989 and scored 43 goals in 140 appearances during a three-year spell at Huish Park.[6] He moved to Conference rivals Woking in 1992 and failed to make an impression before further spells in the Isthmian and Southern Leagues with Crawley Town,[7] Salisbury City, Basingstoke Town, Worthing and Bashley.[8]
As of 2015, Carroll was first team coach at Wessex League Premier Division club Christchurch.[9] As of 2018, he was working as Football Development Officer at Fareham Town.[10] In April 2020, Carroll was appointed as manager of the Romsey Town Development Squad.[11]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brentford | 1986–87[4] | Third Division | 22 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 26 | 5 |
1987–88[4] | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 16 | 5 | ||
Total | 34 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 10 | ||
Yeovil Town | 1989–90[12] | Conference | 37 | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | 11[lower-alpha 2] | 4 | 49 | 16 | |
1990–91[13] | 36 | 9 | 2 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 4 | 43 | 13 | |||
1991–92[14] | 33 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 12[lower-alpha 4] | 8 | 48 | 14 | |||
Total | 106 | 26 | 6 | 1 | — | 28 | 16 | 140 | 43 | |||
Crawley Town | 1993–94[7] | Southern League Premier Division | 11 | 3 | — | — | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 12 | 4 | ||
Basingstoke Town | 1997–98[15] | Isthmian League Premier Division | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||
Career total | 155 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 18 | 200 | 58 |
Basingstoke Town