Bob Latchford

Bob Latchford

Bob Latchford

Forward
Place Of Birth Birmingham, West Midlands
Date Of Birth 18 January 1951
Last Win 12 January 1985 15202days ago
Last Loss 20 April 1985 15104days ago
Statistics
Games Played
14
-
Per Game
Games Started
12
0.9
Per Game
Substituted In
2
0.1
Per Game
Minutes
1010
72.1
Per Game
Goals
2
0.1
Per Game
Goal From Penalty
0
0
Per Game
Assists
0
0
Per Game
Cards (All)
0
0
Per Game

The former Everton, Birmingham and England striker joined Coventry City from Dutch club NAC Breda in the summer of 1984. After two and a half seasons at Swansea he only stayed at Breda for five months before Bobby Gould persuaded him to return to the English first division at the age of 33. Bob was seen as the perfect target man to lay on chances for the diminutive Terry Gibson but his sharpness had clearly deserted him and in the October Gould signed Cyrille Regis.

He started only 12 games with two sub appearances scoring two goals and he left Coventry in the summer of 1985 to join Lincoln City. Bob had a good scoring record against the Sky Blues before joining them with 13 goals for Birmingham, Everton and Swansea including a hat-trick in a 6-0 thrashing at Goodison Park in 1977. Bob won 12 full caps for England, scoring five goals and scored 138 goals for Everton.