# Richard Goddard-Crawley

Richard Goddard-Crawley (born 31 March 1978) is an English retired semi-professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Brentford. After his release in 1998, he had a 10-year career in non-League football.

## Career
### Brentford

After beginning his youth career in the academy at Premier League club Arsenal in 1994, Goddard-Crawley joined Second Division club Brentford on trial in May 1996 and signed a two-year contract three months later. He was an unused substitute on three occasions, before making his senior debut in the final match of the 1996–97 regular season, as a 78th-minute substitute for Robert Taylor in a 1–0 defeat to Peterborough United.
Goddard-Crawley made two League Cup appearances early in the 1997–98 season, before moving away on loan in October 1997 and returning with a fractured foot one month later. Goddard-Crawley departed Brentford for the final time in March 1998, after making three appearances in just under two years at Griffin Park. He played the majority of his football at the club for the reserve team, for whom he made 36 appearances and scored two goals.

### Non-League football

In March 1998, Goddard-Crawley returned to Conference club Woking for a £7,500 fee, after having been on loan at the Kingfield Stadium earlier in the 1997–98 season. Over the next decade he subsequently played in the Conference and Isthmian League for St Albans City, Chesham United, Harrow Borough, Thurrock, Yeading and AFC Hornchurch, before retiring in 2008.

## Post-retirement

After retiring from football, Goddard-Crawley returned to Arsenal as an academy physiotherapist in October 2008. As of February 2020, he was running a physiotherapy business in North London.

## Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Brentford | 1996–97 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brentford | 1997–98 | Second Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brentford | Total | Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Woking | 1998–99 | Conference | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Woking | 1999–00 | Conference | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Woking | Total | Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| St Albans City | 1999–00 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| St Albans City | 2000–01 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | 39 | 2 |
| St Albans City | 2001–02 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| St Albans City | Total | Total | 37 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | 51 | 2 |
| Chesham United | 2001–02 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 |
| Harrow Borough | 2002–03 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 6 |
| Harrow Borough | 2003–04 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 38 | 6 |
| Harrow Borough | Total | Total | 67 | 12 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 68 | 12 |
| Thurrock | 2004–05 | Conference South | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 |
| Thurrock | 2005–06 | Conference South | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| Thurrock | Total | Total | 57 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 59 | 3 |
| Yeading | 2006–07 | Conference South | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| AFC Hornchurch | 2007–08 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| AFC Hornchurch | 2008–09 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| AFC Hornchurch | Total | Total | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 257 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 284 | 23 |
* ↑ 2 appearances in Conference League Cup, 1 appearance in FA Trophy
* ↑ Appearance in Herts Senior Cup
* ↑ 4 appearances and 1 goal in Isthmian League Cup, 3 appearances in FA Trophy, 2 appearances in Isthmian League Full Members Cup, 1 appearance in Herts Charity Cup
* ↑ Appearance in Herts Charity Cup
* ↑ Appearance in Isthmian League play-offs
* ↑ Appearance in Conference play-offs
* ↑ Appearances in FA Trophy
* ↑ Appearances in Isthmian League Cup

## Honours

St Albans City
* Herts Senior Cup: 1999–00
Individual
* Yeading Supporters' Player of the Year: 2006–07
* Yeading Supporters' Player of the Year: 2006–07