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John Freegard - Forward
D.O.B. - - Bath
Debut : Poole Town (A) - 26/01/91
Last Game : Worcester City (A) - 28/09/91
A £10,000 signing from Bath City along with Chris Smith in January 1990 which pretty much spelt the end of Graham Withey's Gloucester City career.
At Bath he'd formed a deadly strike partnership with Paul Randall that had netted 86 goals during their 1989-90 promotion season but struggled to repeat the feat in the Conference. The Citizen quoted him at the time as being made a scapegoat for their lack of goals at the higher level.
Of the seven goals that he netted in his first season the two that he scored away at Merthyr Tydfil followed by him running back around the goal with puffed out cheeks in celebration stand out as well as the late headed winner away at Bromsgrove when we thought we'd won the league.
He was the first high profile player to leave the club during the fallout of the Les Alderman affair. Freegard rejoined his former club Trowbridge Town for £7000 after an orignal bid was turned down and his first match was against the Tigers in the League Cup in a game that the Wiltshire side won 0-1.
At the end of his careeer he played well into his forties for Corsham Town before hanging up his boots and becoming a regular on the terraces of Twerton Park, supporting the Bath City team that he had so much success with in his playing days.
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Clubs:
Trowbridge Town, Bath City, Chippenham Town, Bath City (158-75), Gloucester City, Trowbridge Town, Corsham Town |
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Appearances & Goals:
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Apps |
Subs |
Goals |
| 1990/91 |
12 |
6 |
7 |
| 1991/92 |
11 |
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3 |
| Total |
23 |
6 |
10 |
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| John in the crowd at Twerton Park for the pre-season friendly in 2021 |
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| Page last updated : 3rd October 2024 |
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