Bobby Almond
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Ronald Almond | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Leyton Orient | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Walthamstow Avenue | |||
| Christchurch United | |||
| Invercargill Thistle | |||
| National team | |||
| 1979–1982 | New Zealand | 28 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Robert "Bobby" Ronald Almond (born 16 April 1951 in England) was an association football player who represented New Zealand and was part of the first New Zealand side to contest a FIFA World Cup in 1982.
Career
Almond was a part of the Leyton Orient and Tottenham Hotspur youth set-ups and a first team player for Walthamstow Avenue in the Isthmian League before he emigrated to New Zealand in 1973.[1]
Almond made his New Zealand debut in a 1-0 win over Australia on 13 June 1979.[2] He pulled on the All White strip a total of 49 times between 1978 and 1982,[3] although only 28 were full A-internationals.[4]
He was a member the All Whites squad at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain, playing in all 15 qualifiers, and started two games at the finals, the 5-2 loss to Scotland and 4-0 loss to Brazil, having to sit out the game against USSR with an Achilles tendon injury.[1][3] Almond retired from international football following their elimination.[2]
Almond co-authored a book, To Spain the Hard Way, with Steve Sumner and Derrick Mansbridge, chronicling the experience.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Defender recalls NZ's greatest moment". Southland Times. 10 October 2009.
- 1 2 "A-International Lineups". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
- 1 2 "NZ 1982 World Cup". New Zealand Football. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
- ↑ "A-International Appearances - Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
- ↑ Sumner, Steve; Bobby Almond (1982). Derrick Mansbridge, ed. To Spain - the Hard Way. ISBN 0-7233-0689-3.
External links
- Bobby Almond – FIFA competition record
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