Craig Ravenscroft

Craig Ravenscroft
Personal information
Full name Craig Anthony Ravenscroft[1]
Date of birth (1974-12-20) 20 December 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Hammersmith, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2]
Position(s) Forward, right winger
Youth career
–1993 Brentford
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1996 Brentford 9 (1)
→ Woking (loan)
1996 Kingstonian (1)
1996–1997 Bishop's Stortford
1997–1998 Hayes
1998–1999 Chertsey Town
2000 Wealdstone
2001 Hemel Hempstead Town
2004 Chertsey Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Craig Anthony Ravenscoft (born 20 December 1974) is an English retired footballer. A forward, he began his career in the Football League at Brentford and upon his release in 1996, he dropped into non-League football.

Career

Brentford

Ravenscroft began his career as a youth at Brentford and signed trainee forms prior to the beginning of the 1991–92 season.[3] He signed a short-term contract after completing his traineeship at the end of the 1992–93 season.[4] After signing a longer contract, Ravenscroft scored his first senior goal on 27 November 1993 in a 3–1 Second Division away win over Huddersfield Town and made 9 appearances during the 1993–94 season.[5][6] Ravenscroft made only two appearances during the 1994–95 season, starting in a 1–0 league victory over Shrewsbury Town on 1 October 1994 and replacing Robert Taylor in a 3–1 Football League Trophy first round replay win over Gillingham on 8 November.[7]

During the 1995–96 season, Ravenscroft was an unused substitute for league matches against Rotherham United and Bristol City in September 1995 and made what would be his final appearance for the club in a 3–0 league win over Peterborough United on 21 October.[8] He started the match and was substituted for Carl Asaba.[8] Ravenscroft departed the club in August 1996, having made 12 appearances and scored one goal in his Brentford career.[9]

Non-League football

Ravenscroft joined Isthmian League Premier Division club Kingstonian in August 1996 and joined Bishop's Stortford,[10] of the same division, in October 1996.[11] He made a goalscoring appearance in a 2–0 win over Aylesbury United on 12 October.[12] Ravenscroft stepped up a level to sign for Conference club Hayes on 1 August 1997.[2] He departed the club at the end of the 1997–98 season and played the following year with Chertsey Town.[13]

Ravenscroft joined Isthmian League First Division club Wealdstone in 2000 and Isthmian League Second Division club Hemel Hempstead Town in 2001. He played and scored in a pre-season friendly for Isthmian League Premier Division club Hendon against former club Wealdstone in July 2002.[14] Ravenscroft's last known club was Isthmian League Second Division club Chertsey Town, whom he joined in July 2004.[14]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1993–94[6] Second Division 7 1 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 9 1
1994–95[6] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 2 0
1995–96[6] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 9 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 12 1
  1. ^ a b Appearances in Football League Trophy

References

  1. ^ "Craig Ravenscroft". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b Craig Ravenscroft at Soccerbase
  3. ^ Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 82.
  4. ^ Croxford, Mark; Lane, David; Waterman, Greville (2013). The Big Brentford Book Of The Nineties. Sunbury, Middlesex: Legends Publishing. p. 402. ISBN 9781906796723.
  5. ^ "On this day – our look back at Brentford..." Facebook. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  6. ^ a b c d Croxford, Lane & Waterman 2013, p. 479-481.
  7. ^ Griffin Gazette versus AFC Bournemouth. Quay Design of Poole. 29 April 1995. pp. 34–35.
  8. ^ a b Griffin Gazette versus AFC Bournemouth. Quay Design of Poole. 4 May 1996. pp. 30–31.
  9. ^ Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 131. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  10. ^ "Fixture List". www.kingstonian.net. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Match Details – Kingstonian 0–1 Aylesbury United – ILPD – 27th August 1996". Aylesbury United FC. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  12. ^ "Match Details – Bishop's Stortford 2–0 Aylesbury United – ILPD – 12th October 1996". Aylesbury United FC. 12 October 1996. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  13. ^ Brentford Matchday Magazine versus Scarborough. Charlton, London: Morganprint. 27 February 1999. p. 19.
  14. ^ a b "News – July 2002". Official Hendon FC. Retrieved 13 July 2014.