Robbie Cooke

Robbie Cooke
Personal information
Full name Robert Leslie Cooke[1]
Date of birth (1957-02-16)16 February 1957
Place of birth Rotherham, England
Date of death August 2021 (2021-09) (aged 64)[2]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–1975 Mansfield Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1978 Mansfield Town 15 (1)
1978–1980 Grantham 78 (65)
1980–1983 Peterborough United 114 (51)
1983 → Luton Town (loan) 0 (0)
1983–1985 Cambridge United 65 (14)
1984–1985 → Brentford (loan)
1985–1987 Brentford 124 (53)
1987–1988 Millwall 4 (1)
1988–1991 Kettering Town 95 (49)
1991 Grantham Town 10 (5)
1991–1992 Northampton Spencer
1992–1993 Bourne Town
National team
England C 2
Teams managed
Warboys Town
1998–2000 Kettering Town (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Robert Leslie Cooke (16 February 1957 – August 2021) was an English footballer and manager.

Cooke played as a forward in the Football League. He played for Peterborough United and Brentford.

He managed Warboys Town and later became a scout.

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
Peterborough United 1980–81[4] Fourth Division 46 22 6 4 4 3 — 56 29
1981–82[4] 46 24 3 3 2 1 4[a] 3 55 31
1982–83[4] 22 5 4 2 3 3 4[b] 1 33 11
Total 114 51 13 9 9 7 8 4 144 71
Brentford 1984–85[5] Third Division 24 12 — — 7[c] 4 31 16
1985–86[5] 44 17 1 0 4 1 2[c] 0 51 18
1986–87[5] 40 20 3 0 2 1 3[c] 4 48 25
1987–88[5] 16 4 1 0 2 1 1[c] 0 20 5
Total 124 53 5 0 8 3 13 8 150 64
Millwall 1987–88[6] Second Division 4 1 — — 1[d] 0 5 1
Career total 242 105 18 9 17 10 22 12 299 136
  1. ↑ Appearances in Football League Group Cup
  2. ↑ 3 appearances and 1 goal in Football League Trophy, 1 appearance in Northamptonshire Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Appearances in Football League Trophy
  4. ↑ Appearance in Full Members Cup

Honours

Grantham

Northampton Spencer

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Robbie Cooke". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  2. ↑ @CambridgeUtdFC (August 7, 2021). "We are deeply saddened today to hear the news of former U Robbie Cooke's passing. 🙏 The striker made 65 appearances for the Club between 1983–1985. 💛🖤 Rest in Peace, Robbie. #CamUTD" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ↑ Rollin, Jack (1981). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1981–82. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 272. ISBN 0-362-02046-9. OCLC 868301130.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Robbie Cooke's Matches For Peterborough". UpThePosh! The Peterborough United Database. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 398–399. ISBN 0951526200.
  6. ↑ "Millwall Stats 1987–88". www.millwall-history.org.uk. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Cooke, Robbie (1957 – )". Grantham Matters. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  8. ↑ Lynch, Tony (1995). The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. Random House. p. 143. ISBN 0-09-179135-9.