Peter Rhoades-Brown (born 2 January 1962 in
Hampton, London
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) is an English retired
footballer
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.
Rhoades-Brown played as a left-winger for
Chelsea from 1979 to 1983; during his four years with Chelsea, he scored four League goals. When Chelsea signed winger
Mickey Thomas in January 1984, Rhoades-Brown was sold to
Oxford United for £85,000.
He immediately gained a regular place with Oxford, but the problem of accommodating
Kevin Brock saw Rhoades-Brown become less of a permanent feature in the Second Division Championship side. An untimely injury, coincidentally against
Queen's Park Rangers (Oxford's Wembley opponents), prevented him from playing in the
1986 League Cup Final. He stayed with Oxford until 1989 when injury forced his retirement, his last game being at Bristol City on 11 October 1989. In total he played 87 League matches for Oxford (plus 25 substitute appearances), scoring 13 goals. In competitive games, he played 113 times (plus 29 as a substitute), scoring 16 goals. He remains at Oxford United where he works as Business Development Manager for the club.
A testimonial match between an Oxford United XI and a Chelsea XI was held for him at the
Kassam Stadium
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on 30 April 2007 in front of a crowd of 5,130. Among the players who appeared in the match were Rhoades-Brown's former Oxford teammates
Ray Houghton,
Joey Beauchamp and ex-
England
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manager
Steve McClaren.
Notes
1962 births
Living people
Chelsea F.C. players
English men's footballers
Oxford United F.C. players
People from Hampton, London
Footballers from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
Marlow F.C. players
Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
Oxford City F.C. players
English Football League players
Men's association football wingers
Marlow F.C. managers
Oxford United F.C. non-playing staff
English football managers
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