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Derek Hales

Derek Hales

English footballer

Derek David Hales (born 15 December 1951) is an English former footballer who played as a striker.

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He is the all-time leading goalscorer for Charlton Athletic,[1] with his most prolific season being 1975–76, when he scored 28 league goals and was leading scorer in the Football League Second Division.[citation needed] He is also famous for an on-field fight with teammate Mike Flanagan during an FA Cup tie against Maidstone in 1979.[2] After running a pub in his native village Lower Halstow, he was employed at the Howard School in Gillingham.[3]

References

General
  • Roger Triggs (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
  • Derek Hales at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
Specific
  1. [1]
    Fawbert, Dave (26 April 2019). "The world's most miserable football player profile is absolutely brilliant". Shortlist. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. [2]
    Rookwood, Dan (26 October 2001). "It's a knock-out". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  3. [3]
    the-football-league-paper 17 May 2015, issue No.247
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