Bob Bolder
Personal information
Full name Robert John Bolder
Date of birth (1958-10-02) 2 October 1958
Place of birth Dover, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Dover
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1983 Sheffield Wednesday 224 (0)
1983–1985 Liverpool 0 (0)
1985–1986 Sunderland 22 (0)
1986–1993 Charlton Athletic 196 (0)
1994 Margate ? (0)
1994–1995 Dagenham & Redbridge 31 (0)
Total 473 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert John Bolder (born 2 October 1958) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.[2]

He started his career with local team Dover F.C. before moving to Sheffield Wednesday at the age of just 19. He played over 200 games whilst at Hillsborough.[2] In 1983, he started a two-year stint as back-up for Bruce Grobbelaar at Liverpool. He won the European Cup in 1984, being placed on the substitutes bench in the final.[3]

He left Liverpool in 1985 for a brief spell with Sunderland before joining Charlton Athletic a year later. He established himself as first choice 'keeper for the Addicks for seven years. He was forced to retire from professional football in 1993 and had spells in non-league football with Dagenham & Redbridge and Margate. He has since returned to Charlton as part of their work in the community scheme. He regularly plays in goal for the Liverpool Masters team.

Honours

Liverpool

References

  1. ↑ Rollin, Jack (1981). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1981–82. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 316. ISBN 0-362-02046-9. OCLC 868301130.
  2. 1 2 "Bob Bolder". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "'I show them my European medal'". Liverpoolfc.com. 27 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.


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