Tuesday 7 January 2014

CHRIS HARGREAVES' CAREER BY NUMBERS

Following Chris Hargreaves' appointment as Torquay United yesterday, we will now look at certain numbers that have a significance to his career so far.

2: 
The number of books that he has had published (The Captain's Blog, a book form of his blog on the Herald Express website-published in 2009, and Where's your Caravan?, his autobiography-which hit the bookshelves in 2011. 


10: 

The number of different clubs that Chris played for during his career: Grimsby Town, Scarborough, Hull City, West Bromwich Albion, Hereford United, Plymouth Argyle, Northampton Town, Brentford, Oxford United (twice) and Torquay United. 

21:
The length of his playing career, which lasted from 1989 to 2010, with the clubs mentioned above.

121: 
The number of appearances he made at Plainmoor between August 2007 and January 2010, which includes the 2009 Blue Square Premier Play-Off final; where he scored the opening goal in the Gulls' 2-0 victory over Cambridge United. 

50,000:
The transfer fee, in pounds sterling, that Hull City manager Terry Dolan paid to bring him to Boothferry Park from Grimsby Town in 1993.