1. Kevin Poole was born on 21 July 1963 and is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is the goalkeeping coach at Solihull Moors.
23 Facts About Kevin Poole
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Kevin Poole featured for Northampton Town, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool United, Birmingham City and Derby County, before signing for Burton Albion in 2006, aged 43.
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Latterly employed as goalkeeping coach in addition to being registered as a player, Kevin Poole made his final appearance for Burton in 2010.
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Kevin Poole had an interim spell as manager in 2012, when he retired from playing at the age of 48; however, he later re-registered himself as a player on two occasions due to goalkeeping crises at the club, making Poole one of the few players in English football ever to be registered to a professional club at the age of 50.
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Kevin Poole has gone on to hold similar roles at Kidderminster Harriers, Birmingham City and Derby County.
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Kevin Poole was Villa's third choice keeper behind Jimmy Rimmer and Nigel Spink when they won the European Cup in 1982.
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Kevin Poole moved to Middlesbrough, newly promoted back to the Second Division, in 1987, and played 42 first-team games in four seasons with the club.
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Kevin Poole was a member of the squad that helped Boro reach the 1990 Full Members' Cup Final, but Stephen Pears was preferred in goal at Wembley as they lost to Chelsea.
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In 1991, Kevin Poole signed for Leicester City and went on to make 194 appearances in all competitions for the club between 1991 and 1997.
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Kevin Poole was part of the Leicester side that won promotion to the Premier League in 1994 and again in 1996, but subsequently lost his position to Kasey Keller.
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Kevin Poole moved to Birmingham City in August 1997, achieving a regular place thanks to an injury to Ian Bennett in September 1998.
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Bennett, who had regained his place, was ruled out for the season in March 2000, but Kevin Poole himself was injured only days later, and played just once more for Birmingham's first team before he was released in May 2001.
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Kevin Poole spent four years at the club, mainly as backup to Jussi Jaaskelainen.
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The 42-year-old Kevin Poole played seven times for the first team before returning to coaching duties.
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Kevin Poole was released in May 2006 after Brown's management team were axed from Derby County by new manager Billy Davies.
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Kevin Poole signed a new contract in June 2009, which made him the oldest player active in the Football League at the age of 46, and one of the oldest of all time.
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Kevin Poole again returned to the squad, aged 50, in October 2013 after an injury to Lyness; he took the number 13 shirt, and appeared on the substitutes' bench for a match at Wycombe Wanderers on 5 October 2013.
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Kevin Poole reverted to a goalkeeping coach role when Rowett was appointed as permanent manager.
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When Rowett was appointed Birmingham City manager in October 2014, Kevin Poole accompanied him as goalkeeping coach.
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Rowett and his staff, Kevin Poole included, were sacked in December 2016.
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Rowett was appointed Derby County manager on 14 March 2017, with Kevin Poole again joining him as goalkeeping coach.
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When Rowett moved on to Stoke City, Kevin Poole remained at Derby until July 2018 when new manager Frank Lampard brought in Shay Given as goalkeeping coach.
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Kevin Poole joined Solihull Moors in September 2020 as a goalkeeping coach.