Bob Bolder

Bob Bolder
Bolder in 2025.
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 196 (0)
1983–1985 Liverpool 0 (0)
1985–1986 Sunderland 22 (0)
1986–1993 Charlton Athletic 249 (0)
1994 Margate ? (0)
1994–1995 Dagenham & Redbridge 31 (0)
Total 498 (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 before moving to Sheffield Wednesday at the age of 19. He played over 200 games whilst at Hillsborough.[2] In 1983, he started a two-year stint as backup for Bruce Grobbelaar at Liverpool, where he won the European Cup in 1984 as an unusued substitute 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 Margate and Dagenham & Redbridge. 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. ^ a b "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.