Patrick John "Pat" Earles (born 22 March 1955 in Titchfield

Titchfield

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, Hampshire

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) is an English former footballer who played as a forward in the Football League

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 for Southampton

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 and Reading

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. He was a member of the Southampton squad which reached the 1976 FA Cup Final, and made over 250 appearances for Reading

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, scoring 85 goals, and helped the club win the Fourth Division

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 title in 1979.
He then had a spell playing non-league football, with clubs including Road-Sea Southampton and Bognor Regis Town.

Earles went on to work as a probation officer

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 for Hampshire

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Probation Service.