Martin Hicks

Martin Hicks

Personal information
Date of birth	(1957-02-27) 27 February 1957 (age 67)
Place of birth	Stratford-on-Avon, England
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
19??–1977	Stratford Town
1977–1978	Charlton Athletic	0	(0)
1978–1991	Reading	500	(23)
1991–1993	Birmingham City	60	(1)
1993–1995	Newbury Town
Managerial career
1993–1995	Newbury Town (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Hicks (born 27 February 1957) is a former footballer who played in the Football League as a defender for Reading and Birmingham City. He made 500 League appearances for Reading.[2]

Hicks holds the record for the highest number of first team appearances by a Reading player, making a total of 603 first team appearances.

In a 2005 fans' vote to compile Reading's best-ever eleven, Hicks was voted on the team as one of the centre backs.[3]

Between March and August 1979, Hicks was one of the Reading back five that kept a clean sheet for 1,103 minutes – a record that stood until broken by Manchester United.[4]

After leaving Reading he joined Birmingham City, and was their Player of the Year for 1992.[5]

References

1. Rollin, Jack (1981). Rothmans Football Yearbook: 1981–82. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 296. ISBN 0-362-02046-9. OCLC 868301130.
2. "Martin Hicks". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
3. "Revealed – The Royals' best-ever XI as voted for by fans on this site". Reading F.C. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
4. The Little Book of Reading FC, Alan Sedunary
5. "Player of the Year". The Birmingham City FC Archive. 13 December 2002. Archived from the original on 28 December 2004. Retrieved 29 October 2019.